About the Newton Cultural Alliance
The Newton Cultural Alliance (NCA) is a membership organization and consortium of arts & culture organizations dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and sustaining art & culture in Newton, MA. NCA was incorporated in 2009 by a group of nonprofits that sought to promote arts & culture in the City of Newton. NCA was designed as a resource for the entire community which seeks to inspire and educate. Collectively, NCA members reach an estimated 60,000 patrons annually with their programs, concerts, performances, festivals, art installations, classes, and workshops.
In 2012, NCA purchased the Nathaniel Allen House – a Newton landmark on the National Register of Historic Places – and began the careful process of preservation and restoration for its future as a dynamic cultural center. The Allen Center now supports a range of innovative, cross-disciplinary programming and events. As NCA's premier facility, the Allen Center is a community space for exhibitions, performances, lectures, classes, workshops, and demonstrations as well as private parties and events.
NCA Programs
Create The Vote
Develop collaborative cultural facilities for small nonprofit organizations and the community. Part of this effort is to ensure the permanence and vitality of the historic Nathaniel Allen House in West Newton and provide a year-round community space for a range of events and programs.
Celebrate Newton
Newton Cultural Alliance hosts the annual Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Fair on the first Sunday in December. The fair will be has been held for over two decades at Newton South High School. This NCA took over the fair in 2020 in email info@newtonculture.org Vendor booths have been filled at this time. Deadline to apply was September 9th, 2024.
Strawberry Festival
The Annual Strawberry Festival is NCA's biggest fundraiser of the year! An evening of eclectic music and art, light dinner, drinks and our always-rousing Raise the Paddle in support of NCA’s Allen Center. This event brings in our biggest sponsors of the year. See who's who here.
MCC Card to Culture
The Allen Center/Newton Cultural Alliance is proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program.