After years of collaborative work and preparation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) launched 2024 as its “Year of Resilience.” This brings good news for artists recovering from natural disasters.

Beth Gill and Dancing in the Streets, Inc./It’s Showtime NYC have been selected to participate in ACA’s 2023-2024 Howard Gilman + Mertz Gilmore pilot consortium program.

The grant is the largest in ACA’s history and will enable the organization to increase its ability to actively help residency programs build equitable capacity.

This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million announced by the NEA.

The 2022 MacColl Johnson Fellowships application for RI-based visual artists is now open! Applications will be accepted online now through August 19, 2022.

The Rhode Island Foundation is pleased to announce the application for The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships is now live. The 2022 fellowships will be awarded to visual artists.

Antonio Necuze has joined the Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) leadership team as Interim Finance + Operations Director.

The Alliance of Artists Communities offers connection, community, and exchange for people working in the residency field and larger arts sector. In lieu of our annual fall conference, we are excited to offer Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity — a new virtual workshop series designed for the leadership, board, and staff of artist residency programs. 
 

On March 11, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan with $135 million allocated for the Arts Endowment. This historic legislation represents a significant commitment to the arts and a recognition of the value of the arts and culture sector to the nation’s economy and recovery.

Guidelines and application materials for Grants for Arts Projects funding are now available on the National Endowment for the Arts’ website. Grant applications previously submitted to the Art Works category will now be submitted to the Grants for Arts Projects category. The National Endowment for the Arts supports projects in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

Earlier this week, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced 846 nonprofit arts organizations that have been recommended for grants through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

We have expanded our COVID-19 Residency Preparedness + Response page where you can explore AAC field surveys, letters to the field, and a compilation of resources organized by topic.

New additions include: 

• A timely Dance Magazine article by Raja Feather Kelly who questions “Has Anyone Asked Artists What They Need?” 
• W.A.G.E.’s

On Thursday April 14th, J. Soto, Manager of Programs and Inclusion at Eyebeam, Tony Grant, Co-Director at Sustainable Arts Foundation, and Flannery Patton Director of Member Services + Communications at AAC joined us for a #ResidenciesConnect session on Tech Access for Connectivity, Productivity + Information Exchange.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

We recognize that residencies operate in communal contexts, and we are considering how COVID-19 affects artist mobility and general program operations.

We will continue to connect you with translatable resources to support you in your decision-making processes during this public health crisis.

We encourage all of our member programs to contact their near-peer residency organizations (i.e. other residencies in your region or similar program types) to share information and discuss flexible terms for artists and staff.