New England States Touring (NEST) Program

New England States Touring (NEST) is a cooperative program with the state arts agencies of New England, that provides support to nonprofits for performances, readings, and related community activities by artists that have met the eligibility criteria for the NEST program.

Performing and literary artists eligible for NEST represent a wide range of disciplines, such as music, dance, opera, musical theater, poetry, writing, interdisciplinary work and folk arts. Nonprofit presenters* may apply for NEST funding to help support an engagement by a NEST eligible artist, as long as that artist is based outside of the presenter’s home state.

*A "presenter" may be any nonprofit organization interested in bringing cultural arts programming to its community. Libraries, schools, theatres, service agencies, & arts organizations are all examples of eligible nonprofit “presenters” that can apply for NEST funding.

For more info go to http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/nest/index.html or call New England Foundation for the arts at 617/951-0010.