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PROVINCETOWN The leadership at the Fine Arts Work Center will begin another transition March 1, just as officials there have renewed their commitment to greater diversity and inclusion.
Margaret Murphy, executive director from 2007 to 2012, will return in that role on a volunteer interim basis at the end of the month until the next leader is chosen. Officials expect a new executive director to take over May 1 based on a search that began in November.
Murphy will take the reins temporarily following the center staff and board of trustees re-emphasis this month on the importance of “diversity, belonging, equity and inclusion.” Center officials recently posted a lengthy statement on the fawc.org website about changes that have been and will be made in response to race-related concerns raised last year.
$10 million in COVID relief granted to Mass. cultural nonprofits
The Herald News
BOSTON – Mass Cultural Council, in partnership with the Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development, announced the recipients of nearly $10 million in COVID relief through the Cultural Organization Economic Recovery Grant Program.
Three Fall River organizations were among the 183 cultural nonprofits statewide that received $9,960,600 to support this sector’s economic recovery from losses sustained by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is part of the Baker-Polito Administration’s Economic Recovery Plan, Partnerships for Recovery. In addition to expanding opportunity for job seekers, assisting communities as they plan and adapt, and helping to create a foundation to build upon in the months ahead, our comprehensive plan for economic recovery continues to deliver targeted relief in the form of grants like this, said Gov. Charlie Baker. Thanks to Mass Cultural Council’s work to su