Layoffs, Grant Funding Cuts Take Effect at New Hampshire’s Council on the Arts - NH Business Review

Layoffs, grant funding cuts take effect at New Hampshire’s Council on the Arts - NH Business Review

Six of the seven employees at New Hampshire’s State Council on the Arts, who administered and coordinated state-funded grants to local arts organizations, were laid off on Thursday as a result of state budget cuts. The council and its volunteer members still exist — a reversal from Republican lawmakers’ initial proposal to nix the group entirely — but the executive director, Adele Sicilia, is now the only employee left on payroll. Mary McLaughli…

Testimony on How Federal Funding Cuts Will Impact MA Cultural Sector – Mass Cultural Council

Michael J. Bobbitt offering testimony to two MA legislative committees. Yesterday at the Massachusetts State House, Mass Cultural Council testified before the House Committee on Federal Funding, Policy and Accountability and the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. The two Committees jointly convened an Informational Hearing on the impacts recent changes in federal policy and funding are having on tourism, arts, and cultura…