State Grant Empowers Arts and Culture Nonprofits to Ignite Clean Energy and Climate Action
November 22, 2023
A groundbreaking collaboration between Western Mass arts and culture nonprofits and UMass Amherst Extension units has been awarded a substantial grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center ...
AES Resource List
November 13, 2023
Arts Extension Service is dedicated to supporting artists and arts organizations by providing education and information. Find a list below of continuously updated and ongoing resources and...
ArtsHub - Building Community, Resiliency & an Equitable Creative Economy
August 31, 2023
The event has been postponed and the new date has yet to be announced. If you are interested, please fill out the form at this page so that we can keep you informed of the new event date....

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Jessica Gelter
Jessica Gelter is a dedicated nonprofit leader and holds the Core Certificate in Arts Management from the Arts Extension Service. Read more about Jessica the ways she has used the certificate in her daily work as executive director at ArtsAlive!
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