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Spring 2023 Enrollment Now Open!
Spring course enrollment is now open! It’s time to invest in your career with four creative and innovative Spring courses from the Arts Extension Service! Our diverse course offerings are the perfect way to broaden your understanding of the arts in an experiential and practical setting.

AES Awarded NEA "Access to Artistic Excellence" grant
Friday, January 1, 2010
The UMass Arts Extension Service is pleased to announce that it was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts: Access to Artistic Excellence grant in the First Round of FY2010 grants. The Arts Extension Service’s $35,000 award was part of those designated for Local Arts Agencies and will be used to develop and implement a new Local Arts Agency Fundamentals Training Series, a professional development series for local arts agency staff to be jointly developed by the Arts Extension Service and Americans for the Arts.

Artist Residency Programs and Artist Retreat Centers
Monday, December 1, 2008
When was the last time you had the privilege of devoting a block of time solely to your art? If now is your time to focus on your work, we encourage you to seek a meaningful and appropriate Artist Residency Program.

Maren Brown and Craig Dreeszen appear at the ArtsME conference
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Workshops and lectures:

UWW's Arts Administration Program Represents a Degree of Progress
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

MCC Adams Planning Grant Training
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
On Monday March 26th, 10:00am-3:30pm, Craig Dreeszen and Maren Brown delivered training programs for up to thirty John and Abigail Adams Arts Program planning grant recipients.

AES is awarded grant from the NEA
Sunday, January 1, 2006
AES is awarded $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to launch the initiative, “Peripheral Vision: A New Look at Communities.” Peripheral Vision: A New Look at Communities is a two-year project examining cultural economic development initiatives in the U.S. and distilling the best practices and practical tools into a series of workshops to be delivered around the nation.