Local Grants Awarded For Rehoboth

State Representative Steven S. Howitt and Molly Lewandowski, chair of the Rehoboth Cultural Council, have announced the award of 17 grants totaling $6,800, for cultural programs in Rehoboth.

The Rehoboth Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. 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.

Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of municipally appointed volunteers. The members of the Rehoboth Cultural Council are: Elizabeth Alcock, Catherine Allen, Sandra Delany, Christopher Hoskins, Molly Lewandowski, Tanya Martin, Lisa Milich, Desire Palmer, Susan Robert and Maureen Whittemore.

“We are fortunate to live in a community made more vibrant from the arts and humanities. There are numerous opportunities to learn and appreciate the cultural offerings from our neighbors and friends,” said Representative Howitt. “Each year we announce the availability of the Rehoboth Cultural Council grants, and now I am happy to offer hearty congratulations to those who have received them. We all look forward to enjoying their creativity.”

Statewide, more than $3.3 million will be distributed by local cultural councils in 2020. Grants will support an enormous range of grass-roots activities: concerts, exhibitions, radio and video productions, field trips for schoolchildren, after-school youth programs, writing workshops, historical preservation efforts, lectures, First Night celebrations, nature and science education programs for families and town festivals. Nearly half of LCC funds support educational activities for young people.

The Rehoboth Cultural Council will seek applications again in the fall. For guidelines and complete information on the Rehoboth Cultural Council, contact Molly Lewandowski at culturalcouncil@town.rehoboth.ma.us Applications and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available online at www.mass-culture.org. Applications are due October 15, 2020.


This year's grants include:

The Carpenter MuseumPassport to History $125
Strawberry Festival $500
Speaker Series $500

Rehoboth Parks CommissionMusic at the Gazebo $600

Beckwith Middle SchoolProject Discovery: A Christmas Carol $500
Grade 6 Field Trip to Museum of Science, Boston $700

Dighton-Rehoboth High SchoolLatin Students to MET Museum NYC $700

History Discussion Groupat Blanding Library $400

Rehoboth Council on AgingWatercolor Art Class $300
Musical Entertainment $200

DR Marching Band BoostersBusing for Big E/UMASS Band Day $700

Blanding Library‘Imagine Your Story’ Performance $375
Museum of Science Library Pass $300
Fascinating Frogs, Terrific Toads program $300
Home Gardening Lecture Series $200

Arts in the VillageBay Winds Sextet in Concert $200
Schwarz & Bournaki in Concert $200