Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Artists Under the Dome Event Schedule

10:00am to 10:25am Artists were welcomed to The Great Hall and received their welcome packets

10:25 am Welcome by the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) (Great Hall)

Kathleen Bitett & Ja-nae Duane- Co-Founders of MALC

Anita Walker- Executive Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council

10:30am Welcome and opening remarks by Legislators and elected officials (Great Hall)

Legislators and Elected Officials who gave remarks

State Treasurer Steven Grossman

Chairwoman Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives- Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)

Chairwoman Representative Corey Atkins, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)

Chairmwoman Senator Eileen Donoghue*- Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business

Chairwoman Sarah Peake*- House Chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Representative Smitty Pignatelli- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development

Representative Denise Andrews- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development

Representative Chris Walsh- Member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development

 

*Both are former Chairs of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development

11:30am Group Photo (Grand Staircase)

11:30 - 12:30 am - Artists visit their Senator's and Representative's offices

12:30 to 1:30pm- Networking & Information Sharing Brown Bag Lunch (Great Hall)

Special Guests:

Kelly Bennett -Exhibitions Curator/Program Officer, Artist Fellowships, Massachusetts Cultural Council

Helena Fruscio- Industry Director for the Creative Economy, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Matt Wilson- Executive Director of MassCreative

1:30-2:00pm -Artists were invited to watch the House in session in the House Chambers and were acknowledged with a round of applause by the House Members.