Waltham Cultural Council Awards Nearly $40K To 40 Organizations

WALTHAM, MA — Grants have been awarded by the Waltham Cultural Council for 2023, which includes 40 local organizations receiving funds, the city announced.

In total, 62 applications were received by the council, and the 40 winners will receive grants totaling $39,966, officials said.

• African Cultural Services, Inc.: Your Story Matters Magazine
• Bereaud, Philip Alexander: Sing, Play, Grow! Children's Music Enrichment
• Brandeis University Office of Research Administration: Waltham Creatives Connection
• Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation, Inc.: Immigrant Innovators Among Us
• Chesterbrook Community Foundation, Inc.: Chesterbrook Learning Center Puppeteer Workshop
• Community Farms Outreach, Ic.: Farm Day/Dia de la Granja 2022
• Cuevas, Nayda: Windows and Mirrors Waltham High School
• David, Ashley: Stomping Grounds
• Discovery Museum, Inc.: Open Door Connections
• Downtown Waltham Partnership, Inc.: Waltham Riverfest 2023
• Downtown Waltham Partnership, Inc.: Watch City Steampunk Festival
• Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville, Inc.: Part 2-"MANY CULTURES, ONE PEOPLE!" African American Heritage Renactment Puppetry Shows
• Gore Place Society: Free Online Presentations from Gore Place
• Henry Whittemore School Parent-Teacher Organization, Inc.: Cinco de Mayo celebration
• James Fitzgerald Elementary School: FitzGerald Science Festival
• Lahiri, Chandreyee: We are Waltham' storytelling show
• Lucci, Jessica: Watch City Readers
• MacInnes, Rebecca: "Crankie" Musical Story-Telling
• Mamai, Fiona: Internation Children's Convention
• Marks, Amy: The Intersection of Art and Technological Innovation, A Collaborative Mosaic
• McDevitt Parent-Teacher Organization, Inc.: McDevitt Multicultural Night
• MUSIC Dance.edu: Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors!
• Nelson, Sarah Jane: Rosemary & Old Thyme Music
• Opportunities for Inclusion, Inc.: Bringing the Joy of Art to Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Powers Music School, Inc.: Watch City Singers (part of Powers Vitality Arts)
• Prospect Hill Community Foundation, Inc.: Arts at the Center
• Sanchez, Laura: Accesible Flamenco for Kids with Disabilities and their families!
• Shalom-Kobii, Tal Shalom: Women in World- A tribute to Women composers
• Sheffield Chamber Players, Inc.: Sheffield Chamber Players at the Lyman Estate
• Suzuki, Naoe: Flow: A River Walk and Participatory Art Installation about Water
• The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts: MCA’s WCT ASL Storytime & Interactive Creativity Workshop
• Waltham Arts Council, Inc.: Concerts on the Common
• Waltham Boys & Girls Club: Through My Lens
• Waltham Dual Language School: All school cultural assembly
• Waltham Farmers' Market: WFM Concert Series
• Waltham Historical Society, Inc.: Edmund L. Sanderson Lecture Series
• Waltham Mills Artist Association: Waltham Open Studios 2023
• Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.: Two Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra Concerts
• Waltham Public Library Children's Room: Childrens Programs at the Library
• York, Matt: Johnny Cash - Songs & Stories

According to town officials, the Waltham Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth.

The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community. Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by the members of the Waltham Cultural Council, officials said.