Franklin Cultural District Grant Awards Announced

Hello Everyone, please see the great news about the latest Franklin Cultural District's funding allocations! 

The Franklin Cultural District Committee (FCDC) was honored to receive a $15,000.00 Cultural District Investment grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) for the 2024 fiscal year. The FCDC decided to utilize some of the MCC grant funds to continue its Artsy Box Project. Additionally, the FCDC issued a request that Franklin Cultural District (FCD) Partners and others submit funding proposals for projects that support the goals of the Franklin Cultural District. 

Fourteen (14) funding requests totaling over $21,500.00 were received. At the December 14, 2023 FCDC meeting all funding requests were carefully evaluated, and the Committee voted to award at least some funding in support of all 14 projects.

The FCDC is pleased to announce the following funding awards:

• Children’s Museum of Franklin, funding towards the cost of Makerspace Materials
• Franklin Art Association, funding to cover a portion of the cost of printing a FAA banner
• Franklin Farmers Market, funding for entertainment during Farmers Markets in June 2024
• Franklin Food Pantry, funding for the cost of materials/services for a public art project
• Franklin Lifelong Learning, partial funding for a presentation to parents, and the general public, by Dr. David Murphy “Executive Functions Relevance for Creativity”; Strategies to develop and improve Executive Functions in the home"
• Franklin Performing Arts Company, partial funding towards the cost of "August: Osage County" 
• Franklin Porchfest Committee, partial funding of costs associated with initiating and promoting Franklin's inaugural Porchfest event
• Franklin Public Library, funding towards the cost of the “Irish in America” performance
• Franklin Public Library, Franklin Historical Museum, and Escape Into Fiction, funding to cover a portion of the cost of planning and implementing Franklin Book Week, “A Community Rediscovery of Ideas, Literature, and the Shared Gift of Language"
• Jon Mitchell, partial funding towards the cost of his Chamber Opera, Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter.
• Mary MacMurray, FPS Music Teacher, funding for the “Night of the Arts” 
• Mary Olsson, partial funding towards the cost of scanning and digitizing 600+/- Historic Glass Plate Negatives, and for a glossy print copy of each image
• Oak Street Elementary School, partial funding towards the cost of the Cultural Fair this spring on the Oak/HMMS Campus
• Temple Etz Chaim, partial funding towards the cost of the Israel Dance and Music Program.

Franklin Cultural District

Note: The Franklin Cultural District Committee is grateful for the continued support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Town of Franklin. Their contributions are integral to the vitality of the Cultural District and its artists, creatives, businesses, organizations, and institutions.

Massachusetts Cultural Council

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