‘City Hall Circus’ is one of many exciting arts and culture projects supported by ECCF’s Creative County In Amesbury, when you want to attend a City Council meeting, obtain a building permit or renew Fido’s dog license, you go to City Hall. But this fall, the brick...
Arts and culture do so many powerful things for our communities. “First and foremost, arts and culture bring people together, particularly during times of uncertainty in the world,” said Karen Ristuben, program director for Creative County, Essex County Community...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER When he joined the Essex County Community Foundation Creative County ChangeMakers program in March, Gloucester resident Sal Zerelli remembers looking around the room of creative people – actors, writers, painters...
ECCF hosts an Essex County Arts and Culture Summit that informs and inspires By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Dariana Guerrero, a young writer, activist and educator from Lawrence, recalled participating in open mic night at El Taller as a...
Arts leaders, live music, spoken word and more headline the 2024 Essex County Arts & Culture Summit on Sept. 27 Beverly, Mass – Vin Cipolla, president and CEO of Historic New England, and Harold Steward, executive director of New England Foundation for the Arts,...
Funding to help elevate public transportation in the Merrimack Valley as a critical element of community culture The primary role of public transit is, undoubtedly, to get people from one place to another. But a group of nonprofit organizations have come together to...
Danvers, MA -- Essex County Community Foundation’s investment in a growing group of creative leaders is supporting a more inclusive and sustainable arts and culture ecosystem across the region. Since 2021, the ECCF Creative County ChangeMakers program has graduated 33...
ECCF’s Creative County Initiative supports seven new creative projects in Essex County communities Thousands of children and families have explored, learned and created at the North Shore Children’s Museum in Peabody, originally piloted in 2019 as the CuriousCity...
Danvers, MA --- Since 2021, Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) has graduated 22 artists, nonprofit and municipal leaders from its Creative County ChangeMakers program, an immersive leadership support program that fosters their roles as creative leaders building...
Danvers, MA --- Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is pleased to announce a new round of grants designed to support artists who have been historically and systemically denied access to resources that empower them to create and share their work. Applications for...
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