The Arts on Main Street is funded in part through a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The grant is part of MCC’s John and Abigail Adams Arts Program for Cultural Economic Development, which helps communities that “seek to enhance economic growth strategies through arts and culture.”

Sponsored by the City of Fall River, UMass Dartmouth and the Fall River office of Economic development (FROED) in Collaboration with the Massachusetts
Cultural council (MCC). The Arts on Main street project is designed to
“boost the creative economy in Fall River.”

According to Dr. Jean f. MacCormack, Chancellor at UMD, “The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth welcomes the opportunity to partner with the city of Fall River in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s public art project. This Collaboration represents a new and exciting creative initiative that encourages local artists and students to enhance the creative economy and life of the community.”

Kenneth Fiola, Jr., Esq., FROED’s Executive vice President, said, “ The Arts on Main Street initiative will enhance the activities at the Cherry&Webb Gallery.” 
“New arts and cultural activity in the downtown is certainly another positive step forward for the district and for the city,” Fiola noted.