Applications open for TWO 2026 cohorts of Creative Community Fellows: New England!
Website Creative Community Fellows: New England
Driving transformation through arts and culture can be challenging, complex, and often lonely. Creative Community Fellows: New England brings together cultural innovators from across New England for an eight-month fellowship to be part of something bigger: a connected community of creative leaders learning, sharing, and convening to bring their visions for change to life.
In 2026 NAS is excited to offer two cohorts of Creative Community Fellows: New England! Learn more about next year’s fellowships and apply for the cohort(s) that fit your schedule.
Fellows will:
- Create a regional community of practice dedicated to learning and support
- Learn practical tools to support and scale your projects with guidance from a team of experienced creative leaders skilled in teaching and facilitation.
How to Apply
The two 2026 Creative Community Fellows: New England cohorts are the same program, just offered at different times. You can apply to one or both with a single application and can indicate which you wish to be considered for in one of the application questions. If you apply to both cohorts and are accepted into the program, we’ll take care of which cohort you’re placed into.
To apply for the 2026 Creative Community Fellows: New England cohort you must complete our written application by November 24, 2025 and meet the eligibility requirements below:
- You live and work in: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont
- You are an artist, community organizer, administrator or entrepreneur leading a project that uses arts-based approaches to create positive change in your community
- Your work involves community partners – other organizations or key individuals
- Your project is in motion or has been tested and is ready to scale
- You’re curious, open, and collaborative
- You want to join a community of practice that will hold you accountable
- You’re ready to contribute your skills and take the time to apply what you learn
The written application provides space to share your project, the challenge it addresses, its goals, how you and your community are involved, and more. You will also introduce yourself, what drives you, and what you hope to gain from the program. Applications also have space to submit an optional short, informal video about yourself and your project.
Following the November 24, 2025 application deadline, the NAS admissions team will review all submissions and invite select applicants to a final interview stage conducted through Zoom in January 2026. All applicants will be notified of their application’s status by December 19, 2025.
Have questions about the application or the program itself? Reach out to us!
Application Deadline: November 24, 2025
To apply for this job email your details to mcesena@artstrategies.org