On Tuesday, November 10 from 6:30-8pm, MassINC/RealTalk is hosting a discussion that will examine the effects the current recession is having on the local artistic community in Massachusetts.

It’s never easy to make money by making art, but a recession poses particular challenges for the local artistic community. How are local galleries, theater companies and musicians adapting to today’s economic realities? In the last Real Talk for 2009, panelists from across the Bay State’s small artistic organizations talk about what works, what doesn’t, and what Massachusetts needs to do to keep the arts flourishing.

Event Venue: Ned Devine’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market Building Networking

Reception to Follow with Free hors d’oeuvres

Confirmed Panelists Include:

Julie Crites, Director of Program Planning, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Jeffrey Poulos, Executive Director, StageSource

Moderated by: LZ Nunn, Director, Cultural Organization of Lowell

RSVP at rsvp@massinc.org or call 617-742-6800 ext.131; for more info check http://www.massinc.org