Schedule

Opening Session

When:

December 13, 2013 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Where:

Westin Hotel
100 Iberville Street
New Orleans,LA 70130
USA

Percussionist Luther Gray and Bamboula 2000 will kick off the morning with rousing drumbeats that will lead us into NPN’s infamous introductions. That’s right, everyone in the room gets to be introduced!

And then at 11:30, we present A Keynote Conversation (with music) between Donald Harrison, Jr and his sister Cherice Harrison-Nelson, facilitated by radio personality and music lover Gwen Thompkins. Members of one of New Orleans illustrious Mardi Gras Indian families, Donald and Cherice have played significant roles around the world as New Orleans cultural ambassadors.

The NPN Annual Meeting is made possible, in part, with generous support from:

American Express, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, City of New Orleans, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation--Keller Family Foundation, Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnerships, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Louisiana Division of the Arts, MetLife Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Southwest Airlines, Official Airline of the National Performance Network, Surdna Foundation

NPN and VAN Partners, and our Friends, Colleagues, Partners & individual donors who all helped to make this Annual Meeting a reality.