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The Yard receives grants totaling $980K
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Yard, a Chilmark-based nonprofit arts organization, has received grants from the Barr Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts totaling $980,000 to support its plan to become a year-round...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The Yard, a Chilmark-based nonprofit arts organization, has received grants from the Barr Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts totaling $980,000 to support its plan to become a year-round...more
Many Mass. arts organizations to benefit from Barr Foundation initiative
Foundation: Barr Foundation
For years, the Barr Foundation has asked how it could use its considerable grant-making muscle to encourage artistic risk-taking and enhance public engagement. On Tuesday, the foundation unveiled its...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation
For years, the Barr Foundation has asked how it could use its considerable grant-making muscle to encourage artistic risk-taking and enhance public engagement. On Tuesday, the foundation unveiled its...more
ValleyCreates Appoints Five Local Community Advisors
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts' newly launched arts initiative, ValleyCreates, announced the appointment of five community advisors to support the initiative's core...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts' newly launched arts initiative, ValleyCreates, announced the appointment of five community advisors to support the initiative's core...more
Popping Up in Worcester: New creative space to open on Franklin Street
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The grand opening will feature live performances by the Southeast Asian Coalition's Lion Dance Team, the Joy of Music's Jazz Safari group and a poetry ... May 4, Worcester Arts Council Grantee...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation
The grand opening will feature live performances by the Southeast Asian Coalition's Lion Dance Team, the Joy of Music's Jazz Safari group and a poetry ... May 4, Worcester Arts Council Grantee...more
Foundation to invest $750K in arts
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
It will provide more than $750,000 in funding through its Creative County Initiative, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Boston-based Barr Foundation and $250,000 raised by ECCF. The money will be...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
It will provide more than $750,000 in funding through its Creative County Initiative, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Boston-based Barr Foundation and $250,000 raised by ECCF. The money will be...more
Foundation to invest $750000 in arts
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
The foundation, which oversees more than $70 million in charitable assets for people who donate to the foundation, is putting money behind its big plans. It will provide more than $750,000 in funding...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
The foundation, which oversees more than $70 million in charitable assets for people who donate to the foundation, is putting money behind its big plans. It will provide more than $750,000 in funding...more
Lynn and Peabody were front and center at the Essex County Arts & Culture Summit
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
The upbeat daylong event, sponsored by the Essex County Community Foundation and the Barr Foundation, introduced the Creative County Initiative, which supports partnerships to create public artworks,...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
The upbeat daylong event, sponsored by the Essex County Community Foundation and the Barr Foundation, introduced the Creative County Initiative, which supports partnerships to create public artworks,...more
Foundation to invest $750000 in arts
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
In the summer, the city has live outdoor music four days a week, and more people are living in the downtown as development continues near the train station, he said. "We're becoming...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
In the summer, the city has live outdoor music four days a week, and more people are living in the downtown as development continues near the train station, he said. "We're becoming...more
Foundation to invest $750000 in arts
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
BEVERLY — The Essex County Community Foundation has an ambitious goal of improving the region's quality of life through the power of arts and culture. The organization took a first step on that...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
BEVERLY — The Essex County Community Foundation has an ambitious goal of improving the region's quality of life through the power of arts and culture. The organization took a first step on that...more
Beverly to host Essex County Arts & Culture Summit
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
Karen Ristuben, program director for the Creative County Initiative, said the Essex County Arts & Culture Summit has been in the planning stages for about a year. That was when the Barr...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Essex County Community Foundation
Karen Ristuben, program director for the Creative County Initiative, said the Essex County Arts & Culture Summit has been in the planning stages for about a year. That was when the Barr...more
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