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Fund for the Arts
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Fund for the Arts is an endowed public art program of the New England Foundation for the Arts with additional support from Anonymous.
About Fund for the Arts
Fund for the Arts is a grant program of the New England Foundation for the Arts that awards funding for public art projects where professional artists create new, site-specific, contemporary artwork in collaboration with community-based nonprofit organizations in the Greater Boston area.
Guidelines/Eligibility
NEFA staff and Fund for the Arts Advisors are currently reevaluating program goals in an effort to best serve the needs of the public art field. Throughout 2011, Fund for the Arts advisors and staff have sought input from past grantees, artists, nonprofit organizations and field experts to shape the future program. To share feedback and stay connected with Fund for the Arts, please join the Public Art Forum on the NEFA Network and sign up to receive program announcements.
Fund for the Arts is not planning for a formal application deadline in 2012. If you have a current public art project that you would like Fund for the Arts to be aware of, please email a brief description to publicart@nefa.org.
History
Launched in 1981, under the leadership of Boston attorney Phil David Fine, Fund for the Arts began with an extensive publicity and fundraising campaign out of WBZ-TV (now CBS4). The campaign drew support from local businesses, arts organizations, and individuals and resulted in the formation of an endowment fund, which today has assets of nearly $3 million. In 1992, Fund for the Arts became a permanent program of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Fund for the Arts Advisors
Newell Flather
Founder, Grants Management Associates, Boston
President, the Theodore Edison Parker Foundation
Chairperson, Fellows Committee, Massachusetts Historical Society
Ann Gund
President, Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
Board Chairman, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Geoffrey Hargadon
Senior Vice President – Investments, UBS Financial Services, Boston
Advisory Committee, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge
Board Director, Friends of Harvard Soccer
Theodore Landsmark
President, Boston Architectural College
Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tyra Sidberry
Director, Diversity Initiative, Third Sector New England
Board Member, UrbanArts Institute, Boston
Board Member, New England Blacks in Philanthropy
| Examples of Funded Projects |
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| Boston Arts Academy |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
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