[Forum] New England Foundation for the Arts Information Sessions

[Joshua Field]

Primarily performance arts related, but potentially of interest to the 
group:

NEFA Information Sessions

How can you get a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts?

What does  NEST stand for?

What is MatchBook.org?

Learn the answers to these questions and much more when NEFA comes to you!

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is providing a series of 
workshops for organizations and performing artists to learn more about 
all of their programs, including:

* New England States Touring (NEST): Provides grants to New England 
nonprofit organizations for performances, readings, and related 
community activities by NEST-eligible artists listed on MatchBook.org.

* Meet the Composer/New England: Offers grants to nonprofit 
organizations in New England to provide interaction between individual 
composers and audiences, in conjunction with performances of the 
composer's work.

* Expeditions: Provides grants to New England nonprofit organizations 
for the presentation of touring projects featuring artists working in 
all disciplines from around the world.

* MatchBook.org: An online cultural directory of New England's 
performing artists, venues and presenting organizations.

* National Dance Project: Provides grants for the production and touring 
of contemporary dance work by regionally and nationally significant 
artists in the United States and abroad.

* American Masterpieces: Dance: Provides grants for the reproduction and 
touring of American Dance works that are artistically, historically, and 
culturally significant.

* Presenter Travel Fund: Provides monetary assistance to arts 
programmers or curatorial staff in New England so that they may 
investigate new or unfamiliar work outside of their home community.

Workshop sites are:

* MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA): June 27, 2007, 2:00PM-4:00PM
* Hartford, CT: Time and Place TBD

Please RSVP to apetrillo at nefa.org with the date and location of the 
workshop you plan to attend.

Questions? Contact Adrienne Petrillo at apetrillo at nefa.org or call 
617.951.0010 x 527.
 
NEFA creatively supports the movement of people, ideas, and resources in 
the arts within New England and beyond, makes vital connections between 
artists and audiences, and builds the strength, knowledge, and 
leadership of the region's creative sector.

Contact Information
    
email: apetrillo at nefa.org
 
phone: 617.951.0010 x 527
   
web: http://www.nefa.org