Your source for local arts, culture and creativity.
Experience Creativity in Essex County
Creative County is proud to support our local arts and culture community.
This work...
- CREATES a regional voice for arts, culture and creative expression in Essex County.
- PROMOTES transformative community and economic development.
- ELEVATES arts and cultural experiences that celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and access across communities.
- INVESTS in artists and the creative economy in an environment of rapidly changing demographics.
- CELEBRATES Essex County as a vibrant place to live, work, create and collaborate.
Newburyport Art presents the Members’ Holiday Show
Newburyport Art presents the Members’ Holiday Show
Newburyport Art (NAA) is thrilled to introduce the 2024 Members’ Holiday Show, featuring just over 100 works by Newburyport Art members. The exhibit...
Christmas in Rockport
Christmas in Rockport
Join us in Rockport throughout the month of December for holiday fun and celebrations! Kicking off with Mistletoe Madness on November 22, visit the lo...
Newburyport Art presents the Members’ Holiday Show
Newburyport Art presents the Members’ Holiday Show
Newburyport Art (NAA) is thrilled to introduce the 2024 Members’ Holiday Show, featuring just over 100 works by Newburyport Art members. The exhibit...
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
Tony Kushner’s searing epic Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches is the first of two stories that focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in ...
Newburyport Art presents Featured Artist: Lance Hidy
Newburyport Art presents Featured Artist: Lance Hidy
Newburyport Art (NAA) is thrilled to introduce Then & Now – Works from 1980 to Present, a featured artist show by Lance Hidy. Born at the dawn o...
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Your source for local arts, culture, and creativity.
Learn about the creative work happening in Essex County and learn about the people and organizations in our creative ecosystem.
Public art & creative placemaking grants
Funding for new, collaborative placemaking and public art projects.
Cultural planning
Engaging communities in municipal planning that is inclusive of arts and culture.
Capacity building
Opportunities for artists, arts leaders and culture organizations to further their missions, compete in our creative economy, and deepen their community-centered work.
Convenings
Bringing all parts of the sector together to learn, network, inspire and thrive as one united ecosystem.
Communications and connectivity
Helping artists and organizations reach new audiences, grow financial support and connect with each other.
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"Art inspires us. It spurs us to innovate and drives us to imagine the impossible. Culture grounds us. It connects us to our past, brings us together, and lifts us up."
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The work of Creative County ...
- CREATES a regional voice for arts, culture and creative expression in Essex County.
- PROMOTES transformative community and economic development.
- ELEVATES arts and cultural experiences that celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and access across communities.
- INVESTS in artists and the creative economy in an environment of rapidly changing demographics.
- CELEBRATES Essex County as a vibrant place to live, work, create and collaborate.