News

(Also see our calendar section)

7/17/10

Important news- the Boston Globe wrote an Editorial asking the Massachusetts Legislature to amend the 2004 Independent Contractor Law that is negatively impacting freelancers and artists of all disciplines in our state. Also see stories by WBUR and WGBH on the issue.

6/16/10

To see how the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development voted on the new redraft of HB 1844 now known as HB 4748 (Which does not fix the problems)

5/26/10

****Important News on three Senate budget amendments that were filed and debated May 26-28, 2010

3/22/10

The Task Force on Performing Arts released,Gaming and the Performing Arts: Allowing Both to Thrive in Massachusetts, Interim Report to the House Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development on March 18, 2010.

10/9/09

The co-founders of ArtistsUndertheDome.org have a letter to the editor in the Boston Phoenix that calls attention to the general lack of coverage of the arts and the creative economy in the Boston electorial races: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/91076-Art-dodgers/

9/15/09

The Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) announces its blog: www.artistsunderthedome.org/malc

9/4/09

The Massachusetts Creative Economy Council (CEC) has submitted/released its first report to the Massachusetts Legislature: CEC_Report09.pdf

The Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) has been attending all the public meetings of the CEC and is the Working Group for Artists Issues for the CEC. MALC gave its recommendations to the CEC (note due to the economic downturn it was strongly urged to forgo any recommendations for Year One and Two for new income streams): MALC_CEC09.pdf