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May Flowers:
Grow your Profile Score to Full Bloom
painting of an orange cat dramatically kicking a toy ball. brightly colored lightning give the impression of the cat doing martial arts.
Image courtesy of Fu'una (RI) "Kung Fu Kitty"
Hello CreativeGrounders,

Who doesn't love the seasons New England gifts to each of its residents? If you've got the spring cleaning itch, use some of that energy to cultivate your CreativeGround profile to full bloom.

The CreativeGround team is doing our own dusting to prepare the way for the imminent "public launch" of the platform by connecting with our partners and workshopping promotional campaigns. We'll be in touch to welcome you and exciting new visitors to the site - as profile managers, as audience members, as local crafts shoppers, and as members of the New England creative community. Stay tuned...
Keep Reading for:
-Grow Your Profile Score
-How-To Resource
-Events & Office Hours
-Opportunities

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Dig In guide for CreativeGround


Grow Your CreativeGround Profile Score
a chart demonstrating the different profile score ranges: a teal seed for a seed profile, a few sprigs of grass for a sprout profile, a flower bud for Seedling, a daisy for blossom, and a bee interacting with a daisy for full bloom.
CreativeGround is a big place to explore, but you can help searchers looking to connect with profiles like yours by tending to your Profile Score. By filling in key fields on your public profile, you will not only help your profile float to the top of search results, but will make your profile shine to audiences, collaborators, and more.

Psst. Any profile can reach full bloom. Check out the Profile Tips page for a checklist of profile content necessities.
How-To Resources
The 411 on CreativeGround 2.0
Journey through the upgraded platform with the CreativeGround team. Learn the basics of searching the site and creating/managing your own profile(s).

CreativeGround 2.0 is in its soft launch phase. Some changes to the platform experience are still in progress. Please let us know if you notice anything not working as it should.
a foggy figure stands in front of dramatic amber stage lights
Image courtesy of Strong Coffee Stage (VT)
Picture your Profile: Adding Media
Watch the recording of our webinar that focuses on adding images and video to your profile. Get the technical how-to in addition to pro-tips on what type of media to use to best showcase your work.

Psst. To add media: from My Dashboard, go to Manage My Profiles. Click Edit next to the respective profile. Use the left sidebar to select and move to the Media section.
a patchwork quilt that has an ombre sky behind a silhouetted hot air balloon
Image courtesy of Deanne Joy (MA)
May Office Hours
The CreativeGround team has drop in office hours, webinars, and 1:1 appointments available.

Join Drop In Office Hours on Zoom: Tuesdays from 11am - 12pm
Thursdays from 1pm - 2pm

Read the blog to get the Zoom link and to register for various events.
Ougie gives directions to actors in his current film project.
Image Courtesy of Ougie Pak (CT)
Extra Extra! Read all about it: CreativeGround: 1.0 to 2.0
All of your info has made the journey to the new platform, but there are a few specific items you'll want to update so that your profile looks best in the new design. Read the Quick-Start Guide to get oriented. What are you waiting for - get blooming!
Photo courtesy of CHAFFEE ART CENTER (VT)
Piles of flowers on top of a piano in an historic house that serves as a performance venue
Is your profile blossoming? Shine a light.
Sharing the stories, relationships, and data of the creative community empowers its people with more knowledge, connection, and resources. When creative communities are supported, all communities thrive.
Resources & Opportunities
Deborah stands on top of a ladder painting a Native American mural on the side of a bridge.
Photo courtesy of Deborah Spears Moorehead (Wampanoag) (RI)
Regional
a beaded necklace with bright turquoise and iridescent amber creating a nature-inspired aesthetic
Photo by Little River Designs (NH)
New England Foundation
for the Arts (NEFA)
NEFA's monthly opportunities blog lists upcoming regional and national deadlines for grants, professional development, gigs, and more.

Join NEFA's theater team as Program Officer! Apply by May 16


[POSTPONED] National Theater Project (NTP) will host 2022 Regional Convening in New England. NTP’s regional convenings expand knowledge and experience of ensemble and devised theater in regions of the U.S. that are less well known and resourced. 
In our April eblast, we shared this event was scheduled for May 2022; it has been postponed until Fall 2022.
National

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Contact
Morganna Becker (she/her/hers)
Community Engagement Coordinator, Creative Economy
CreativeGround@nefa.org | 617-951-0010 x535
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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