Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Artists Under the Dome Event Schedule (subject to changes and additions)
Free and Open to the Public
9:30am to 9:50am Artists were welcomed to The Great Hall and received their welcome packets
10:00am Welcome by the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition and the Massachusetts Cultural Council
10:05am Welcome and Opening Remarks by Elected Officials & Legislators (Great Hall)
State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg
Chairman Senator Eric P. Lesser- Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)
Chairwoman Representative Cory Atkins- House Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development (Co-host for this section of the event)
Chairwoman Senator Eileen Donoghue- Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies and former Senate Chair the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development Committee)
Chairman Senator Michael Rodrigues- Senate Chair of Joint Committee on Revenue
Representative Smitty Pignatelli - House Co-Chair of the Cultural Caucus and House Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development Committee
Representative Sarah Peake - Division Chair and former House Chair the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development Committee
Representative Chris Walsh - Vice House Chair Joint Committee on Public Service & former member of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development
Representative Gloria Fox - Vice House Chair Joint Committee on Elder Affairs
10:30 to 10:45am Group Photo (Lower Staircase)
11:00 - 12:00 am - Artists visited their Senator's and Representative's Offices
12:00 to 1:00pm- Brown Bag Lunch and Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Commonwealth's Artists Fellowship Program (a key program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council) (Great Hall)
1:00-2:00pm -Roundtable discussion that featured members of Governor Baker's administration (Great Hall)
Participating from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development: Katie Stebbins, Assistant Secretary of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Helena Fruscio, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology and Director of the Creative Economy; Lisa Strout, Director of the Massachusetts Film Office; Richard P. Dalton, Regional Director Greater Boston, Massachusetts Office of Business Development; more may be added...
Co-faciliated by Kathleen Bitetti (Co-founder of MALC) & Malia Lazu (Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Future Boston Alliance)