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Filmmaker and artists urge coordination and small grants; Film Lab wins seed support
Summary
Public commenters proposed a town-wide arts organizations convening and asked for continued small-grant support; the commission awarded seed funding to Kevin McDevitt's Film Lab and encouraged a future agenda item for cross-organization collaboration.
Two public commenters used the commission meeting's public comment period to press for grassroots arts coordination and to explain how small grants could sustain emerging programs.
Kevin McDevitt, an independent filmmaker and founder of The Film Lab (a quarterly short-film series), described a volunteer-run screening series that pairs a short-film program with a networking mixer. "We've shown about 25 short films, all from local…
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