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Falmouth Cultural Council
Meetings
- Every 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 7 PM
- Town Hall
59 Town Hall Square
Small Conference Room
Falmouth, MA 02540 - Meetings may be held via Zoom webinar if in-person meetings become unsafe due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Agendas & Minutes
Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
View Most Recent Agendas and Minutes
Members
The Falmouth Cultural Council is a committee made of up to 12 volunteers appointed by the Select Board. Its role is to review grant applications, and, based on local funding priorities, decide which grant applications should be funded and at what level.
The Falmouth Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. The LCC Program supports thousands of community-based projects in the arts, sciences and humanities every year. The State legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.
The LCC Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, sciences, and humanities every year. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.
Current members of the Falmouth Cultural Council are:
- Marilyn Rowland, Chair - 6/30/2022
- Alice Kociemba, Secretary - 6/30/2024
- Jodi McGowan - 6/30/2022
- Cathy Rozynek - 6/30/2022
- Stacey Weissbock - 6/30/2024
- Ilene Karnow - 6/30/2024
- Carrie Fradkin - 6/30/2024
Mission Statement
To provide access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences in order to improve the quality of life and contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.
In addition, the Falmouth Select Board has appointed the Falmouth Cultural Council as the administrative body to oversee the Arts and Culture Element of the Falmouth Comprehensive Plan.
For more information please visit the Falmouth Cultural Council website.
FY22 Grant Awards
The Falmouth Cultural Council received $7,300 from the Mass Cultural Council for FY22 grants and supplemented this amount with $3,158 that the FCC had raised through its annual Falmouth ArtMarket, a weekly summer market celebrating the visual, performing, and literary arts, and other activities, for a total of $10,458.
The Falmouth Cultural Council is pleased to announce the grant recipients for FY22.
Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers Support Center, Inc., Free Ceramics Workshops for People Living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases and their caregivers, $500
ArtsFalmouth, Inc., Arts Alive 2022, $750
The Awareness Project, Inc., Demystifying Mindfulness—A Workshop to Discover the Many Ways of Being Mindful, $500
Beyond the Bounds, Inc., Beyond the Bounds 2022, $500
Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center, Cape Verdean documentary completion, $750
College Light Opera Company, Inc., CLOC Community Shows, $500
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Inc., Rise & Shine, $250
Eventide Arts, Inc., Master classes, in-person, virtual, and hybrid, $500
Falmouth Artists Guild, Inc., Climate Crisis Student Photo Exhibit, $750
Falmouth Chamber Players, Inc., Spring Concert, $500
Friends of Nobska Light, Inc., Lighthouse Educational Kiosk Prototype, $750
Historic Highfield, Inc., Indigenous People’s Program, $750
Stephen Lewis, Worker’s Struggles—An International Poster Exhibit, $178
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Nature in Your Neighborhood, $730
North Falmouth Village Association, Inc., Cape Cod Rocks!, $475
SongKeepers, LTD, The Thump & Soul Clap, $750
West Falmouth Library, Inc., Women’s History Month: “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Health,” $375
Mary Wilson, Pitter Patter Puppet Show, $150
Woods Hole Theater Company, Inc., Theater internship program for high school youth, $750
Rachel Youngling, Musical Discoveries for Families Who Serve, $480
The Falmouth Cultural Council will celebrate these grant recipients and those who received grants in FY20 and FY21 with a Grantee Reception in September 2022.
FY23 Grant Applications
Applications for FY23 grant funds are expected to be available on September 1, 2022, for programs taking place between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. The deadline for applications to local cultural councils is expected to be October 15, 2022.
The grants can support a variety of artistic projects and cultural activities in Falmouth, including operating support, ticket subsidies, community events and programs, exhibits, festivals, field trips, short-term artist residencies, performances, workshops, lectures, and other activities. Both virtual and in-person projects and programs are eligible for funding.
For local guidelines and complete information on the Falmouth Cultural Council grant program, contact Marilyn Rowland at falmouthcultural@gmail.com. Application forms and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available at https://massculturalcouncil.org/communities/local-cultural-council-program/.
Falmouth ArtMarket
Vendor fees from the Falmouth ArtMarket help to provide supplemental funds for the Falmouth Cultural Council to distribute to local artists. In 2022, the ArtMarket will be held every Thursday from 11 AM to 5 PM, June 30 through September 1. Musicians perform from 2 to 4 PM. There is a Book Booth from Noon to 2 PM, and a visit from the Falmouth Public Library Book Bike from 11 AM to Noon.
For more information on the Falmouth ArtMarket, visit http://www.falmouthartmarket.com.
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Falmouth Cultural Council
Physical Address
59 Town Hall Square
Falmouth, MA 02540
Phone: 508-548-7611