CVAANO is a collective of New Orleans arts administrators working to cultivate national and international awareness of New Orleans as a destination for contemporary art. By working in alliance with culinary, music, performance and other local cultural organizations, CVAANO focuses on advocacy, community outreach and marketing campaigns to illustrate the vital role that the arts play in New Orleans’ economic development and to nurture the long-term sustainability of the New Orleans visual art community. For more information, visit www.pelicanbomb.com.
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Contemporary Visual Arts Association of New Orleans (CVAANO)
Patterned after NPN's model performing arts program, the Visual Artists Network was launched in 2007 as a pilot, and in 2009 the program was formally established through the induction of the VAN Partners, fifteen leading contemporary arts organizations from across the United States.
The boundaries between the performing and visual arts are more than blurred: "Performance art" on the stage and "installations" in a gallery. Using the residency model of a touring performing artist, VAN is a way for the visual artist to engage in community.