Meeting the Needs of a Changing Residency Landscape
June 19, 2024
After listening, learning, and evaluating, we're following our own advice and shepherding in a new Evolving Program Institute.
Stay up-to-date on the latest news in the artist residency field.
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) News provides information about happenings at our organization and throughout the artist residency field. This includes announcements about upcoming ACA events, Advocacy Alerts that spotlight policy issues, funding opportunities for artists and arts organizations, and press releases.
In addition to this News page, ACA regularly sends newsletters that feature important news and happenings that are relevant to artists, artist residency staff and other arts administrators.
ACA PRESENTS | There is No Safety Net: Protections, Relief, and Advocacy
December 14, 2023
ACA’s President and CEO, Lisa Funderburke hosts a conversation with thought + arts leaders, who are committed to supporting arts workers in the artist residency field and beyond.
ACA PRESENTS | 2023 Emerging Program Institute
September 13, 2023
The 2023 Emerging Program Institute (EPI) is designed to help you create and sustain inclusive, just, joyful, and accessible artist residencies.
ACA PRESENTS | 2023 Equitable Capacity Workshop Series
March 27, 2023
This year's ECW series focuses on growth + improvement within your organization related to staff + artist wellbeing. We dive into topics surrounding how arts organizations can better support staff members whose communities are systematically excluded from full rights, privileges and opportunities in society, learning how to build mental health resiliency and preparedness into our residency programs and more.
ACA PRESENTS | Performing Arts Residencies
March 21, 2023
This #ResidenciesConnect session will focus on topics unique to programs that support dance, theater and other performing arts practices. ACA is increasing its support for performing arts residencies and finding new resource streams. As we grow this membership area, we want to hear from you about how to best support your needs!
ACA PRESENTS | The Aftermath: Supporting Black Arts Workers after the 2020 Racial Reckoning
January 27, 2023
ACA’s President and CEO, Lisa Funderburke hosts a conversation with thought + arts leaders, who are committed to supporting Black arts workers in the artist residency field and beyond.
ACA MEMBER EVENT | NEA Grants for Arts Projects Information Session
December 21, 2022
Join Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) in partnership with the NEA on Thursday, February 2 at 2pm ET for an informational session specifically for residencies considering applying.
Registration for the 2022 Emerging Program Institute is NOW OPEN!
August 5, 2022
The 2022 Emerging Program Institute (EPI) is designed to help you create and sustain inclusive, just, joyful, and accessible artist residencies.
ACA PRESENTS | Summer + Fall 2022 Programs
June 30, 2022
ACA Presents:
Summer + Fall 2022 Programs
For the past two years, Artist Communities Alliance has worked to foster connectivity and knowledge-sharing online. We have developed a robust set of year-round virtual programs including #ResidenciesConnect sessions, field-wide conversations, and the Equitable Capacity Workshop series.
2022 MacColl Johnson Fellowships for Rhode Island-based Visual Artists Now Open
June 21, 2022
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.
ACA PRESENTS | 2022 Equitable Capacity Workshop Series
March 30, 2022
Join Artist Communities Alliance and our brilliant faculty of artists and arts leaders for Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity, a values-driven workshop series designed to support artist-centered experiences.
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) to Receive $100,000 American Rescue Plan Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
January 28, 2022
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) is pleased to announce they have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic.
UP NEXT | ACA PRESENTS
November 4, 2021
We are participating in this year's program to share learnings from the McKnight Artists Residencies consortium - a unique partnership between the McKnight Foundation, 16 artist residency program partner sites and and Mcknight artist fellows.
UP NEXT | Engaging + Selecting Artists and #ResidenciesConnect
August 2, 2021
If your residency program is facing challenges with outreach efforts and application + selection processes, join the Alliance of Artists Communities (AAC) for Engaging + Selecting Artists. This is the next session of Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity, a virtual workshop series designed to support residency practitioners in their efforts to make their residencies places where artists and staff can thrive.
NEA American Rescue Plan Funding Information Session
July 2, 2021
The Alliance of Artists Communities will partner with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for an informational session specifically for residencies who are considering applying for an American Rescue Plan grant.
NEW WORKSHOPS | Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity
May 24, 2021
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.
SAVE THE DATE | 2021 Emerging Program Institute
May 24, 2021
The Alliance of Artists Communities' Emerging Program Institute is a training for people and organizations who are looking to start a new artist residency.
National Endowment for the Arts Rescue Act Funding + Webinar
March 14, 2021
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.
NEXT UP | Field-wide Conversation: "A Year Later"
March 11, 2021
ACA will be hosting a special field-wide conversation reflecting on a year of unprecedented transition. We have invited leaders across the sector to talk about the decisions and experiences that shaped programs in 2020. What lessons were learned? What new working strategies emerged? How do we map the next steps?
NEXT UP | #ResidenciesConnect Staff Role Networking Session
February 12, 2021
ACA hosts a virtual session in order to provide space to meet your peers in small group breakouts organized by role and areas of focus.
National Endowment for the Arts Awards $27 Million for Arts Projects Nationwide
February 10, 2021
Organizations in every state in the nation, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will receive federal funding for arts projects from the National Endowment for the Arts in this round of fiscal year 2020 funding. Overall, 1,073 grants totaling $27 million were awarded for programs 14 artistic disciplines in communities throughout the United States.
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2021 Guidelines
December 9, 2020
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.
#RESIDENCIESCONNECT | A Conversation About Repair
November 9, 2020
This #ResidenciesConnect session launches a series of conversations in response to the central question: What does repair mean in the arts?
We would love to have you “in the room” for this dynamic panel — our final #ResidenciesConnect session of 2020!
NEXT UP | Artist Communities + Civic Engagement
October 9, 2020
AAC is hosting a #ResidenciesConnect conversation focused around civic engagement, highlighting questions like: What role should artist communities play in getting out the vote and supporting civic engagement? How can we leverage our networks and resources to back artists and organizers effecting change?
TECH ACCESS | #ResidenciesConnect Recap
April 17, 2020
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.
Seasonal Residency Programs | #ResidenciesConnect Recap
April 10, 2020
Residency practitioners took part in the discussed the impact and implications of postponement/cancellation on their residency programs in a discussion moderated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman, Executive Director of the Alliance of Artists Communities, featuring Paul Sacaridiz, the Executive Director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
Prioritizing Staff and Artists Wellbeing | #ResidenciesConnect Recap
April 3, 2020
Twenty residency practitioners took part in the discussion exploring how organizations can center staff and artists at a moment when the ground is shifting. The conversation was moderated by Lisa Funderburke Hoffman, Executive Director of Alliance of Artists Communities and featured Carl Atiya Swanson, of Springboard for the Arts.
Dynamic Approaches to COVID-19 | #ResidenciesConnect Recap
March 24, 2020
AAC facilitated one of many field-wide online conversations on COVID-19 resources and approaches for residencies on March 24th.