LCC Program Information - About Your LCC

Our mission is to support the cultural enrichment and creative opportunities that provide diversity and availability to all residents of our town. Cultural life helps to define our community's character and purpose and the Westborough Cultural Council's efforts bring meaningful programs and events to Westborough that further promote Westborough as a thriving hub of activity in the Commonwealth. As a community festival and as a means to raise local funds to support the arts and culture in Westborough, the Westborough Cultural Council created ARTS IN COMMON (AIC) a free town-wide arts event. AIC is an opportunity for the entire community to join together in celebration of art, music, dance, food and fun. The tenth anniversary of ARTS IN COMMON was held on October 5, 2019 on Bay State Common in Westborough. ARTS IN COMMON is taking a hiatus in 2020 with plans to return in Fall 2021.

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Westborough Cultural Council Connie Hastings 34 West Main Street Westborough, MA 01581 508-259-1457

In order to apply for an LCC grant, applicants must meet all eligibility and criteria requirements of the LCC Program.

For more detailed information, refer to the full LCC Program Guidelines (PDF).

We intend to encourage area performers and artisans of all ethnicities, religions, sexes and ages. We will request public feedback to ensure the Cultural Council is effectively supporting the cultural needs of the community. We will continue to request an appropriation from Annual Town Meeting, not only for its spending power but as a further measure of community support. We have found that town funding gives us validity when seeking other local support and sponsorships. We will accept grant applications for events scheduled at a distinct location on a specific date in Westborough or, in the case of field trips, originating and terminating in Westborough. Events must be advertised as open to the public and handicapped accessible. It will be our objective to have sufficient funds to grant some support to every approved grant. We also try to apply town funds to approved grants from Westborough-based organizations. We will continue to encourage grant applications from new sources, but we will not turn down applications from groups who have had previous grants. However, we will limit the number of consecutive years the Council funds a grant to ensure the grantee does not become dependent on Cultural Council funding to support their organization or event. We will establish and maintain cordial relationships and advocacy with town governance, legislators and the MCC. They will be invited to Council events, such as our grant reception and ARTS IN COMMON. We will continue to market ARTS IN COMMON both as a popular community festival, as well as a source of locally raised funds to support grants and cultural events in Westborough. We will strive to maintain a membership of about a dozen volunteers and to include one or more high school students both as links to that community and as civic responsibility trainees. We will attend and monitor performances by grantees to determine their quality and fitness for future consideration. We will develop and publicize a calendar of cultural events for the community.

An online application will be available October 1.

FY 2021

Name	Project	Project title	Amount
Assabet Valley Mastersingers	Arts	AVM Concert Season 2020-21	$500
Chamber Music MetroWest	Arts	Musical Story Times	$1,200
Charles River Sinfonietta	Arts	Chamber Music Concert on Cable with student solois	$750
DR. “THE MACHINE” JESSE GREEN,	Arts	CHAINSAWS, CHEESEBURGERS AND ROCK N' ROLL- LIVE!	$500
Gregory Cook	Arts	Wonderland Spectacle Co. Art and Nature Videos for	$600
Gregory Maichack,	Arts	Jean-Francois Millet’s Dandelions: How to Pastel P	$520
Henry Lappen,	Arts	Henry the Juggler Performance	$425
John Porcino,	Arts	To Life!: Celebrations in Story, Song & Music	$425
Kirk Whipple,	Arts	Duo Pianists, Composers & Educators Whipple & Mora	$750
Northborough Area Community Chorus	Arts	NACC 50th Anniversary Celebration	$500
Sean S. Padgett	Arts	Small Stones Festival of the Arts	$500
Shir Joy Chorus	Arts	Shir Joy Connects!	$600
Stephen Lewis,	Arts	Cuban Political Posters - an International Poster	$80
Virginia Thurston Healing Garden	Arts	Expressive Arts Therapy	$750
Westborough Connects	Humanities	Kindness Week 2021	$800

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