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National Dance Project-supported Versa-Style Dance Company at the Stockbridge Theatre | photo by Roy Knight

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NEFA invests in artists and communities and fosters equitable access to the arts, enriching the cultural landscape in New England and the nation.

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Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines

NEFA offers grants to artists and organizations to support the creation and presentation of work. These are the grants with upcoming deadlines.

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Jazz Road Tours

September 2, 2024
Designed for emerging and mid-career artists around the entire country, Jazz Road Tours support small, three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.

New England Dance Fund

September 13, 2024
The New England Dance Fund awards grants to New England-based choreographers of all genres and backgrounds who identify an opportunity that will advance their careers in dance.

Public Art Learning Fund

September 16, 2024
The Public Art Learning Fund aims to strengthen the field of public art in New England by providing professional development support directly to artists.

National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant

Preliminary Application: October 10
Provides funds for creation and U.S. touring of artist-led, ensemble, devised projects. These grants are highly competitive and are awarded to ten projects annually.

Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice

October 21, 2024
Strengthens collaborations to collectively imagine creative, impactful, accountable public artmaking in Massachusetts.

New England States Touring (NEST) Grant

NEST 1 and 2: December 2, 2024
Funds nonprofit organizations to present touring artists in venues across New England.

Public Art for Spatial Justice

December 2, 2024
Supports public art that creatively expresses and embodies a more just version of what’s possible in public.

New England Presenter Travel Fund

Rolling Deadline
Presenter Travel Fund enhances the performing arts in the region by supporting travel costs associated with researching artistic work that may eventually be presented in New England.
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Public Art

Artists Learn and Share: Erika Senft Miller

In the Artists Learn and Share series, NEFA connects with grantees to learn more about the impact of the grant on their work. Erika Senft Miller received a Public Art Learning Fund (PALF) grant in 2020 which supported her participation in Manship Artist Residency in Gloucester, MA. In this blog
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Dance
Performing Arts

Twenty New Dance Projects Awarded Grants from NEFA's National Dance Project

(BOSTON, MA) The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) awarded $2,000,000 through the National Dance Project (NDP) to support the creation of 20 new dance projects that will be shared across the United States. In addition, NDP has awarded $200,000 in Finalist Awards to 20 new dance projects
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Dance

National Dance Project Grantees Stretch Artistic Possibilities and Center Humanity

On behalf of the National Dance Project Advisor Cohort, it is with great enthusiasm that we share the 2024 National Dance Project (NDP) Production Grantees. Each year, 20 new dance projects are selected by 12 NDP Advisors from a two-stage application process that centers artistic prowess, community
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NEFA Board of Directors: Leadership Update

The New England Foundation for the Arts’ board of directors and staff met on June 27 and 28 for the first meeting of the fiscal year 2025. Each year, NEFA holds the annual board retreat in a different New England state throughout the region, often working with our state arts agency partners to
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Fostering regional, national, and international connections

CreativeGround

CreativeGround spotlights the creative people and places at work in New England: cultural nonprofits like libraries and theaters, creative businesses like recording studios and design agencies, and artists of all disciplines such as performing arts, visual arts, and crafts.

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Center Stage

Center Stage is among the most successful programs to bring contemporary international performing artists into direct contact with people across a wide range of U.S. communities, and to share these experiences globally.

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