You’re Invited to an MMA Webinar! Adapting Public Buildings for Creative Uses
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 12 to 1:15 p.m.
Kara Mewhinney, Erin Becker, Jay Paget (left to right)
Do you have an abandoned building in your community? Want to turn it into a space for creativity and art?
Jay Paget, Program Director of the Cultural Facilities Fund, will lead a discussion with three municipalities who have turned empty schools and a town hall into community and art centers. Discover the processes involved in transforming abandoned buildings into thriving community centers, including decision-making, redevelopment, leasing, management, operations, and budgeting. Learn how your municipality can benefit!
Speakers include:
Kara Mewhinney, Director of Cultural Affairs, Harwich
Burns Maxey, CitySpace President, Easthampton
Erin Becker, Executive Director of the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, Dedham
Jay Paget, Program Director, Cultural Facilities Fund
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To increase accessibility, closed captioning is available for all MMA webinars. Zoom also has the ability to translate captions in multiple languages.
| This meeting will be conducted as a Zoom Webinar. The webinar is free to attend, but you must click the link above to register in advance. Please feel free to invite relevant staff. Please be sure to register at least 60 minutes before the start of the webinar. We will be taking questions during the webinar using the Q&A function, which requires the use of the Zoom app for desktop or smartphone. |