Latest Past Events

Expansion Arts Program: Grant Writing Workshop

Supported by a collaboration between the Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, the Expansion Arts Program (EAP) offers funding and organizational assistance to community-based, culturally diverse arts and cultural organizations. To support the capacity building efforts of the EAP grantees, Alison co-designed[...]

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Funding Woes: What Creative Models Can We Utilize to Break the Funding Gap?

  Alison will be moderating a panel during the inaugural convening of the Arts Administrators of Color DMV Network. Session Background Panelists share their challenges in building capacity and the creative strategies that lead to new funding opportunities. Session Participants Moderator: Alison McNeil, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, McNeil Creative Enterprises Panelists: Ruby Harper Lopez,[...]

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Strategies for Surviving Online Learning

For the last several years, National Arts Strategies (NAS) and the University of Pennsylvania hosts the Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy for early to mid-career professionals in the arts and culture sector, as well as those seeking to enter the sector. The University of Pennsylvania faculty, the NAS team and some of the[...]

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