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.
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.
FIELD NOTES | Safety Is Not a Performance
March 13, 2023
Questions about physical and psychological safety come up so often in my conversations with artists, administrators, funders and partners that it has become core to my job to think about how we can create safer creative environments for all.
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.
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.