the Lincoln Cultural
Council
What’s new at the Lincoln Cultural Council
On June 13, 2009, on behalf of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Sen. Susan Fargo presented Miranda Loud, the Founder and Artistic Director of Rialto Arts, with the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Gold Star Award for Excellence for the multimedia performance titled "Buccaneers of Buzz: Celebration of the Honeybee" which was funded by the Lincoln Cultural Council and premiered in Lincoln in October 2008. This project was one of only 6 chosen to receive awards from projects submitted by the 329 different local cultural councils in Massachusetts. For its part in funding and nominating this project for the Gold Star Award the Lincoln Cultural Council was presented a certificate of recognition by Tara Ahmed of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The Lincoln Cultural Council is pleased that one of the projects it funded has received this award and hopes it will be the first of many.
The Lincoln Cultural Council met on April 27, 2009 to review several agenda items. Please see the the town's website for minutes for this meeting. One of the items discussed at this meeting was a draft version of new local policy guidelines presented by a subcommittee which developed them. The Council voted to approve the draft. The draft has also been vetted by our parent agency the Massachusetts Cultural Council. A copy of the draft guidelines is now available for public review. The public review may review these guidelines and comments on them through June 30th, 2009. If you would like to submit comments on these guidelines please use the contact information at the end of this page to contact the Cultural Council.
Lincoln Cultural Council Mission
The LCC promotes and supports community events and individual
artists’ endeavors. LCC members are townspeople who
are committed to artistic expression and creative works in
Lincoln. We are always seeking new members as well as ideas
for projects.
If you would like to join, please see the section below regarding New Members.
If you wish to learn how to submit a grant proposal please see the section below on How To Submit a Grant.
For information about Fiscal Year 2009 Grantees please see the 2009 Lincoln Cultural Council Grant Awards section below.
For a schedule of upcoming events sponsored by the Lincoln Cultural Council please see the Upcoming Events sponsored by the Lincoln Cultural Council section below. For a sampling of past events sponsored by the Lincoln Cultural Council please see the Past Events section below. Click here for info on how to Contact the LCC.
2009 Schedule of upcoming events sponsored by the Lincoln Cultural Council
For additional information about the dates, times and places for
performances and other LCC sponsored events, watch for announcements in
the Lincoln Journal events listings, or check back here as this page is
updated periodically.
- Codman Farm, Livingston Taylor Summer Concert. See the Codman Farm website for more info.
- Yankee Notions to perform at the Codman Farm Harvest Festival. See
the Codman Farm website for more info.
- What’s in Your
Back Yard?: A Photography Exhibit of Lincoln Wildlife Photos taken by
Lincoln Residents. Exhibit to be displayed in December 2009 at the
Lincoln Library. Photo Submission Deadline late October 2009 (exact
date TBD). For more information please visit the website for the Lincoln Wildlife Photography exhibit.
The following grants were awarded for Calendar Year 2009
Recipients of the Massachusetts Cultural Council grants for the 2009 Fiscal Year. A total of $7010 in funding comprised of $4300 from the Massachusetts state cultural council and unused funds from prior yeears has been granted to the following recipients:
- Lincoln Council on Aging, Delvina Theatre ($300)
- Jay Hersh, to organize “What’s in Your Back
Yard?”, a spring photography workshop combined with a juried photo exhibit at Lincoln Library in December to be comprised of photographs taken by Lincoln residents of native plants, flowers and mushrooms($500)
- Yankee Notions to perform at the Codman Farm Harvest Festival($650)
- Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School Chorus to attend a workshop hosted by John Rutter at Carnegie Hall. The Chorus will perform works learned at the workshop ($1800)
- Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School Music Deptartment, PASS Grant to attend an open rehearsal of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ($1000)
- Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School for a presentation on Chaucer by Baba Brinkman in November, 2008 [applied for in FY 2009[($300)
- Gregory Maichack, for a hands-on instructional “Pastel
Workshop: How to Pastel Paint as an Impressionist ($435)
- DeCordova Museum, Art in the Park Festival, June 14, 2009 10AM to 5PM ($500)
- Codman Farm, Livingston Taylor Summer Concert ($500)
- Deanna Johnson and Berit Strong, Flute & Guitar across Diverse Cultures ($450)
- National Heritage Museum, Lexington. Performance by Revels Repertory Company of "An American Journey" on Saturday, March 1, 2009 at 2PM in conjunction with the exhibit Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits 1905-1920 ($750)
- Wendy Frank, Music Enrichment for Special Needs Children ($300)
The Lincoln Cultural Council received 26 grant applications
this year for a variety of cultural and creative endeavors.
The LCC is grateful to all of the applicants and encourages
them to reapply next year. The application deadline for Calendar Year 2010
grants will be October 15, 2009. Information about the application
process and next year’s public informational meeting
will be published in the Lincoln Journal, as well as posted on this
web site.
Grant Submission
The Lincoln Cultural Council is a local town council which is a part
of, and funded by, the Massachusets Cultural Council. Forms,
application procedures, tips for applicants and a list of Frequently
Asked Questions can be found at the Lincoln Cultural Council Program Information
site on the Massachusetts Cultural Council's official website. Please
read this information prior to submitting your grant application.
Completed grant applications should be sent to the PO Box listed in our
Contact Info found elsewhere on this page. If,
after reading the info at the Massachusetts Cultural Council website,
you still have questions you can send them to the email address also
listed there. In addition a public information session will be held
sometime in September where members of the LCC will be present to
answer any questions you may have. The exact place, date and time of
this session are still to be determined so please check back here for
details.
Past events sponsored by the Lincoln Cultural Council which have helped to enrich our community
- Buccaneers of Buzz: Celebrating the Honey Bee, a multimedia event and concert was presented by Rialto Arts, to help bring beekeepers together with the community and teach the importance of Honey Bees in providing the abundant supplies of fruits ond other food we enjoy in our country.
- Lincoln Free to Explore Weekend at the Discovery Museums, Acton, in celebration of the Museum’s 25th Anniversary.
- Writing workshop led by Newbery award-winning children’s book author
Linda Sue Park.
- Pastel Workshop led by Gregory Maichack. This was a hands-on instructional session on pastel drawing held at the Lincoln Library
- The Lincoln Minutemen “Lincoln Colonial
History Day in the National Park,” an educational
and celebratory event in Minuteman National Historical Park
- Wildlife
Photography Workshop. Held in conjunction with the What’s in Your Back
Yard? Lincoln Wildlife Photo Exhibit a two part workshop was held to
teach tips and tricks on how to improve your wildlife photography
skills. Part one was a classsroom session and part two was an outdoor
photography field session.
Lincoln Cultural Council Members
Amy Goodwin, Barbara Low, Susan Welsh, Sarah Bishop, Joanie Schaffner, Melinda Abraham, Jay Hersh(chair)
and Maybe You???
Join the Lincoln Cultural Council
- Are you creative and/or self expressive?
- Are you an Artist, Musician, Writer or other type of performer?
- Or do you just enjoy the work of other creative individuals?
- Would you like to help bring more cultural events to Lincoln, or promote and expand the creative community of our town?
If so then please consider becoming a member of the Lincoln
Cultural Council. You do not need to be an artist, musician, writer,
etc. to join. All you need is a desire to help. The council's main
mission (see above) is to promote and support
community events and individual artists’ endeavors. This is principally
accomplished via the solicitation and review of proposals for grants
to sponsor cultural activities in Lincoln. Such grants can include
funding the work of artists, musicians, writers, etc. either directly,
via sponsorship of performances, or indirectly via funding for classes,
lectures or other activities which help encourage Lincoln residents to
engage in creative activities.
Proposals are due in the fall of each year. After the
proposal submission deadline, Lincoln Cultural Council members are
provided with copies of the proposals to review. The Council then meets
to discuss the grant proposals and select those which will be funded.
In addition to our main mission of reviewing grant proposals,
each Council member is assigned the responsibility of being the contact
person for one or more grantees. The Council members help the grantees
to successfully complete the work, exhibit, event, etc. proposed in the
grant. Since grantees may often be performers from outside Lincoln this
usually in the form of providing local knowledge such as assisting in
venue location and/or scheduling, or referral to appropriate contact
persons within various groups in Lincoln or the town government.
Council members also assist in the important task of verifying that the
grantees properly publicize the event, especially with regard to
ensuring that the Lincoln Cultural Council and Massachusetts Cultural
Council are properly credited for their role in supporting the grantee.
It is helpful, but not necessary, for the Council member to attend the
grantee's event.
Finally, from time to time, the Council may also stage its own
events. One such event is an exhibit of Lincoln artists in the main
gallery of the Lincoln Library. Participation of Council members is key
to making this event successful.
If you have additional questions or think you might be interested in joining the Lincoln Cultural Council please see the contacts section of this page.
Also please note that because the Lincoln Cultural Council is
an official Council of the Town of Lincoln, membership on the Council
is subject to the application to, and approval by, the Lincoln Board of
Selectmen. If appointed, members should be willing to serve at least
one three year term, be sworn in by the Lincoln Town Clerk and complete
a short online basic training program at the Massachussets Cultural
Council website.
Contact the LCC
Your questions, ideas, and suggestions are welcome! Please
contact us by email or US Postal mail:
lcc@doctorbeer.com
Lincoln Cultural Council
P.O. Box 426
Lincoln, MA 01773
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