ABOUT WORCESTER CULTURAL COALITION

WHO WE ARE

The Worcester Cultural Coalition ( WCC) is a public-private partnership established in 1999 between the City of Worcester and twelve cultural organizations. Today membership stands at 80 organizations, accounting for more than 2.7 million visitors to Worcester in calendar 2015, up from 1.5 million in 2006. Its mission is to draw on Worcester’s rich and diverse cultural assets to foster economic revitalization, support active, creative engagement for all and promote a strong cultural identity for Greater Worcester.

Our Vision

The WCC supports and encourages action that meets these creative goals by always keeping in mind the following:

 

CULTIVATE

Nurture and reward creativity anytime, anywhere. Ensure that every Worcester resident has the opportunity to be creative and innovative.

value

Risk-taking and invest in opportunity-making. Remove regulatory barriers and encourage unique and interesting projects.

celebrate

And support Worcester’s strengths, such as its diversity of people, history and architecture, arts and culture, restaurants and nightlife, innovators and entrepreneurs, schools and parks

Inspire

And encourage civic engagement. Collaborate. Let all stakeholders share responsibility for positive change. Refuse to support mediocrity, intolerance, disconnectedness, sprawl, poverty, bad schools, exclusivity and social and environmental degradation.

Be authentic

And distinct. Develop and market Greater Worcester’s existing, unique assets.

 

Our Mission

To draw on Worcester’s rich and diverse cultural assets to foster economic revitalization, support active, creative engagement for all and promote a strong cultural identity for Greater Worcester.

 

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Staff

Executive Board

Chair: Eric Butler, WCLOC Theatre Company, Broadway in Worcester
Vice Chair: Troy Siebels, The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
Clerk: Zachariah Combs, Crocodile River Music
Treasurer: Ellen Dunlap
Board Member: Jennifer Davis Carey, Worcester Education Collaborative
Board Member: Vanessa de Leon, Guardians of Traditions
Board Member: Juliet Feibel, ArtsWorcester
Board Member: Jason Homer, Worcester Public Library
Board Member: Tim Loew, Mass DiGI 
Board Member: Monique Messier, Discover Central MA
Board Member: Joy Murrieta, Main IDEA
Board Member: Noreen Johnson Smith, EcoTarium
Board Member: Marnie Weir, Worcester Art Museum
Ex-Officio Board Member: Jennifer Riley, Chair, Worcester Arts Council
Ex-Officio Board Member: Peter Dunn, Chief Development Officer, City of Worcester
Ex-Officio Board Member: Fabian Barracks, Cultural Development Officer

Funding

Partners

AS A WORCESTER CULTURAL COALITION MEMBER ORGANIZATION, WE AGREE TO:

Add events and programming to discovercentralma.org at least one month prior to each event.

 

 

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