Massachusetts Creative Sector Day at the State House is back on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 from 10 AM to 3 PM. Join us for the third annual public gathering of artists, creatives, cultural organizations, and advocates from across the Commonwealth to celebrate Massachusetts’ creative sector and to advocate for the funding and resources we need to better support artists.

Creative Sector Day will include opportunities for networking, a formal speaking program, meetings with your elected officials, and performances and exhibits from Massachusetts artists. Together, we’ll elevate the ways that the creative sector positively impacts Massachusetts communities, civic life, and the economy.

Register using this link

There are complimentary transporation options available to residents of Worcester County and Western Massachusetts, courtesy of sponsorships from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.

If you are interested in reserving a spot on buses that are departing from Northampton, Springfield, or Worcester, please use the links below to register. There are more details included about departure and arrival times, as well as contact information for local organizers, available on the registration pages.

If you are booking space on a bus, you MUST also register for Creative Sector Day.

Bus spaces are available on a first come, first served basis until full.

• Register for the Northampton bus

• Register for the Springfield bus

• Register for the Worcester bus

Arts advocates across Massachusetts are participating in Creative Sector Advocacy Week by hosting their own events. Together, we’re cultivating a more civically engaged sector so that we can get more of the resources we need to thrive.

Check out our map of Creative Sector Advocacy Week 2026 events and participate in one near you.

Letters to the editor (LTEs) and opinion editorials (op-eds) are free and direct ways of communicating with a lot of people about cultural policy issues and things that are impacting your creative community. Authoring a LTE or op-ed is an effective way to attract a larger audience to your issue and sustain conversations about your given priority.

Creative Sector Advocacy Week is a great time to submit a LTE or op-ed about your cultural policy priorities. Think about the kind of impact we could have during Advocacy Week if advocates submitted letters to newspapers throughout Massachusetts!

Get involved with Creative Sector Advocacy Week by submitting a LTE or op-ed to your local publication. Visit our blog to review the LTE and op-ed guide.

We are planning Creative Sector Advocacy Week in partnership with the #ARTSTAYSHERE Coalition, AAPI Arts & Culture Collaborative, Abilities Dance, Amanda Shea, Artists for Humanity, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Assets for Artists, Arts Action Consortium, Berkshire Cultural Asset Network, Board of Library Commissioners, Bombyx, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Building Creative Power MA, Community Music School of Springfield, Elevated Thought, Embrace Boston, Essex Arts Center, Fall River Arts & Culture Coalition, Fitchburg Cultural Alliance, Global Arts Live, LaunchSpace, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MASSCreative, Mass Cultural Council, Mass Humanities, MASS MoCA, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Monkeyhouse, Mosaic Lowell, New Bedford Creative, New England Foundation for the Arts, New England Museum Association, Raw Art Works, Springfield Creative City Collective, Springfield Cultural Partnership, Clark Art Institute, Worcester Cultural Coalition, and ZUMIX.

Creative Sector Day is sponsored by Mass Cultural Council, Bloom Arts Strategy, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, CreativeGround, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, Philanthropy Massachusetts, SouthCoast Community Foundation, and Third Sector New England (TSNE).

Pulling off a statewide advocacy week and related programming takes significant staff time and resources. Consider supporting this project by sponsoring local Advocacy Week events and Creative Sector Day at the State House.

Learn more about Creative Sector Advocacy Week sponsorship opportunities here.