A Black woman sings into a microphone next to a guitarist. They're outside and in front of kids with chaperones.
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Public Art for Spatial Justice-supported Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy - Going to Ground: ToriTori leads music and storytime for kids at the opening celebration and picnic | photo courtesy of the conservancy

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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

December 1, 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.

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 States Touring (NEST) Grant

NEST 1 and 2: December 3, 2024
Funds nonprofit organizations to present touring artists in venues across New England.

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.

National Dance Project Travel Fund

Rolling Deadline
National Dance Project Travel Fund provides monetary assistance for U.S. based presenters, curatorial staff, and residency directors or for current NDP artist grantees to connect in person to explore feasibility of presenting NDP-funded projects.

National Theater Project Presenter Travel Grant

Rolling Deadline
Grants provide monetary assistance for travel to promote the touring of NTP funded projects.
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Theater

National Theater Project 2025 Advisor Cohort Honors History of Program

Since the program’s first grants in 2010, the National Theater Project Advisors have been key to how the NTP Creation + Touring Grant serves the field, including recommending regular refinement of guidelines. While the program has evolved over these 14 years, one thing that has not changed is our
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Navigating Challenges and Embracing Opportunities During Election Season

I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible.” - Shirley Chisholm Dear NEFA Community and Stakeholders, As
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Professional Development

November 2024 Jobs & Opportunities

Here are opportunities for this month; check them out and pass them along to your colleagues. Email us if you know of any professional development opportunities, calls to artists, or cultural events that we should consider. The format for these listings is: " deadline/date of event | location of
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Public Art

Artist Voices: Reflections from Che Yeh on Interstitial Lives

In the Artists Voices series, NEFA connects with grantees to learn more about the impact of the grant on their work. Che Yeh received a Public Art for Spatial Justice Grant in 2023 which supported Interstitial Lives - a socially engaged project that speculates on the inter-species intimacy between
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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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