Creative Sector
ADVOCACY WEEK
Image of Will Dailey performing at Creative Sector Day 2024. Photography by Steph Craig Studios.
SAVE THE DATE
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CREATIVE SECTOR ADVOCACY WEEK 2026
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MARCH 2 - MARCH 6, 2026
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SAVE THE DATE | CREATIVE SECTOR ADVOCACY WEEK 2026 | MARCH 2 - MARCH 6, 2026 |
Join artists, creatives, and cultural sector leaders for our annual, statewide Creative Sector Advocacy Week. This is a week for celebrating the vibrancy of our creative sector and taking action to ensure that it remains strong.
Creative Sector Advocacy Week events happen in communities throughout Massachusetts and include a day of performance and visibility at the State House. We provide you with actions that you can take from home, as well as opportunities to convene with creative sector advocates who are organizing throughout the Commonwealth.
plan an event near you!
Creative Sector Advocacy Week is coming to your region the week of March 2 - March 6, 2026. Creative Sector Day at the State House is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
Help us shape next year’s programming and increase our impact by organizing a local activation during Advocacy Week. You can play a necessary role in bringing these actions to your community so everyone has the opportunity to participate. In past years, organizers have hosted events that combined postcard writing to elected officials before theater events, storytelling events illuminating the barriers that disabled artists experience in the sector, and group transportation to the State House for Creative Sector Day.
If you are considering organizing a local event to inspire your creative community to take civic action, let us know so we can help you get the word out!
For any questions about Creative Sector Advocacy Week, please click here to send us an email.
GET INVOLVED
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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.
Creative Sector Advocacy Week 2025 was made possible thanks to the support of our sponsors at the Mass Cultural Council, The Boston Foundation, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Empower, Essex County Community Foundation, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, and the SouthCoast Community Foundation.
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Creative Sector Advocacy Week is driven and led by the creative sector. We need your help to envision and bring to life a weeks worth of programming and events that will connect artists across the state, develop advocacy skills, and elevate the visibility of creatives’ contributions to our communities.
You can help us develop next year’s agenda by joining the planning committee. Contact us for more information.
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Advocacy for the creative community can’t be limited to one day or the State House. This is why we believe that Creative Sector Advocacy Week must include opportunities for people to get organized within their own communities and meet with elected officials in their districts.
Consider organizing an activation that combines creativity with civic action in your region. We can help promote your event and connect it to other Advocacy Week efforts. Please contact our staff with any questions or to talk through your ideas.
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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.
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We will need volunteers to help execute Creative Sector Day at the State House on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Let us know if you’re interested in volunteering!
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