Letter: Volunteers needed for Cultural Council

The Weston Cultural Council is charged with distributing money allotted to the Town of Weston through the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program. Volunteer council members appointed by the Weston Select Board evaluate and oversee grants to individuals and organizations for projects and programs accessible to broad spectrum of town residents that promote excellence, education, diversity and inclusion in three areas:

• Arts — including the performing arts (e.g. music, theater, film), visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, photography), crafts, folk, design, and interdisciplinary arts.
• Humanities — including history, social studies, philosophy, criticism, and literature.
• Interpretive Sciences — including lectures and activities to engage people in nature, science, and technology in ways that connect to their lives.

The WCC periodically collects data from the residents of the Town of Weston to inform its funding priorities. In the past, grants have supported an enormous range of activities in the creative/cultural sector including community-wide festivals, concerts, and plays; exhibitions and projects by local artists; nature, science, and environmental education programs and participatory activities; video productions; after-school youth programs; hands-on workshops in writing and the visual arts; local history and cultural diversity projects and lectures and book discussions in the humanities.

Visit the Town of Weston Website for more information and an application.

Colleen Lucas, chair, Weston Cultural Council