Partnerships
Long-term partnerships advancing restorative justice and cultural exchange
We foster long-term partnerships and residencies with BIPOC and LGBTQ organizations that advance restorative justice and deepen cultural exchange within our community.
Organizations & Partners
Created by Ebony Noelle Golden, conjures theatrical ceremonies rooted in diasporic Black cultural, spiritual and performance traditions.
- The 2023 Art and Survival Festival, co-curated by Ebony Noelle Golden and Stacy Klein, which gathered over 80 artists, organizers, land stewards, water workers, and educators in Ashfield for three days of performances, workshops, conversations, and meals exploring creativity, climate reparations, and community-building.
- The Festival culminated the 3-year Art and Survival Fellowship for performing artists produced by DE and JPS
- Production premieres of Ebony Noelle Golden's original performance ceremonies In The Name Of The Mother Tree (2022) and again, the watercarriers (2025) at the Farm
- Ongoing artist residency
A Boston-based cultural organization whose mission is to present liberating art by, for, and about queer and trans people of color that transcends artistic boundaries, celebrates cultural abundance, and dismantles oppression.
- Rural artist residencies
- Co-hosting programming
- Retreats
- Future performance creation and development
- Programming opportunities for TTO's youth group True Colors
A Nipmuc-led organization focused on continuing and reviving Eastern Woodlands traditions and cultural practices.
- Shared community events and an enduring Exhibition in our Pavilion
- Collaboration under DE's Clean Energy Commission award focused on passive house conversions
- Shared work space for Indigenous wood and wampum craft, leading to the sale/partial donation of land for NLB's home base in Ashfield
An incubation space for multimedia, interdisciplinary artwork that examines the movement of Blackness through time and space, stewarded by muthi reed & Sage Crump.
- Residency space at Double Edge Theatre
- Artistic exchange, including access to training programs and design spaces
- Artistic and organizational consulting
DE partnered with the Town of Ashfield, the Ohketeau Cultural Center, and the Arts Extension Service at UMass Amherst on the Ashfield Rural Climate Resilience and Living Culture Project.
- Ashfield Rural Climate Resilience and Living Culture Project, supported by the Municipality Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program
- Youth programming partnerships with local schools and organizations
Fiscal Sponsorships
Double Edge also provides fiscal sponsorship for these organizations:
- Jupiter Performance Studio
- The Kinfolk Effect
- Kintinuum
Past Partnerships
Ohketeau Cultural Center is the only Native founded and run cultural center in all of Central and Western Massachusetts whose work focuses on uplifting the voices of Native peoples and dismantling unjust frameworks, replacing them with accessibility, equity, dignity, and wellness for Native communities.
Since the founding of Ohketeau in 2017, DE has been Ohketeau’s fiscal sponsor and infrastructure advisor. In July 2025 Ohketeau became their own 501c3 and are now autonomously organized, while they maintain their site in Ashfield.
A short history of past partnership collaborations:
- Commissioning of Ohketeau Director Larry Spotted Crow Mann’s original performance Freedom in Season as part of DE’s Constellations Outdoor Festival
- The DE Native scholarship for theatre programs
- The Ohketeau-DE Indigenous Performance Laboratory, including original Native performances such as Ishkode and Something Else (created by Tomantha Sylvester)
- Living Presence of Our History, now sunset, co-produced with Ohketeau
- Municipality Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program partnership
