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New England Dance Fund-supported Anikaya | photo by Liza Voll

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Dance

National Dance Project's 2025 Dance/USA Trustees Award Acceptance Speech

On June 17, 2025, the National Dance Project (NDP) received the 2025 Dance/USA Trustees Award at its National Conference in Chicago, IL. The full NDP Team (Indira Goodwine-Josias, Cheri Opperman, and Kristin Gregory) accepted the award and provided remarks celebrating this recognition. Dance/USA’s
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Public Art

NEFA Announces 70 Recipients of the Public Art Learning Fund

(Boston, MA) The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is proud to announce the fall 2024 and spring 2025 rounds of the Public Art Learning Fund (PALF) for the 2024-2025 grant cycle, awarding a total of 70 grants to artists across all six New England states, 31 of whom were first time grantees
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Eleven Theater Ensembles Receive National Theater Project Awards

(Boston, MA) The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) announces the 11 recipients of the National Theater Project Creation and Touring awards, as well as the 13 recipients of Artist Development awards, totaling nearly $1.6 million in support to the field. This is the final round of these two
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Dance

2025 National Dance Project Finalists

On behalf of the NDP Advisor Cohort, we are thrilled to share the 2025 National Dance Project (NDP) Production Grant Finalists. Approaching its 30th year, the NDP Production Grant was established to support the creation/development and U.S* touring/sharing of new dance projects. The unique framework
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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 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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