May 2018
Expeditions Touring Grants Awarded

Cultural organizations across New England have received Expeditions grants to bring the arts across the region through tours of 10 performing arts ensembles.

Projects awarded funds include The Telling Project, which uses theater to deepen understanding of the military and veterans’ experience; the return to New England of Ballet Hispanico; and the New England premiere of Meet Fred, a collaboration between Hijinx Theatre, a pioneering Welsh company dedicated to inclusive casting of artists with learning disabilities, and Blind Summit, one of the UK’s preeminent puppetry troupes.  
Image credit: Ragamala Dance; photo by Darial R. Sneed
Call to Orgs: Host CCX 2019 in Vermont

Would you like to help NEFA produce the next Creative Communities Exchange (CCX) and bring 250 New England leaders to your community for peer learning and networking? Apply to be the Local Host for CCX 2019 in Vermont!

Sam Miller, 1952-2018

Sam Miller, visionary colleague and former Executive Director of NEFA from 1995-2004, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2018.

We are grateful for Sam's lasting imprint on our work at NEFA, and on the field of dance in particular, as the founder of the National Dance Project. He was an extraordinary leader in the arts and a generous friend and advisor.

National Dance Project Advisors select 37 Production Grant Finalists

The National Dance Project recently convened a new  panel of Advisors  to complete the first part of the Production Grant review.  Production Grants provide essential funding for the creation and touring of 20 dance projects by artists and companies each year. Advisors gathered to discuss a record number of applications to the program—148, and through intense and thoughtful conversations, ultimately landed on 37 projects to advance to the final round .
Image credit: Production grant finalist Hannah Dennison's The Quarry Project, courtesy of her CreativeGround profile .
National Programs Welcome New Advisors

Advisors are artists, presenters, thinkers, residency directors, and administrators who work together to make grant recommendations during both the Preliminary and Final Application reviews. Both of our national programs, the National Dance Project and the National Theater Project , are excited to welcome new advisors.

National Dance Project welcomes six new advisors :
  • Christy Bolingbroke, Executive/Artistic Director, National Center for Choreography
  • Yanira Castro, Interdisciplinary Artist, a canary torsi
  • Aimée M. Petrin, Executive & Artistic Director, Portland Ovations
  • Kathleen Spehar, Director, The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University
  • Shay Wafer, Executive Director, 651 Arts, Brooklyn, NY
  • Marcus White, Founder/Creative Director, White Werx, and Assistant Professor, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
National Theater Project welcomes the following three advisors :
  • Brooke Horejsi, Assistant Dean for Art & Creative Engagement in the College of Fine Arts and Executive Director of UtahPresents
  • Todd London, Executive Director/Professor at University of Washington's School of Drama
  • Lisa Steindler, Executive Artistic Director of Z Space
Image: National Theater Project advisor panel and NEFA staff
NEFA staff, board, and friends were lucky to experience  Daniel Bernard Roumain 's EN MASSE as part of   First Friday Art Walk Portland, Maine , with a reception co-hosted by   Portland Ovations , Chip Newell (NEFA Board Member), and his partner Susan Morris.
Performance photo by Towle Tompkins; group photo courtesy of Portland Ovations
Apply for a Grant

Grant deadlines are at 11:59 PM ET. NEFA staff are available Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

06.01.18
(finalist round by invitation only)

06.11.18
(finalist round by invitation only)

08.01.18
(for projects on or after November 1, 2018)

08.14.18

ROLLING DEADLINES
Read About Recently Awarded Grants

NEFA recently awarded the following grants:
Save the Date!
17th Annual Idea Swap
10.30.18 | Mechanics Hall, Worcester

The Idea Swap is an event for New Englanders to network and share tour project ideas.

Contact development manager Sharon Timmel about sponsorship opportunities.
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