New Relief Grants Awarded Local Arts Organizations To Keep Them Afloat
Front Porch Arts Collective actors performed for a packed house at the Central Square Theater. (Courtesy Front Porch Arts Collective) After staggering losses in the arts sector throughout 2020 due to the pandemic, the city of Boston has awarded $450,000 in COVID-19 relief funding, through an initiative geared toward supporting arts and culture organizations run by Black, indigenous, people of color. Grantees include the the Front Porch Collective, the Pao Arts Center, Hyde Square Task Force and Jean Appolon Expressions, among others. Dawn Simmons, artistic director for the Front Porch Collect...
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