Heart of Los Angeles Youth, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $40,000
Planning to design three temporary exhibitions with public programs examining the history of Lafayette Park in Los Angeles.
Bears Ears: Living Land
Los Angeles, CA
Award: Outright; $75,000
Development of a temporary and traveling exhibition on the history and culture of tribes of the Bears Ears region in southeaster Utah.
Updating the Amache Interpretation Plan: Reframing Interpretation at a WWII Japanese Incarceration Site
Sonoma State University
Award: Outright; $40,000
Development of a master interpretive plan for exhibitions, site interpretation, and public programs for the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Landmark, known as Amache, and the Amache Museum.
BOSTON Worcester hotels are hiring, again, and preparing for a busy summer season as vaccine distribution boosts confidence in travel, according to industry professionals.
After the pandemic wreaked economic havoc on the hospitality industry and forced deep layoffs last year, Worcester hotel managers said leisure travel is picking up as vaccinated residents feel comfortable to leave their homes, again.
“It’s amazing to see how quickly Worcester has come back,” said Mary Simone, general manager of the AC Hotels Marriott in downtown Worcester. “The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train anymore.
“We’ll probably see one of the most transient leisure summers ever,” she added. “People have been pent up and stuck in their home, but now with the vaccine, they feel confident to go on trips. It’s time to travel, again.”
Sizer School student Jaiden Killion of Templeton chosen for MAEA Youth Art Month exhibition
Staff report
FITCHBURG Six Sizer School students, including a Templeton resident, were recently chosen to be featured in the Massachusetts Art Education Association’s (MAEA) annual Youth Art Month exhibition.
Youth Art Month (YAM) is celebrated nationally every March to highlight the importance of visual art education “in the total education curriculum that develops citizens of a global society,” according to their website. Annually, MAEA sponsors a statewide pre-K-12 YAM exhibit of student artworks submitted by art educators in public, private and independent schools from across the state. The exhibition features outstanding artwork created by students from throughout Massachusetts.
WORCESTER The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is getting to the heart of the matter concerning the Heart of the Commonwealth. Worcester. A city with heart, history and promise, says the narrator at the start of a 30-second TV commercial extolling many attributes of Worcester that the chamber will run in markets including Boston, Providence and Springfield beginning Monday morning. We think it s an investment that helps the region in a variety of ways, said Timothy P. Murray, president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, about its TV advertising blitz initially planned to run from Monday until May 12.