2008 Annual Report 1 Letter from the Executive Director
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2008 Annual Report 1 Letter from the Executive Director 2 Funders & Partners 4 NEFA Board of Directors & Staff 6 New England 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: Boston-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 Massachusetts 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,