AUGUST 2017
IN THIS ISSUE   National Theater Project Announces Awards  |  IMMIGRATION NATION Panel at Urbano Project  / CCX Participant Survey Results Are In /  Attend an Event   |  Read About Recently Awarded Grants | On the Blog / Board  News  |  Apply for a Grant
National Theater Project Announces Awards
National Theater Project has awarded $630,000   in support of six new ensemble and devised theater works that will tour the United States. Leadership support for NEFA's National Theater Project is generously provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  
Image: Cornerstone Theater Company, by Kevin Michael Campbell
IMMIGRATION NATION Panel at Urbano Project
Creative City co-hosted IMMIGRATION NATION: A Public Conversation on the Value of and Challenges to Boston's Rich Immigrant Community moderated by WBUR 90.9 FM's Louise Kennedy at the Urbano Project. Guest panelists included Alejandra St. Guillen (Director of Immigrant Advancement, Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement - Boston, City of Boston), Anthony Marino (Director of Legal Services, Irish International Immigrant Center), and the artist behind IMMIGRATION NATION, Nora Valdez. Creative City plans to host additional conversations at the intersection of arts and social issues. Look for events like this and others on NEFA's events page.
Image: (from left) Guillen, Marino, Kennedy, and Valdez; by Jeffrey Filiault/NEFA
Join Us For a Creative Economy Webinar!
Join representatives from NEFA and the UMass Donahue Institute for a presentation of study findings and Q&A about our latest creative economy report, The Jobs in New England's Creative Economy and Why They Matter.

9.6.17 | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Attend an Event

8.17.17 | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

8.22.17 | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Creative City Grant Application Workshop

8.24.17 | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Creative City Grant Application Workshop

8.29.17 | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
NEFA Open House

9.5.17 | 1:00 pm to 3:45 pm
Creative City Office Hours

9.8.17 | 9:30 am to 3:45 pm
Creative City Office Hours

9.12.17 | 9:30 am to 11:15 am
Creative City Office Hours
Register for Idea Swap Today!

11.2.17 | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 
The Idea Swap is an annual event for New England-based nonprofit cultural organizations and artists to network and share tour project ideas, including those that may qualify for funding from NEFA's  Expeditions  grant program.
On the Blog
Video: Creative Communities Exchange 2017 video by Nild Sansone
Board News

Christal N. Brown, Artistic Director, INSPIRIT, and Dance Program Chair, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT joins the NEFA board of directors.
 
Christal Brown has the distinction of being many things. She endorses a short list of these attributes that includes the titles mother, artist, educator, and disciple. Brown is most well known as a dancer and choreographer due to her 20+ year career as a performer and artistic director. 
John E. Henry, Principal, MarlinSpike, LLC, Weston, MA  joins the NEFA board of directors.

John has been principal at MarlinSpike LLC since August 2009, providing business and legal consulting services to early stage companies and investor groups. John is also co-founder of Finite Solutions, an early-stage healthcare start-up focused on improving efficiencies and outcomes in workers compensation medical care.
Images: Christal N. Brown, by Mike Colletta; and John E. Henry, by Ann Wicks/NEFA.
Apply for a Grant

Grant deadlines are at 11:59 PM ET, with staff available until 5:00 PM ET.


(by invitation only)

11.17.17
National Dance Project Presentation Grant

12.1.17
New England States Touring (NEST) Grant
(for projects on or after March 1, 2018)
*Revised New England States Touring (NEST) Grant Deadlines:

The next  New England States Touring grant deadline is December 1, 2017, for projects taking place on or after March 1, 2017. The grant deadlines for NEST will now occur in August, December, and April. Details at  nefa.org . 
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