Waltham Arts Council
About
The Waltham Arts Council is a nonprofit that presents and supports the arts in Waltham. It runs a free summer concert series, offers programs such as art classes and supports a range of artistic endeavors in the community. It also organizes an annual Artists Row, where local artists can set up a booth to exhibit and sell their work, and it holds a fall fundraiser to support its activities.
The council grew out of meetings called in spring 1975 by Dr. Frederick J. Stokley, then superintendent of Waltham Public Schools, who invited more than a hundred people to help form it. Its founding was publicly announced that October at an afternoon tea at the Robert Treat Paine House attended by more than three hundred people. The first major fundraiser was a concert by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops in the Waltham High School auditorium.
What to Know
- Its first Arts Festival, on May 30, 1976, involved over one thousand volunteers and reached more than five thousand children and adults.
- Participation in Artists Row is free for local artists.
- A board of directors leads the organization.
- The council is incorporated as a tax-exempt nonprofit.
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