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06/18/2026

What a wonderful Tuesday at the The Steel Yard in Providence! We were thrilled to honor Kathleen Pletcher, founder and executive artistic director at FirstWorks, and our amazing board chair Carrie Zaslow, executive director of the Providence Revolving Fund, during our community reception. The Leland Baker Trio filled the air with music, and the evening wrapped up with an energetic performance from Walking Together grant recipient The Rhode Island Kung Fu Club. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate.

06/16/2026

Missed the opportunity to attend the Public Art Impact Convening in person?

You can watch it now, including a presentation from our partners at Arts Equity Group and panels where artists speak to the impacts of their own work at the link, below.

06/04/2026

We've received a $1 million grant from Mellon Foundation in honor of the leadership of our executive director Harold Steward! Harold recently led us through the development of our new strategic plan which affirmed our commitment to dismantling inequities, building authentic partnerships, and responding with agility to evolving needs. This support from the Mellon Foundation will have deep impacts on our ability to do that work.

06/01/2026

Following a national search, we are elated to announce the appointment of Sara Nash as our inaugural Chief Impact Officer (CIO). Nash joins our executive team in driving the organization’s strategic plan implementation, evaluation, and storytelling across NEFA’s grantmaking programs and services, and work to reflect NEFA’s impact as the organization advances its 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, A Mission Forged in Collaboration.

05/28/2026

We're happy to share that Women of Color in the Arts - WOCA has awarded senior program director, theater, Quita Sullivan (Montaukett/Shinnecock) a grant from its sabbatical fund to support a paid six-month sabbatical. We fully support this well-deserved time of rest and look forward to welcoming nákum back when they return November 2, 2026.

05/21/2026

We're looking forward to our Public Art Convening on June 11 in New Bedford, where we will connect, learn, and reflect with public art makers, admins, advocates, and fellow funders. We'll explore the ripple effects of NEFA's public art investments and celebrate the powerful work of our grantees.

In 2022, Dayenne C. Walters was a Public Art for Spatial Justice Grantee with her project, "Billboard Hope" in Roxbury, MA. Walters is a artivist and a long-time resident of Boston. Instead of advertising products that don't serve the community, Billboard Hope "advertised" joy through new works by community members.

Video courtesy of WBZ CBS Boston, story by Rachel Holt.

05/14/2026

NEFA is proud to partner with Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance (NIAA) on ways to serve the Native arts community in the region. Earlier this month, we co-hosted a Native Arts Networking Event at Ashawaug Farm in Ashaway, RI. Current and former NEFA staff were in attendance, including the director of NIAA, former NEFA program manager Dawn Spears (Narragansett/Choctaw). CreativeGround was there to provide profile assistance and more opportunity for connection and visibility for Native artists.

05/07/2026

We believe that resources flow to what is known. Through visibility on CreativeGround, the region’s artists, creatives, culture bearers, arts and culture organizations, and creative businesses claim the impact of their work in their own words. With this labor properly represented on CreativeGround, our partners are emboldened through access to real-time, centralized data about their creative communities to strengthen the sector with the resources and support they need.

Join NEFA in this participatory research effort by adding your voice: get listed or give your profile a glow-up today!

05/05/2026

Join us in welcoming Joaquin Irigoyen as our new communications and program coordinator! He first joined NEFA in February 2025 as an operations intern and will now support our communications and program teams as a full time employee.

04/28/2026

This Sunday, May 3, join Cheri Opperman, senior grants manager, dance at The National Center for Choreography - Akron's Making Moves: Boston. This panel brings together arts leaders from across New England and the U.S. to discuss adaptive thinking and creative arts administration practices from a New England perspective and beyond.

Panel: Opperman, Jean Apppolon and Meg McGrath, Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE); Christy Bolingbroke, NCCAkron; Connie C. Chin, Global Arts Live; Shoni Currier, Bates Dance Festival; and Peter DiMuro, Dance Complex.

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