Our volunteer-based group includes town and community leaders, local aquatic, recreation and fitness stakeholders, and other experts. We are always looking for volunteers to help spread the word, give feedback, help plan events, and fundraise!
We are a grassroots, non-profit 501(c)(3) group formed in 2014 to build a Winchester community aquatic center as a public-private partnership on Town land, with a privately-funded capital campaign and self-sustaining operations.
Bring a song you like. Teach it to the rest of us, and one day lead the group when we play it. Make some happiness for yourself first. If you wish, share the happiness by playing for your friends.
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Started in 2013, Shukulele is an amateur ukulele group that plays at the farmers market and facilities such as assisted living places. See the blog shukulele.blogspot.com where the Shukulosophy is stated.
Our mission is simple: Have fun making music at every skill level. In particular, encourage the creation of music by people who have been told all their lives they are “not musical”. All have a home here to play and sing. Your mistakes are hidden by everyone else’s mistakes: Frank Zappa said “A wrong note played timidly is wrong. A wrong note played with energy and enthusiasm is artistic...
Volunteers are welcome to assist with exhibitions and programs, and to help build the cultural infrastructure. Arts Winchester has groups working to coordinate with the town government ("Town Liaison"), to develop physical facilities ("Cultural Resources"), to produce and encourage new events ("Arts and Events"), and to connect with students and other young people ("Youth Advisory Council"). Volunteers are welcome to join those groups, to help on individual projects, or simply to contribute ideas.
The Massachusetts Cultural Council designated Downtown Winchester as a Cultural District in 2019 in recognition of the concentration and vitality of its artistic and cultural resources within the community, which creates an infrastructure for local arts, humanities, and science organizations’ public programmed events.
Arts Winchester is the Winchester Cultural District Managing Partnership, comprised of volunteer artists and leadership representatives from the cultural community and creative economy. It organizes events, promotes public art and culture, connects cultural creators, and generally...