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Claire Brassil Wed, 02/10/2021 - 11:30am “Cosmic Portals” by The Color Network artist Natalia Arbelaez installed on Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts’ campus in 2020. Courtesy of Claire Brassil Artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores of The Color Network works on a piece in the Watershed studio in 2016. He will return to Watershed this summer as part of a residency session that is supported by a Grant for Arts Projects award from the NEA. Courtesy of Claire Brassil Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to su...

Published: 2/9/2021 7:37:53 AM The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has approved a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, to provide critical support for an artist working in one of MacDowell’s various disciplines. The grant will provide a first-time Fellowship to an artist, assisting MacDowell in meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to offer artists from all over the United States ideal workspace and time to expand their creative practices in 2021. This grant is one of 1,073 projects across the cou...

Read Article Portland Stage has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights. Portland Stage’s project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category. “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from Portland Stage,” said Arts Endowment Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “Portland Stage is among the arts organizations across the country that have demon...

"... the Lakes Area Music Festival has been measured against the best arts and cultural organizations in the country and found to be deserving of recognition,” LAMF Artistic and Executive Director Scott Lykins stated. “This season we are one of five music organizations in the state of Minnesota, and the only one located outside the Twin Cities. "

Women have always played a big role in the world of commercial fishing, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will help the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center highlight their work at sea and on shore. Women's Work: At Sea, On Shore, At Home, In the Community will use photography, film, music, poetry, and storytelling to highlight the often-untold stories of women in commercial fishing communities. The $15,000 NEA grant, which requires a local match, is among 1,073 grants awarded to local arts projects across the country, representing nearly $25 million in federal funding. Fro...