Lincoln Cultural Council awards grants

The Lincoln Cultural Council has announced ten grants totaling $4,700 to support cultural programs in Lincoln, Acton, Concord, and Sudbury.

The Lincoln Cultural Council (LCC) is part of a network of 329 local cultural councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth that will distribute more than $3.3 million in 2019. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.

This year’s grant awardees are:

• Gregory Maichack (“Sail Away on the Craft of Pastel Painting”)
• Naturalist John Root (“Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Beneficials”)
• Concord Women’s Chorus (“Searching Love” concert)
• Lincoln Council on Aging (dramatic reading of Herman Melville: “Sailing Towards My Father”)
• Historic New England’s Codman Estate lectures
• Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra (guest artist)
• Concord Museum (forums at the Lyceum)
• Discovery Museum (Open Door Connections)
• Audubon’s Drumlin Farm (Climate Action Day)
• Sudbury Savoyards (“The Yeoman of the Guard”)

Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of town-appointed volunteers. Lincoln Cultural Council members are Melinda Bruno-Smith, Catherine Coleman, Patrick Greene, Wendy Hubbard, Chris Loschen, Renata Pomponi, Diana Rich-Sheahan, and Meg Ramsey.

Applications and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available online at Applications for the next round of grants are due in October; go to www.mass-culture.org for details, or contact LCC Chair Meg Ramsey at meg.ramsey@verizon.net. The LCC strongly encourages anyone interested in supporting and promoting cultural events in Lincoln to volunteer to serve as a member of the LCC, and they welcome input and ideas.