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…that the National Performance Network (NPN) has brought innovative performing artists to all corners of the United States for over two decades? If you’ve ever gone to a play, dance performance, music concert or poetry slam… If you’ve participated in a creative workshop or movement class… If your child attended a school assembly program with a storyteller… You, too, may have been part of this effort. (more >>)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 to the National Performance Network to support the design and implementation of the NPN Forth Fund Pilot Program including developmental support for six Creation Fund projects
…and what it has meant to me. by Carla Perlo
It might seem strange that I compare, measure and am reminded of the significance of the National Performance Network in relationship to my greatest production, my son Daniel Perlo Bloom. I took my son, Daniel to the first NPN meeting in 1985, and I nursed him as ten presenters sat around a small table and shared ideas about how to move the field forward. My son is now a full-grown man with a solid career in the radio industry as a producer and head engineer of the Bob Edwards show on XM/Sirus radio, and the NPN has grown to be the most consistent funding source and important network for presenters and artists in the United States. The NPN has offered us guaranteed support without judgment, an opportunity to meet and network with colleagues, a mechanism for investing in new work, a vehicle for sharing information and a streamlined approach to contracting and negotiating artists’ fees.
Annual Meeting in Knoxville
December 10-14, 2009
by Mimi Zarsky, NPN Program Specialist for Convenings
"What a great bunch of people to be around. It was JUST AMAZING!!!"
These days, with the insane number of communication choices we have, how often do we actually connect with each other, face-to-face and in real time? The NPN Annual Meeting is one of those rare moments, and the success of the meeting in Knoxville raised the bar for future gatherings. Of special note was the buzz around NPN’s 25th Anniversary. With special events and feature articles scheduled for the coming year, NPN kicked off the celebration with a fashion statement: a rainbow set of bracelets featuring the seven disciplines supported by NPN, augmented by a special silver 25th Anniversary bracelet. (Sets of 8 are available for $5 + shipping from the NPN office.)
The dates and locations of the 2010 Mid-Year Meetings (formerly known as regional meetings) for NPN and VAN Partners have been set.
Midwest: March 27 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
West: April 14 at MACLA in San Jose
South: May 15 at Ashé Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans
VAN: May 20 at Asian-Arts Initiative in Philadelphia
Northeast: May 21 at Asian-Arts Initiative in Philadelphia
More information will be posted when it becomes available.
