The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) invests in the arts to enrich communities in New England and beyond. NEFA serves as a regional partner for the National Endowment for the Arts, New England’s state arts agencies, and private foundations.

With support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, NEFA’s programs support artists and communities through:

» grants to artists and cultural organizations to create and tour work

» creativeground New England’s online creative community, connecting over 11,000 of Massachusetts’ artists, cultural organizations, and creative businesses to each other and the region

» creative communities exchange & idea swap convenings that bring peers and projects together across state lines

» creative economy research case-making data and networking

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Supporting the Creative Sector in Massachusetts

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The Theater Offensive presented LAST CALL at Jacques Cabaret with a National Theater Project Presentation grant; courtesy of LAST CALL.

Bread & Roses Heritage Committee, of Law-rence, presented Bread and Pupper Theater with NEST support; courtesy of Bread & Roses.

With Expeditions support, The Yard presented Dan Froot and Company; photo by Sally Cohn.

New England Dance Fund supported Catherine Siller; photo by Eric Rosenbaum.

Jacob’s Pillow presented Circa with Expeditions support; photo by Christopher Duggan.

OCTOBER 2019

Communities served

NEFA & MASSACHUSETTS IN FY19

592Artists Served in Massachusetts

34,520Community Members Served

$360,317Total Amount Granted by NEFA

$829,861Total Amount Leveraged from NEFA Grants

Photo: New England Dance Fund supported Candice Salyers, courtesy of the artist.

New England NowA National Dance Project Regional Dance Development (RDDI) Initiative

New England Now is being developed to strengthen and elevate visibility for New England dance makers. Funding to support this iniative is from the Boston Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation.

A dance lab will take place in the summer of 2020. Look out for pre-lab events across New England this Fall 2019. Visit nefa.org/NewEnglandNow for more.

FY19 NEFA Grants to Massachusetts Artists & Organizations

‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williamstown*Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Somerville*Academy of Music Theatre, NorthamptonAlexander Davis Dance, BostonAli Kenner Brodsky & Co., DartmouthAmherst College Department of Theater and Dance, AmherstANIKAYA, SomervilleAquinnah Cultural Center, AquinnahArts Transcending Borders at the College of the Holy Cross, WorcesterArtsEmerson, Boston*Asian American Resource Workshop, DorchesterAvery Sharpe, PlainvilleBerkshires Jazz, PittsfieldBerta Welch (Aquinnah Wampanoag), Aquinnah, MABlues to Green, Huntington*Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC), BostonBoston Dance Theater, MedfordBoston Public Library, Hyde Park Branch, Hyde ParkBread & Roses Heritage Committee, LawrenceCastle of our Skins, DorchesterCatherine Jett, NorthamptonCatherine Siller, SomervilleCharlestown Working Theater, CharlestownChavi Bansal, Brooklinecordis, NeedhamDBR | Daniel Bernard Roumain, NorwoodThe Dance Complex, Cambridge*

Dancing Queerly Festival, BostonThe Davis Sisters, BostonDeborah Abel Dance Company, CarlisleDevelopmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities (DEAF Inc.), AllstonDonal Fox, BostonDouble Edge Theatre, AshfieldEllen Antoinette Oliver, BlackstoneElizabeth Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), DarmouthFairmount Innovation Lab, BostonFort Point Arts Community (FPAC), BostonGlobal Arts Live, Cambridge*GrubStreet, BostonHarwich Cranberry Festival, HarwichportHeather Stewart, SomervilleHistory At Play, BostonIn Divine Company, RoxburyInquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA), BostonThe Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston, Boston*J Michael Winward, BostonJacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket*Janet Vanderhoop (Aquinnah Wampanoag), West TisburyJean Appolon Expressions, CambridgeJo Troll, CambridgeJudelande Antoine, SomervilleKara Fili, MedfordKimberleigh Holman, BostonKo Festival of Performance, Belchertown*

nefa’s impact in massachusetts

Kristen Duffy Young, NeedhamLorelei Ensemble, CambridgeMarissa Molinar, SomervilleMark Erelli, SomervilleMattapan Teen Center, MattapanMichael Figueroa/Ruckus Dance, BostonMCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, North AdamsMulticultural Arts Center, CambridgeMusic Worcester, WorcesterNew England Dance on Tour, BostonNew Movement Collaborative, RoslindalePuppet Showplace Theater, Brookline*Sarah Nolen, BrooklineShaina Cantino, FlorenceThe Skating Club of Boston, BrightonStone Soup, WorcesterThe Theater Offensive, Boston*UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst*Wellesley College Concert Series, WellesleyWondertwins, BostonThe Yard, Chilmark*Zeiterion Theatre, New BedfordZUMIX, East Boston

*received multiple grants in FY19.