2008 Annual Report 1 Letter from the Executive Director

2 Funders & Partners

4 NEFA Board of Directors & Staff

6 Touring & MatchBook.org

7 Grant Recipients

9 Native Arts @ NEFA

10 Public Art

12 CultureCount

15 National Dance Project

17 Financial Statements

Not About Iraq Cover Photo, left to right: Victoria Marks’ ; photo by Steve Gunther; Hawk Henries flutes; photo by Sierra Henries. Back Cover Photo: -based Borromeo String Quartet, NEST grant recipient; photo by Liz Linder. Letter from the Executive Director

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to share Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, and Seattle, with you this report and held in 2007-08 at Connecticut College of the New England and seven sites around the region thanks to Foundation for the major support from an individual donor. Arts’ work over the last fiscal year, which highlights the grantmaking, NEFA develops vital systems of support for the program services, and research that embody artists and communities of New England and our mission. A few of the milestones of far beyond. These programs and tools (in the 2007-08 include: performing arts, public art, for Native artists, and through knowledge sharing, network The launch of CultureCount, NEFA’s online building, and field development) would not creative economy database and the release have been possible without the dedication of The Creative Economy: A New Definition, and partnership of NEFA’s funders or the which strengthens NEFA’s long history of commitment of our extraordinary board providing research and practical tools for and staff. Mission community leaders and public policy advocates both regionally and nationally; NEFA creatively supports the With deep appreciation, movement of people, ideas, and The steady growth of Native Arts @ NEFA, resources in the arts within New designed and advised by Native artists, England and beyond, makes vital with the addition of a National Native Artist connections between artists and Exchange program, and through which communities, and builds the strength, Native artists of all disciplines have gathered, Rebecca Blunk knowledge, and leadership of the discussed ideas, and shared resources, Executive Director region’s creative sector. creating all sorts of opportunities and benefits;

The “homecoming” to New England of the National Dance Project’s Regional Dance Development Initiative, which was piloted in

1 Funders & Partners

From June 2007 through December 2008, NEFA Rhode Island State Council on the Arts was generously supported by the following: www.arts.ri.gov

Major Funders Vermont Arts Council www.vermontartscouncil.org National Endowment for the Arts Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ford Foundation Jane’s Trust Additional Corporate and Foundation Funding Andrew W. Mellon Foundation MetLife Foundation Alexander, Aronson, Finning and Co. The Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. State Partners Anonymous NEFA works collaboratively with its state arts The Argosy Foundation Contemporary agency partners to identify opportunities Music Fund to advance the arts regionally and provide Australia Council for the Arts benefits nationally. Bank of America The Bay and Paul Foundations, Inc. The New England state arts agencies serve Berkshire Taconic Foundation as financial and advisory partners to NEFA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mission creating an important network of state-based Foundation links that enable NEFA to promote effective The Boston Foundation cross-border arts activity in the New England Cabot Family Charitable Trust region. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Connecticut Commission on Culture Davis Foundation and Tourism DSJJ Fund of Tides Foundation www.cultureandtourism.org Fidelity Foundation Hewlett Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council JPMorgan Chase Foundation www.massculturalcouncil.org LEF Foundation Leveraging Investments in Creativity Maine Arts Commission Lincoln Financial Foundation, Inc. www.mainearts.com Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation The Adams Arts Program of the Massachusetts New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Cultural Council www.state.nh.us/nharts Meet The Composer, Inc. Metromix National Park Service

2 San Francisco Foundation Phyllis and Eugene Hershman John Plukas Theatre Instituut Nederland Marcie Hershman Lynne Prodger Western States Arts Federation David Hurwith Andrea Rogers Wilson Butler Architects Lola Jaffe Randall Rosenbaum Jane James Harvey Rosenthal Charlene Jones Carrie Russell Individual Funders Margaret L. Kannenstine Theresa Secord David Kaplan Lawrence Simpson Geeta and Kamesh Aiyer H. Peter Karoff Eduardo Tobón Anonymous Mary Kelley and Tom Field An-Ming Truxes Rebecca Blunk Mayumi Knudsen Anita Walker Bill Botzow Dean Lampros Ann Cox Wicks Sandra Burton Theodore Landsmark Joe Zina Ralph Chadis Rebecca L. Lawrence Byron Champlin Jeremy Liu Peggy Charren Jeff MacLellan Andrew Cornell Gifts In-Kind Donna McNeil John Custer Len Edgerly David McWilliams Mary Christine Dwyer Arthur Fink Raúl Medina Len Edgerly Google AdWords Crystal Murphy Lee Ellenberg Max Nibert Geoffrey Hargadon Aimee M. Petrin

3 NEFA Board of Directors & Staff

Board of Directors Charlene R. Jones (as of December 2008) Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Mashantucket, CT Andrea Rogers, Chair Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Theodore Landsmark Burlington, VT Boston Architectural College Boston, MA Mary Kelley, Vice Chair The Field Organization Becky Lawrence Cambridge, MA New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Concord, NH John Plukas, Treasurer Wainwright Bank and Trust Company Jeremy Liu Boston, MA Asian Community Development Corporation Boston, MA Byron Champlin, Secretary Lincoln Financial Group Donna McNeil Concord, NH Maine Arts Commission Augusta, ME Geeta Aiyer Boston Common Asset Management David McWilliams Victoria Marks’ Not About Iraq; photo by Jeff Zucker. Boston, MA Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Lebanon, NH Alexander Aldrich Vermont Arts Council Raúl Medina Burlington, VT El Planeta Publishing Boston, MA Sandra Burton Williams College Randall Rosenbaum Williamstown, MA Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Providence, RI Andrew Cornell Attorney Lawrence Simpson Cambridge, MA Berklee College of Music Boston, MA Len Edgerly Podcaster and Arts Advocate Eduardo Tobón Denver, CO Sovereign Bank Boston, MA Jane James Marple & James Portsmouth, NH 4 An-Ming Truxes Sarah Long Holland Connecticut Commission on Resource Development Manager Culture and Tourism Hartford, CT Julia Marx Program Coordinator, Anita Walker National Dance Project Massachusetts Cultural Council Boston, MA Cheri Opperman Program Associate, Thank you to Theresa Secord of the Maine National Dance Project Indian Basketmakers Alliance for her service to the NEFA Board through June of 2008. Laura Paul Chief Financial Officer

Staff Adrienne Petrillo Program Manager, Sara Aibel Presenting & Touring Public Art Intern Jane Preston Abigail Baisas Director of Programs Communications Coordinator Lynne Prodger Rebecca Blunk Accounting & Technology Coordinator Executive Director Dee Schneidman Ann Dubensky Research Manager Online Services Associate Dawn Spears Jane Forde Native Arts Program Coordinator Manager, National Dance Project Vanessa Sweeney Joanne Herman Program Associate, Controller American Masterpieces: Dance

Lauren Johnston Sandy Upton Public Art Program Coordinator Executive & Development Associate

Erin Johnstone Ann C. Wicks Program Associate Marketing & Communications Manager

5 New England Touring & MatchBook.org Connecting the region’s artists and communities

NEFA connects New England artists and communities by pro- viding a dynamic system of support for performing arts tour- ing throughout the region. Grants subsidize artists’ fees for venues ranging from theaters to libraries; the annual Idea Swap encourages collaborative project development and planning as part of the Expeditions program; and MatchBook.org, NEFA’s online cultural marketplace, connects artists and presenters via a searchable database of artist profiles and digital work samples.

Castleton State College in Vermont discovered Mango Blue, the Boston–based Afro-Latin jazz group, on MatchBook.org, and hired them to

perform as part of its 2008 Jazz Week. Once the artist/presenter/ community connection was made through MatchBook.org, fee support was secured from NEFA’s New England States Touring program, making the multi-day experience for the Castleton community possible.

Mango Blue offered a cultural experience to Castleton “…that we would not be able to find easily in this small area…broadening our horizons and opening our minds to more than what we hear on the radio.” -a student participant Photo: Mango Blue, photo by Mariliana Arvelo Photo page 7: Mango Blue performing live; photo by Craig Bailey

6 Grant Recipients

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Somerville, MA Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Roslindale, MA Aberdeen Area Arts Council, Aberdeen, SD Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick, ME Afro-Semitic Experience, Whitneyville, CT Branford Folk Music Society, Branford, CT Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Brattleboro Arts Initiative, Inc., Brattleboro, VT Salman Ahmad, Tappan, NY Friends of the Brattleboro Music Center Inc., Watie Akins, Brewer, ME Brattleboro, VT Akram Khan Dance Company, London, UK David Moses Bridges, Newry, ME Alberta Bair Theater for the Performing Arts Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA Corporation, Billings, MT Britt Festivals, Medford, OR Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center, Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center, Birmingham, AL Memphis, TN Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA Sam Bush, Nashville, TN American Dance Festival (ADF), Durham, NC Butler University, Indianapolis, IN American Magic-Lantern Theatre, East Haddam, CT Dan Butterworth & Marionettes, Pascoag, RI Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH Len Cabral, Cranston, RI Aquinnah Cultural Center, Chilmark, MA Michael Caduto, Norwich, VT Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Cal Performances, Berkeley, CA Art of Black Dance and Music, W. Somerville, MA Cal Poly Arts, San Louis Obispo, CA Artcore Inc., Casper, WY Caldwell Fine Arts Series Inc., Caldwell, ID The Artists Collective, Inc., Hartford, CT California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Artown, Reno, NV California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA Littleton, NH Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA Asian Community Development Corporation, Cantata Singers, Cambridge, MA Boston, MA Cape Elizabeth Schools, Cape Elizabeth, ME Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Aspen, CO Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, NH Aurea, Pawtucket, RI Cara Rince, Stratham, NH Back Bay Saxaphone Quartet, Woburn, MA Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community Ball in the House, Aurora, OH College, Overland Park, KS Freeman Barnes, Boston, MA Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach, CA Barre House, Barre, VT The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, Inc., New York, NY West Rutland, VT Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME Castleton State College Fine Arts Center, Batsheva Dance Company, , Isreal Castleton, VT Bay Chamber Concerts, Inc., Camden, ME Catamount Film & Arts Company, St. Johnsbury, VT Beehive Design Collective, Machias, ME Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc., Boston, MA Jérôme Bel Dance Company, , Center Theatre, Inc., Dover Foxcroft, ME Oscar Leon Bernal, New York, NY Cerritos Center for Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA Bernard Schmidt Productions, New York, NY Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT Bicentennial School Parent Teacher Organzation, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT Nashua, NH Channel Center LLC, Boston, MA Big Production, Ronan, MT Charlotte Avenue School, Nashua, NH Elizabeth Billings, Tunbridge, VT Chez Bushwick Inc, Brooklyn, NY Black Hills Dance Theatre, Ltd., Rapid City, SD Choregus Productions, LLC, Tulsa, OK Borromeo String Quartet, Jamaica Plain, MA Chunky Move, Victoria, Australia Boston Lyric Opera, Boston, MA Circus Smirkus, Greensboro, VT

7 City Dance Ensemble Inc., Washington, DC Double Edge Theatre, Ashfield, MA City of Laconia, Human Relations Committee, Doug Varone and Dancers, New York, NY Laconia, NH Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School, Nashua, NH Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Denver, CO Ellen Driscoll, Cambridge, MA Cleveland Modern Dance Association, Cleveland, OH Duke University, Durham, NC Chris Cogburn, Austin, TX Earthdance, Plainfield, MA Michael Colgrass, Toronto, ON East Carolina University, College of Fine Arts & College of Saint Benedict, Benedicta Arts Center, Communication, Greenville, NC St. Joseph, MN Edgeworks Dance Theater, Washington, DC Colonial Theater Group, Inc., Keene, NH Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh, Rennes, France The Colonial Theatre Association, Pittsfield, MA EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy, NY Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL Jean Erdman, Unknown, MA Columbia Theatre Association for the Performing Bill Evans, Hamlin, NY Arts, Longview, WA Evidence, A Dance Company, Brooklyn, NY Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, CT Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT Compagnie Heddy Maalem, Toulouse, France Fields Memorial School PTO, Bozrah, CT Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Montreal, Canada Joseph Firecrow, Jr., Winsted, CT Company Clare Dyson, Canberra, Australia First Night Burlington Inc., Burlington, VT Concord Community Concert Association, FirstWorks, Providence, RI Concord, NH Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College, Connecticut College, New London, CT Annandale On Hudson, NY Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, CT Fitchburg State College Foundation, Fitchburg, MA Lou Conte, Chicago, IL Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL Contemporary Dance Theater Inc., Cincinnati, OH Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation, Brookline, MA William Forsythe, Columbus, OH Michael Cooper, Farmington, ME Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort Wayne, IN Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA Franklin Opera House, Franklin, NH Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York, NY Frances Frey, Princeton, ME Pam Cunningham, Hampden, ME Gabriel Frey, Howland, ME The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH Jeremy Frey, Princeton, ME Sebastian Currier, New York, NY Anne Galjour, San Francisco, CA Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, Gamelan Galak Tika, Watertown, MA Cleveland, OH Michael Gandolfi, Cambridge, MA Claire Daly, New York, NY George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Barry Dana, Solon, ME Magdalena Gomez, Springfield, MA Dance Affiliates, Philadelphia, PA David Gordon, New York, NY Dance Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO Gore Place, Waltham, MA Dance Theater Workshop, Inc, New York, NY Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE The Dancer’s Workshop, Jackson Hole, WY Emio Greco, Amsterdam, Netherlands Danspace, New York, NY Green Street Arts Center, Middletown, CT Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH George Greenamyer, Marshfield, MA Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), Grupo Fantasia, Beverly, MA Dayton, OH Philip Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY DC Wheel Productions, Washington, DC Hampton Arts Foundation, Hampton, VA Delaware Valley Arts Consortium, Frazer, PA Hancock County Auditorium Associates, Denman Maroney Quintet, Monsey, NY Ellsworth, ME Devil Music Ensemble, Jamaica Plain, MA John Harbison, Cambridge, MA Toumani Diabate, Bamako, Mali Harris Theater, Chicago, IL DiverseWorks Artspace, Houston, TX Hartford Jazz Society, Bloomfield, CT Dorchester Arts Collaborative, Dorchester, MA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Helen Sung Trio, Elmhurst, NY

8 Native Arts @ NEFA Fostering access and connection

Begun in 2005 in partnership with the Ford Foundation, the Native Arts @ NEFA program seeks to increase the visibility and support of Native American artists in New England and nationally through grantmaking and network development. By design, this program serves as an entry point for Native artists, connecting them to other funding and marketing opportu- nities at NEFA and elsewhere.

Hawk Henries (Nipmuc) is a Maine-based musician and flute maker who was among the first round of artists to receive support through

NEFA’s Native Arts New England program. Hawk began to use MatchBook.org to connect with potential audiences for his work. In November 2008, he became the first Native artist to present at NEFA’s annual Idea Swap, which encourages collaboration on cross- disciplinary touring projects that can be supported through NEFA’s Expeditions program.

Photo, left to right: Hawk Henries, photo by Lisa Henries; Hawk Henries flutes, photo by Sierra Henries Photo, page 8: Hawk Henries, his wife Lisa Henries, and NEFA program director Jane Preston participate in a session at the Expeditions program annual Idea Swap; photo by Ann Wicks.

9 Public Art Artmaking in the public realm

Public Art at NEFA supports projects that pair artists with community-based nonprofit organizations, the environment, community development, youth, and education. Through professional development, network-building, and focused grantmaking, NEFA plays a critical role in public art field development and serves as a central information resource in the region.

In the spring of 2009, public art elements will be installed along a 1.7 mile section of trail along the Concord River in

downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, to help revitalize and reclaim an urban green space that was until recently overgrown, fenced off, or, in some cases, paved over. With continued support from NEFA, the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust has used public art planning to build civic connection to this place and its history. Efforts to incorpo- rate art in the Concord River Greenway project began with a small planning grant from NEFA’s Fund for the Arts. From there, two additional grants from NEFA, for design and fabrication totaling $76,000, helped to leverage an additional $63,000 from other sources.

Photo: Artist Wopo Holup will be integrating the natural esthetics of the river into Concord River Greenway displays, benches, and bridges. This sketch is of the river-bird bollards design that will be included in the artwork at the Davidson Street Lot. Middlesex Community College in background.; photo by Wopo Holup. Photo, page 11: Members of the community marking areas of the Concord River Greenway project for public art locations; photo courtesy of Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust.

10 Mark Helias, New York, NY Sally Lamb, Freeville, NY Hawk Henries, Sullivan, ME Libby Larsen, Minneapolis, MN Brenda Hill, Westerly, RI Lebanon Opera House Improvement Corporation, Wopo Holup, , CO Lebanon, NH Hot 8 Brass Band, Kenner, LA Ledge Street Elementary School PTO, Nashua, NH Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Chicago, IL Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA Hudson Area Arts Alliance, Hudson, MA Ralph Lemon, New York, NY Curtis Hughes, Boston, MA Limón Dance Company, New York, NY Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Collins, CO Jay Hungate, Lowell, MA Linda C. Smith, Salt Lake City, UT Hyde Square Task Force, Jamaica Plain, MA Litchfield Performing Arts Inc, Litchfield, CT Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD East Peoria, IL Long Island University, Tilles Center, Brookville, NY Inca Son, Cambridge, MA Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, Lowell, MA Innovata Brass, Boston, MA Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, New York, NY Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion, Boston, MA Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA University, , CA Intermezzo the New England Chamber Opera Series, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Boston, MA Lumen Arts, Greenfield, NH Irvine Barclay Theater, Irvine, CA Luna Negra Dance Theater, Chicago, IL Ricardo Iznaola, Denver, CO Lynn Investing in Neighborhood Coalition, Inc., Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, MA Lynn, MA Elizabeth James-Perry, North Dartmouth, MA MacTalla Mo’r, Danbury, CT Jewish Community Center of San Fransisco, Napoleon Maddox, Cincinnati, OH Fund for the Arts Advisors: San Francisco, CA Malden Redevelopment Authority, Malden, MA Joe Goode Performance Group, San Francisco, CA Ellen Mandel, New York, NY Newell Flather Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Dance Company, Mango Blue, Cambridge, MA Geoffrey Hargadon New York, NY The Many Colors of a Woman, Hartford, CT The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., New York, NY Mariza, New York, NY Ann Gund Junk Music, Manchester Center, VT Mark Morris Dance Group, Brooklyn, NY Theodore Landsmark Kahilu Theater Foundation, Kamuela, HI Victoria Marks, Los Angeles, CA Tyra Sidberry Kaleidoscope Arts Inc., Portland, CT Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City, MO Martha Graham Dance Company, New York, NY Kauai Concet Association, Lihue, HI Mason/Rhynes Productions, Capitol Heights, MD Keene State College, Redfern Arts Center on Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Brickyard Pond, Keene, NH North Adams, MA Arlene Kies, Durham, NH Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Jin Hi Kim, Black Rock, CT North Adams, MA Phill Kline, Brooklyn, NY Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI Barbara Kolb, North Providence, RI Donald McKayle, Los Angeles, CA Douglas Kornfeld, Cambridge, MA Meredith Monk/House Foundation, New York, NY Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL Merrimack Academy for the Performing Arts Inc., Jennifer Kreisberg, Hartford, CT Huntsville, AL Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA Merrimack College, Rogers Center for the Arts, La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, CA North Andover, MA Lafayette College, Williams Center for the Arts, Light Project, Inc., Miami, FL Easton, PA Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, MI Lakewood Heritage Culture and Arts Division, Michigan State University - Wharton Center, Denver, CO East Lansing, MI

11 CultureCount Making the case for the creative economy

NEFA launched its online creative economy database, CultureCount, in April 2008, to increase public understanding of the cultural sector’s critical importance to the region’s economic and civic vitality. With data on more than 28,000 New England artists, cultural organizations, and creative industries, CultureCount is the only comprehensive and consistent data collection resource for this sector in the region, and offers a range of search features and research tools.

Double Edge Theatre and its “Farm” in Ashfield, Massachusetts, is a permanent center of performance, training, research, and cultural

exchange. This past summer, the directors sat down to mine the economic impact data available to them through CultureCount. What they saw catalyzed a radical shift in their ability to advance their organization. Calling CultureCount and its Impact Calculator data “the foundation to a new credibility -- as not just the unique artistic enterprise from around the corner, but a solid and prominent business…employing people and spilling customers and dollars to other businesses,” Double Edge drew local and national attention to their contribu- tions to the economy of Ashfield. They went on to develop a financial plan, secure new lines of credit with the local community development corporation, and negotiate a mortgage to purchase the Farm.

Photos, page 12 and 13: Double Edge Theatre’s Republic of Dreams; photo by Robert Tobey

12 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT ODC (Oberlin Dance Collective of California), Mili Bermejo and Dan Greenspan, Cambridge, MA San Francisco, CA Bebe Miller Company, New York, NY Ed O’Donnell Jr., Duxbury, MA Roger Miller, Cambridge, MA Off the Beaten Path: A Jazz and Tap Odyssey, Mobius, Boston, MA Portsmouth, NH Jamal Mohamed, Dallas, TX Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Momix, Washington, CT Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL Monmouth University’s Performing Arts Series, Oklahoma State Univ/Allied Art, Stillwater, OK West Long Branch, NJ Opera House Arts, Stonington, ME Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ Opera New England of Northeastern Connecticut Inc., Montgomery County Community College, Pomfret, CT Blue Bell, PA Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA P.S. 122, New York, NY Polly Motley, Stowe, VT Pack Place Performing Arts, Inc, Diana Wortham Mountain Top Music Center, Conway, NH Theatre, Asheville, NC Frederick Moyer, Lee, NH PACT, Inc, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL Keith Munslow, Providence, RI Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, IL Paper City Studios, Holyoke, MA Music for Sunday Afternoon-Saint Marks Episcopal Paquito D’Rivera, Weehawken, NJ Church, Newport, VT Jeanette Parker, Princeton, ME Music for Youth, Westport, CT Pasquerilla Performing Art Center, Johnstown, PA Friends of the Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH Pat Graney Company, Seattle, WA Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT Peace Center Foundation, Greenville, SC Daniel Nagrin, Tempe, AZ Sharron Penicaud, Medford, MA Atheneum, Nantucket, MA Pentangle Council on the Arts, Woodstock, VT Napa Valley Opera House, Napa, CA Pepperdine University Center for the Arts, Jeff Nathan, Andover, MA Malibu, CA National Black Arts Festival, Inc., Atlanta, GA Performances To Grow On, Ojai, CA Lior Navok, Tel Aviv, Peterborough Players, Inc., Peterborough, NH Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY Robert Peters, Mattapan, MA Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Boston, MA Philadanco, Philadelphia, PA New England Sculpture Service, Chelsea, MA Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA New Gallery Concert Series, Inc., Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR Jamaica Plain, MA Pick Up Performance Co(S.), New York, NY New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Pilobolus, Washington Depot, CT New Haven, CT Dance Council, Pittsburgh, PA New Haven Symphony Orchestra, New Haven, CT Plymouth State University, Silver Center for the New Orleans Ballet Association, New Orleans, LA Arts, Plymouth, NH New World Theater, Amherst, MA Polyrhythm, Sherborn, MA Nikolais-Louis Foundation for Dance, NY, NY Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation, Inc., Nipmuk Nashauonk, Inc., Quincy, MA Hadley, MA Noche Flamenca, New York, NY Portland Concert Association, Portland, ME North Fourth Art Center, Albuquerque, NM Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME Northeastern University, Center for the Arts, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA Boston, MA Pro Arts Collective, Austin, TX Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX Project Troubador, Salisbury, CT Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT Purchase College, The Performing Arts Center, Nzinga’s Daughters, Plainville, CT Purchase, NY Tere O’Connor, New York, NY Radius Ensemble, Concord, MA Ragamala Music and Dance Theater, Minneapolis, MN Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

13 Reality/David Rousseve, New York, NY So Percussion, Brooklyn, NY The Regents of the University of California, Society for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX Los Angeles, CA Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, New York, NY Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group, Sol y Canto, Cambridge, MA Brooklyn, NY South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Reif Arts Council, Grand Rapids, MN Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX Repertory Dance Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT The Southern, Minneapolis, MN Resolutio, Cambridge, MA Hans Indigo Spencer, Portland, ME Revels Repertory Company, Watertown, MA Springfield Library & Museum Association, Revere Parks & Recreation Department, Revere, MA Springfield, MA Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford, CA Rhode Island College, Performing Arts Series, State Theatre Regional Arts Center, Providence, RI New Brunswick, NJ Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT Michael Stevens, Memphis, TN Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, City of Jacksonville, Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ Jacksonville, FL Summer Stages Dance, Concord, MA River Arts, Morrisville, VT The Supporters of the Center, Inc., Wenatchee, WA River City Slim and the Zydeco Hogs, Susan Marshall & Company, New York, NY New Hartford, CT Sushi Performance and Visual Art Center, Rivers Music School, Weston, MA San Diego, CA Rivier College, Nashua, NH Sweet Honey in the Rock, Washington, DC Christian Rizzo, Paris, France Tapestry, Cambridge, MA Rochester Opera House, Rochester, NH Tapestry Dance Company, Austin, TX Roslindale Village Main Street, Roslindale, MA Paul Taylor Dance Company, New York, NY Daniel Bernard Roumain, New York, NY Company, , Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), Twyla Tharp Productions, NY, NY Los Angeles, CA The Theater Offensive, Cambridge, MA Rubberbandance Group, Montreal, Canada Pascal Rambert and Rachid Ouramdane, Rumbafrica, Stoneham, MA Gennevilliers, France Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Three Apples Storytelling Festival, Bedford, MA Jessica Rylan, Cambridge, MA Tigertail Productions, Inc., Miami, FL Saint Anselm College, Dana Center for the TITAS, Dallas, TX Humanities, Manchester, NH Stuart Tomah, Princeton, ME Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Exeter, RI Candice Salyers, Northampton, MA Towson University, Towson, MD San Francisco Performances Inc., San Francisco, CA Trustees of Amherst College, Amherst, MA Savannah State University, Savannah, GA Two River Theater Company, Red Bank, NJ Save the Harbor Save the Bay, Boston, MA Michael Tyrrell, Boston, MA George Schuller, Brooklyn, NY Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale, AZ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN The Seal Bay Festival, Vinalhaven, ME University of Notre Dame, DeBartolo Center for the Seattle Theatre Group, Seattle, WA Performing Arts, Notre Dame, IN Charles Shadle, Medford, MA Universes, Bronx, NY Shamou, Portland, ME University Gallery, Amherst, MA Avery Sharpe, Amherst, MA University Musical Society, The University of Tim Shay, Old Town, ME Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Sheboygan Arts Foundation, John Michael Kohler Arts University of Akron, Akron, OH Center, Sheboygan, WI University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Richard Silliboy, Littleton, ME University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles, CA

14 National Dance Project Supporting the dance eco-system

NEFA’s National Dance Project was begun in 1995 to provide what has become the principal system of support for contemporary dance in the . The program links the production and touring of dance through grants to dance artists and presenters, fosters community engagement and international exchange, and works through special initiatives to create opportu- nities for dance artists at various stages in their careers.

Candice Salyers (Northampton, MA) was one of several emerging artists to participate in NDP’s Regional Dance Development Initiative in New England

in 2007. Salyers soon after went on to perform with nationally-known choreographer Not About Iraq Victoria Marks in the NDP-supported project in Helena, Montana, and Minne- apolis, Minnesota, in 2008.

Photo, left to right: Victoria Marks’ Not About Iraq; photo by Steve Gunther; Candice Salyers at the MASS MoCA RDDI Exchange, photo by Ann Wicks. Photo, page 14: Candice Salyers at the Marlboro College RDDI Exchange, photo by Abigail Baisas.

15 Regents of the University of California, Weber State University, Ogdu, UT Santa Barbara, CA Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT University of California-Davis, Davis, CA Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT What Cheer? Brigade, Providence, RI University of Delaware, Newark, DE Scott Wheeler, North Reading, MA University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Joseph Wheelwright, Boston, MA University of Georgia, Athens, GA White Bird, Portland, OR University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI White Box Theatre, Philadelphia, PA University of Idaho, , ID Wildest Dreams, Jamaica Plain, MA University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL Williams College, ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Williamstown, MA University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Williams-Cone Elementary School, Topsham, ME University of Maine, Orono, ME Winsor Music, Inc., Lexington, MA University of Maine at Augusta Senior College, World Music, Cambridge, MA Augusta, ME Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Performing Yin Mei Dance, New York, NY Arts Center, College Park, MD Zeiterion Theatre Inc., New Bedford, MA University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey, Seattle, WA University of Massachusetts, Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA University of Nebraska, Friends of Lied, Lincoln, NE University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK University of Rhode Island, Great Performances, Kingston, RI University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT University of Vermont Lane Series, Burlington, VT University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA University of Washington, Seattle, WA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI UO Cultural Forum, Eugene, OR Utah Valley State University, Orem, UT Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL Tim Van Egmond, Montague, MA Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Veronica Robles, Saugus, MA Vilar Performing Arts Center, Avon, CO Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Wakefield Elementary School, Wakefield, RI Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Ros Warby, Melbourne, Australia Washington Pavilion Management Inc., Sioux Falls, SD Washington University, St. Louis, MO

16 Financial Statements • June 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008

The New England Foundation for the Arts is a public charity and has received qualification as a tax- exempt corporation under the provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3). The accompanying financial statements represent NEFA’s activity for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2008.

Condensed Statement of Financial Position Condensed Statement of Activity

ASSETS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED EXPENSES

Cash and cash equivalents 2,592,295 National Endowment for Arts 2,258,200 Communications Investments 6,419,553 State Arts Councils 287,789 & Development 3% Grants receivable 7,186,788 Contributions & grants 1,049,530 Administration Fixed assets 180,081 Sponsored projects revenue 110,860 9% Deposit 28,147 Interest & dividend income 78,225 Total Assets 16,406,864 Total revenue and other support 3,784,604 Grantmaking Net assets released from restrictions (5,325,869) 55% Change in Temporarily Restricted LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Net Assets (1,541,265) Research & Program Services Accounts payable and 33% accrued expenses 132,572 UNRESTRICTED Grants payable 2,798,125 Agency funds payable 774,261 Unrestricted revenue 32,219 Total liabilities 3,704,958 Interest & dividend income 3,446 Net assets released from restrictions 5,325,869 REVENUE Unrestricted funds 2,875,691 Total revenue and other support 5,361,534 Temporarily restricted funds 9,826,215 Total net assets 12,701,906 Creation and Distribution 4,085,716 Interest & Research and Learning 568,202 Dividends 6% Total Liabilities and Net Assets 16,406,864 Sponsored Projects 78,377 Earned Income 3% General program services 79,668 Total program services 4,811,963 Individuals 1% Federal Administration and general 372,361 57% Development, marketing, communication 298,370 A complete set of audited financial Total supporting services 670,731 Foundations & statements for fiscal year 2008 is Total expenses 5,482,694 available upon request. corporations 26% Change in Unrestricted Net Assets (121,160) State arts agencies 7%

NET ASSETS

Change in Net Assets (1,662,425) Net Assets – Beginning of Year 14,364,331 Net Assets – End of Year 12,701,906

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