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Nov 29, 2021

Jess wears glasses and has reddish, auburn hair. She smiles.

NEFA Expands Public Art Department

Oct 29, 2021

Five performers sing behind a puppet that is handled by two of them.

Cultural Nonprofits Awarded New England Arts Resilience Funds

Oct 21, 2021

An older gentleman is seated in the center and two young woman crouch down to pose together.

Reflections on Newell Flather (1938-2021)

Sep 16, 2021

At sunset, four women, in overalls, dance in front of telephone lines.

Twenty New Dance Works Receive Annual National Dance Project Awards

Sep 16, 2021

A young Black person carries something shiny in a field of flowers and screams.

Eleven Theater Works Receive National Theater Project Awards

Aug 17, 2021

A mural on an external wall of a grocery store; on a white background, the mural depicts hands of various skin tones handing pieces of fruit vegetables to others. "No Parking" is painted on the pavement in front of the mural.

Artists Examine Spatial Justice Across Massachusetts

Jul 13, 2021

The five new board member headshots collaged with yellow, teal, and orange squares.

NEFA’s Board of Directors Elects New Officers and Members

Jul 12, 2021

A woman with short gray hair wearing wampum earrings and necklace and a tan linen jacket; a figurine from the museum is in the background

Remembering Trudie Lamb Richmond

Jun 15, 2021

A black man in a suit and a black woman in a stripped t-shirt and red kerchief with arms akimbo leaning their heads toward each other

NEFA Receives Major Gift to Strengthen Arts & Culture Sector

Jun 11, 2021

a woman with long hair pulled back wearing a black and white striped shirt and black blazer against a beige background

NEFA Welcomes New Program Administrator, Creative Economy

Apr 28, 2021

Four dancers perform in front of a projection of Muhammad Ali.

Additional New England Arts Resilience Funds Awarded

Apr 15, 2021

Rosemary and Ekua smile. Rosemary is a Black woman with a short, black bob and Ekua is a Black woman with long, grey braids.

Announcing the 2021 Newell Flather Awards for Leadership in Public Art

Apr 15, 2021

A composite of five black dancers in a white/gray orb.

National Dance Project at 25

Jan 21, 2021

In a black void, a black woman with an afro gives an aerial performance with fabric.

New Grant Bolsters Artists Across New England

Jan 14, 2021

A mural of two hands holding an origami swan, with rays of red and orange sunsetting behind.

2021 Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art

Jan 11, 2021

Eleven adults in a conference room pose standing in two rows.

NEFA’s Advisory Council Welcomes New Members

Dec 16, 2020

Six kids hang out by a mural of three kids of varying ethnic backgrounds hold up their homes as picket signs.

New Public Art Grants Focus on Spatial Justice Across Massachusetts

Nov 17, 2020

three women smile; one of them has a salmon blazer on, another glasses, and the third wears floral.

NEFA’s Board of Directors Welcomes New Members

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