ACA Announces Rashad T. Bailey as Director of Development + Partnerships
February 9, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artist Communities Alliance Announces Rashad T. Bailey as Director of Development and Partnerships
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News from ACA’s Board
January 29, 2026
Dear Network and Friends,
By now, you have heard the news that Lisa Funderburke, President & CEO of Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) for the past nine years, is stepping down at the end of this month.
The 2025 MacColl Johnson Fellowships
June 23, 2025
The Rhode Island Foundation is pleased to announce that The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships application process is now open through August 14, 2025.
ACA Announces 2025 Conference in Santa Fe
May 20, 2025
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) announces the return of their in-person, field-wide conference, to be held December 8 - 11, 2025 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
ACA Welcomes Four New Board Members
February 28, 2025
The new members of ACA's Board of Trustees were selected for their demonstrated dynamism and effectual, thoughtful leadership.
ACA Welcomes Mary-Kim Arnold
January 27, 2025
A resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Mary-Kim is a writer and artist with an active practice and more than two decades of administrative leadership experience in the arts, humanities, and education.
ACA Approved to Receive Grant from the NEA
January 14, 2025
This grant is one of 1,127 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $31.8 million announced by the NEA.
The 2024 MacColl Johnson Fellowships
July 11, 2024
The Rhode Island Foundation is pleased to announce that The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships application process is now open through September 4, 2024.
Announcing Hosts and Artists for the Howard Gilman + Mertz Gilmore Pilot Consortium Program
May 24, 2024
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.
ACA Welcomes Three New Board Members
February 6, 2024
The new members of ACA's Board of Trustees were selected for their demonstrated commitment to serving artists and advancing the role artists and creativity play in society.
FIELD PRACTICE | Sustainable Arts Foundation Releases Funds in Unrestricted Grants
December 8, 2023
A Statement from Lisa Funderburke on the asset spend-down of the Sustainable Arts Foundation.
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
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).
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.