The Chelsea Cultural Council has announced
the awarding of grants totalling $20,809 to 18 local artists, schools and
cultural organizations.
The grants were awarded from a pool of funds
distributed to Chelsea by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency
that supports public programs and educational activities in the arts, sciences,
and humanities.
“We are very grateful to Governor Baker and
the Legislature for their continued support of the Massachusetts Cultural
Council and the funding that directly benefits cultural activities here in
Chelsea, said Marlene Jennings Chair. Our city has its own unique identity and
in these sponsored events we get to really experience the spirit of
Chelsea.”
Awardees for this year are:
•Browne Middle School: Speaker – Lost
Boy of Sudan, $250
•Chelsea Black Community: Black
History Month, $1,800
•Chelsea Community Connections:
Chelsea Fun Bus, $1,000
•Chelsea Public Library: A Universe of
Stories, $1,500
•Clark Avenue Middle School: Zumix
Mini-Series, $979
•Comite de Hondurenos Unidos de MA:
Central American Parade & Cultural Festival, $1,500
•Eliza Gagnon: Chelsea Zone Time Map, $800
•Ellen Rovner: The Chelsea Gateway Project,
$720
•Governor Bellingham-Cary House Association:
Photographic Documentation Project, $959
•GreenRoots: Bringing Community to Revel at
the Revitalized ChelseaWalk, $800
•Lewis Latimer Society & Museum: Chelsea
Science Festival, $800
•MUSIC Dance.edu: Hip Hop Around the
World, $380
•Stacy Amaral: We Are Here/ Aqui
Estamos, $600
•TheatreZone, Inc. DBA, Apollinaire Theatre
Company: Apollinaire in the Park 2019, $1,500
•The Musary, JRP Inc.: Musical
instruments Lending Acquisitions, $800
•Veronica Robles: Serenara a Chelsea
by Veronica Robles Female Mariachi, $1,500
•Walnut Street Synagogue: A Photo
Documentary of Chelsea Life in the 1970’s, $1,800
The Chelsea Cultural Council (CCC) has also
set aside an additional $3,121 to complete a public mural project in
collaboration with Chelsea Public School Art Department that began in the fall
of 2018. The CCC is one of 329 local councils that serve every city and town in
the state. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, which then allocates funds to each local
council. Decisions, about which activities to support, are made at the
community level by the council.
The members of the Chelsea Cultural Council
are: Marlene Jennings, Chair; Dakeya Christmas, Co-Chair; Devra Sari Zabot,
Recorder; Juliana Borgiani, Treasurer; Sharlene McLean, Angelina McCoy, and
Carolina Anzola. The CCC will seek applications again this fall. CCC
Guidelines will be available online as well as the 2020 application beginning
Sept. 1, 2019 at
www.mass-culture.org/chelsea.
The deadline to apply is Tuesday, Oct. 15.
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Chelsea Cultural Council Announces Grant Recipients