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June 3, 2023 Watertown PRIDE Extravaganza!!

 

Watertown Cultural Council Announces New Grants for 2023 at Community Reception and Celebration

For Immediate Release: June 8, 2023

Contact: Roberta Rosenberg, Co-Chair, rrosenb@cnu.edu, (757) 525-7634

The Watertown Cultural Council made a public announcement of its grant recipients for 2023 at a reception and celebration held at the Armenian Museum on May 31st .  The event was attended by grantees as well as delegates from the Mass Cultural Council, the Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee, and the Watertown City Council. [see photo]

The Council awarded 31 grants—a 50% increase in recipients for 2023—for projects in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences that will benefit the residents of Watertown.  The programs serve families, older adults, preschoolers, and K-12 students.

Grantees for 2023 include the following organizations and individual projects:

AANE Artist’s Collaborative, Armenian Museum of America, Belmont World Film, Boys and Girls Club, Cunniff Elementary School, Delvena Theatre Company, Flat Earth Theatre, Friends of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Historical Society of Watertown, Hosmer School, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Music Dance.edu, New Repertory Theatre, Pigsgusset Initiative, Revels, Inc., Town of Watertown, Watertown Arts Market, Watertown High School, Watertown Middle School, Watertown Public Library.

 Individual projects include:  Alex Makes Art, Bahue Performs New Music, Historic Board Games, Hop To It, Power of the Protest Song, Raising Our Voices, and Sing,Play Grow.

The Watertown Cultural Council (WCC) is one of 355 Local Cultural Council Programs statewide, funded in large part by the state through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). It is part of the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, annually supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences. The Watertown Cultural Council is comprised of volunteer residents with a strong interest in the arts, humanities and sciences.   

To learn more about the application process or how to join the Watertown Cultural Council, please visit the Watertown Cultural Council website at watertownculturalcouncil.org

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Third Annual YardArt Watertown Returns for the Entire Month of April 

Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, April 30, 2023 

Register for YardArt at: www.mosesianarts.org/YardArt 

Watertown, MA — YardArt Watertown, the popular outdoor public art exhibition featuring the work of residents, artists and art enthusiasts who live or work in Watertown, returns this year for the entire month of April. The town-wide exhibit begins Saturday, April 1st and runs through Sunday, April 30th, and features a variety of artful and whimsical projects displayed on residents’ front yards and porches.

All Watertown residents, families, organizations, clubs, classes, artists, and businesses are invited to create something to be viewed from the street or sidewalk. It can be an assemblage, a sculpture, an art project, a lighting arrangement—let your imagination run free!

Register for YardArt Watertown on our website at: www.mosesianarts.org/YardArt

To get folks inspired, the Hatch Makers Space will host two free public events. “Hatch an Idea for YardArt” will take place Monday, March 6, from 7 to 8:30pm via Zoom.  And “YardArt Building Techniques” on Monday, March 13, from 7 to 9pm on site at Hatch. Preregistration is required and both events will be ticketed through Hatch and the Watertown Free Public Library. Register for Hatch events at the YardArt Watertown website (www.mosesianarts.org/YardArt).

The Hatch Makerspace is located at 20 Summer Street in Watertown and is open to the public for creating YardArt projects with tools to use on site.

YardArt was launched in 2021 when a few neighbors in East Watertown were thinking about creative ways to work around the restrictions of the pandemic. YardArt locations are marked by lawn signs and appear on an interactive online map— coming to the YardArt website at the end of March —along with creators’ statements and photos as well as suggested walking and biking tours.

YardArt Watertown is a project of the Watertown Cultural Council in collaboration with the Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee, the Mosesian Center for the Arts, Hatch Makerspace, Live Well Watertown, Watertown Art Association and Watertown Bike and Pedestrian Committee; supported by Watertown Community Foundation, Watertown Business Coalition and Watertown Public Schools.

Register for YardArt Watertown and Hatch events at: www.mosesianarts.org/YardArt

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/watertownyardart

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/yardartwatertown/

Twitter https://twitter.com/YardArtWtown

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Photos courtesy YardArt Watertown.

Press Contact:

Diane Buxton

617-835-5793

dianebuxtonphoto@gmail.com

 

 

February 23, 2023

Congratulations to the 2022-23 grantees!

Help AANE  $250 https://www.aane.org/

Let's Get Crafty!  $500 https://www.alexmakesart.com/

Watertown Day at the Armenian Museum of America $140 www.armenianmuseum.org

Raising Our Voices $250 https://davisbates.com/

Belmont Film Festival  $500 https://belmontworldfilm.org/

Sing, Play, Grow!  $500 www.PhilipAlexanderMusic.com

Cunniff Elementary Multicultural Fair $500

Bahué Performs New Music $1000 https://www.alianadelaguardia.com/

Pinch Point: New Play Development $600 https://www.flatearththeatre.com/

Music Concerts for Children $300 www.musicattheblissful.com

Historical Society of Watertown $720 http://historicalsocietyofwatertownma.org/HSW/

Hosmer School International Week $500

Historic Board Games  $250 http://www.tksatrancakademisi.com/en/index

"Crankie" Musical Story-Telling  $300 mamaligaband.com

Power of The Protest Song $500 https://www.PamelaMeans.com

Hip Hop for Seniors!  $250

The Fatherhood Mixtape/NewRep  $1000 https://newrep.org/

Indigenous Peoples Day  $500 https://watertowncitizens.org/indigenous-food-week-to-be-celebrated-at-branch-line-in-watertown/

Celebration of Spring/Perkins $350 https://www.perkins.org/

Geode Program  $750 www.gainline.com

Women for Peace and Justice $500  https://womeninworldjazz.net/

Bon Appetit, Julia!  $300

MCA’s WCT ASL Storytime $750 https://www.mosesianarts.org/

Art in a Silent City $600 https://www.mountauburn.org/events/

Edible Watertown $500 https://www.watertown-ma.gov/815/Edible-Watertown

Watertown Arts Market 2023 $750  www.watertownartsmarket.com

Hop to It  $200

Watertown Pride  $750 https://www.watertownlib.org/676/Watertown-Pride

Watertown High School Robotics $300 http://www.team237.com/

WMS Clough Memorial $800

Go To The Symphony  $500

 

For Immediate Release—

Contact: Roberta Rosenberg, Watertown Cultural Council, Chair                                   Phone: 757 525-7634 or E-mail: watertowncultural@gmail.com or rrosenb@cnu.edu

WATERTOWN CULTURAL COUNCIL SEEKS GRANT PROPOSALS FOR 2022-23 BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1

The Watertown Cultural Council (WCC) seeks new grant proposals from organizations, schools, and individuals who wish to provide arts, humanities and interpretive science programs for the Watertown community in 2022-23.

Proposals for community-oriented arts, humanities, and interpretive science projects are due on the Mass Council website by October 17, 2022 at 11:59 EST.  Application forms and more information are available online beginning September 1 at www.massculturalcouncil.org.  For additional WCC guidelines, priorities and complete information on past Watertown Cultural Council grantees, contact the WCC or go to Grants application at watertownculturalcouncil.org.

The WCC supports both in-person and virtual programming in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences for the Watertown community -- including exhibits, festivals, field trips, short-term artist residencies, or performances in schools, workshops, and lectures. 

Priorities for 2022-23 Grants

The Watertown Cultural Council is committed to funding public programs that promote excellence, access, diversity and education in the Arts, Humanities and Interpretive Sciences. In addition, program priorities for 2022-23 include projects that:

  • promote diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences;

  • support collaboration, cooperation, and growth among Watertown organizations;

  • explore the social and cultural histories of Watertown;

  • focus on climate change and the natural environment and

  • encourage developing artists and students, especially new grantees and projects.

The Watertown Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. For more information, go to the website:  watertownculturalcouncil.org or email the Chair.

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Watertown Cultural Council will provide Grants Information at the Watertown Arts Market, August 13th!

Be sure to stop by our table and meet some of the Watertown Cultural Council members—share your ideas for the 2022-23 grants cycle funded by the Mass Cultural Council, beginning September 1st!

The Watertown Arts Market will include 125 organizations and artists:

FEATURING ART FOR SALE

LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES ART-MAKING

LOCAL FOOD AUTHORS

An Outdoor Celebration of Watertown Artists and Cultural Organizations

August 13 2022 12-5 PM JOIN US!

ARSENAL PARK, Watertown