Dig into New England's Free Directory
of Creative Enterprises and Artists
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In a season famous for change, thank you for continuing to navigate creatively by connecting with each other, sharing resources, experiences, and leveraging the creative sector's interdependence. Read on for updates on site changes, tech tricks, profile treats, opportunities, and more.
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CreativeGround is getting a change! The site's web developers are busy behind the scenes, building the scaffolding to support and connect New England's creative economy.
Stirring beneath the surface are the roots to grow our robust community with the tool of a refreshed site with exciting new features like a community blog, expanded social media, and a mobile-responsive, accessible, and friendly user experience. You can find the latest information on the CreativeGround News Page, |
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Get involved in the CreativeGround community by sharing your interest in various CreativeGround projects so that we can harvest and share the power of the creative sector within and beyond our community.
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"Can I have more than one CreativeGround profile? How do I know I should have multiple profiles?" |
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One of the most frequently asked userquestions is whether or not to have more than one public profile under one user account. Many creatives wear many hats. Is one profile enough to showcase all those hats? One way to determine if you need more than one public CreativeGround profile is to examine whether each profile you're considering would file a separate tax return. If so, then create or claim a separate public profile.
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Putting it into Practice
A few examples and suggested amount of profiles one might manage:
I'm a painter with a studio space
One profile for the artist's business, which has a public address. Fill out the Venue fields if renting your space.
I'm a dancer and I work at an arts center in my community.
Two profiles-one for the dancer's own business, one for the arts center. Ask the arts center if they want you to maintain their public profile; you'd request management of an existing profile in lieu of creating a new one.
I'm a dancer with my own company, a visual artist, a jewelry maker, a writer, and I volunteer at a museum.
(First of all, you're a powerhouse!) Anywhere from one to three profiles: One for the individual artist and all their disciplines and activities. Maybe one for the dance company, if you file taxes separately from the company. Ask the museum if they want you to maintain their public profile; you'd request management of an existing profile in lieu of creating a new one.
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To increase understanding of the economic side of the arts and culture sector, we've decided to take a corner of our e-newsletters moving forward to share key terms as well as facts and figures. |
Legal Status
noun
- the category under which this entity files income taxes
Generally, there's two overarching legal status categories: nonprofit or commercial business, with sub-categories for each. For example, individual artists are typically a sole proprietor type of commercial business, because they pay taxes on their own income and don't have employees. Performing arts centers on college campuses are an embedded type of nonprofit, because they don't file taxes separately from their parent higher education institution. Learn more about Legal Status definitions.
Intrigued? There's creative economy research on NEFA's website about how entities with each type of legal status is an important employer of creative workers. |
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Treat yourself to Featured Profiles |
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Is your profile feature-worthy? |
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Bring CreativeGround to your Grounds |
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We're not on the physical road this fall, due to the pandemic. However, we still want to connect with you virtually! Help bring the CreativeGround team to your community's virtual events by emailing creativeground@nefa.org.
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A CALL FOR NEW ENGLAND DANCE MAKERS |
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Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI)
Join a cohort of 12 New England-based choreographers and dance makers, and experience RDDI: New England Now. New England Now is a series of connected activities and opportunities across the region designed to elevate your work and strengthen institutional and community-based networks for dance inside of New England.
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Regional Grant Deadlines:
New England Foundation for the Arts
Connecticut Office of the Arts
Maine Arts Council
Mass Cultural Council
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Vermont Arts Council
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National Consortium for Creative Placemaking is offering a live, interactive creative placemaking webinar series for community leaders who want to lead their communities through healing and recovery for increased resilience. Webinars are offered monthly. Register for the next event in the series on November 17.
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Artists: Join Artists Sunday, a national marketing campaign and event encouraging shoppers to purchase from artists and craftsmen on Nov 29, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. It follows Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, the day before Cyber Monday, the largest shopping weekend of the year. Participation is free. |
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CONTACT
Morganna Becker (she/her/hers)
Community Engagement Coordinator, Creative Economy
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A project of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), CreativeGround is brought to you through ongoing partnerships with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Connecticut Office of the Arts, the Maine Arts Commission, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and the Vermont Arts Council. |
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