In 2017 Mattapan Cultural Arts Development (MCAD) received $60,000 from LISC’s Creative Placemaking Program ; two-thirds ($40,000) of which we re-distributed to local artists and arts organizations to make art happen in Mattapan. As a result, our mini-grants funded a youth arts project at Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center (GBNCC), community paint nights facilitated by K. Fine Arts Studios ‘ Marjorie Saintil-Belizaire, as well as 53 performers and 18 technical/production assistants through three performing arts organizations who bring cultural content to Mattapan every year: African Repertory Troupe, Inc .; Aashka Dance Company ; and musiConnects . MCAD channeled just under 12% ($7,000) of this $60,000 grant to provide organizational support to the Mattapan Arts Council –including pop-up galleries, planning meetings, and most notably, its launch of the first ever Mattapan Open Studios last October. Of the remaining b...