Artist Communities Alliance Welcomes Deonté Griffin-Quick Appointed as Managing Director of External Affairs
March 20, 2023
ACA is thrilled to welcome Deonté to our leadership team in a crucial role for the organization.
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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.
Artist Communities Alliance Awarded $3 Million Grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
March 8, 2023
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.
Artist Communities Alliance to Receive $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
February 7, 2023
This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million announced by the NEA.
Artist Communities Alliance Announces the 2022-2023 McKnight Artist Residencies Consortium Partner Programs
May 9, 2022
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) announces its 2022-2023 residency partners for the McKnight Artist Residencies consortium program.
Fifteen artist residency organizations were selected to participate in the second year of this consortium program created through a partnership between the McKnight Foundation and ACA.
Antonio Necuze Appointed Interim Finance + Operations Director at Artist Communities Alliance (ACA)
May 9, 2022
Antonio Necuze has joined the Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) leadership team as Interim Finance + Operations Director.
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) to Receive $40,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
January 12, 2022
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) has been approved for a $40,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the development and implementation of workshops and tools to help artist residency programs assess and build their equitable capacity.
Alliance of Artists Communities launches the 2021-2023 Strategic Plan and announces a new name
September 25, 2021
Alliance of Artists Communities launches a new strategic plan rooted in equity, as an invitation to join in the building of an artist residency field that is inclusive, just, joyful, and accessible.
AAC Awarded $720,000 from the McKnight Foundation
October 14, 2020
AAC consortium programs are long-term regranting partnerships with funders that provide direct support to artists to attend residencies and for residency programs to host artists. These programs often offer pathways for artists that have been historically underrepresented in the residency field. The McKnight Foundation has awarded us $720,00 to design and implement a new consortium program focused on building equitable capacity.
FIELD PRACTICE | MacDowell Removes "Colony" from Name
July 22, 2020
MacDowell Colony announced the organization will now officially be known as MacDowell. We spoke with the executive director Philip Himberg about the staff petition that set their name change in motion and laying the groundwork for this shift at the 113-year-old institution.
2019 Diversity + Leadership Fellows Announced
September 19, 2019
The Alliance of Artists Communities is thrilled to announce the recipients of the third annual Diversity and Leadership Fellowship. Funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Fellowship is a full-year program aimed at celebrating and supporting the careers of emerging residency leaders of color and emerging residency leaders with disabilities.