The PAP Creative Exchange is building on the already existing relationships of artists and arts presenters to create meaningful residencies that forge new connections and deepen existing relationships between communities and arts makers throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.
2011-12 Creative Exchange Projects
In December 2010, Creative Exchange guidelines and applications for hosting extended residencies were sent (in English and Spanish) to all NPN and La Red members, as well as to other organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean that had been recommended for participation in the project.
In January 2011, a City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs peer review panel reviewed all Los Angeles-based applications and made recommendations to the NPN staff. In New Orleans in April, all other project applications were reviewed by a panel consisting of NPN Partners and La Red members, as well as NPN staff.
The panels made the following awards for the 2011-2012 Performing Americas Creative Exchange program.
The Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Los Angeles is a partner in the Cultural Exchange Program.
NPN/U.S. Based Hosts
| Host | Artist | Project Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston, ME) | Tatiana Mejia (Santo Domingo, Dominican Repubic) | Discipline: Dance Artist attendance at the Bates Dance Festival, with participation in workshops and creation of a work in progress showing. |
| Goat in the Road Productions (New Orleans, LA) | Teatro Artzenico (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala) | Discipline: Theatre Artzenico travels to New Orleans to participate in summer theater activities with Goat in the Road and other New Orleans based artists. |
| Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL) |
Flora Lauten, Teatro Buen Dia (Havana, Cuba) | Discipline: Theatre Members of Teatro Buen Dia of Cuba will be in residence at Museum of Contemporary Art setting a work on theater students and professional artists. |
| Skirball Center (Los Angeles, CA) |
Michel Groisman (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | Discipline: Performance Art Michel Groisman will be in residence at the Skirball making demonstrations and developing teaching methods with Noah’s Ark Educational staff. |
LA RED / Latin American & Caribbean Based Hosts
| Host | Artist | Project Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Consejo Artistico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) | Fiona Templeton (New York City) | Discipline: Site-specific Performance Templeton will travel to Puerto Rico to create outdoor site specific project. |
| Teatro La Caja Magica (Cipolleti, Argentina) | Double Edge Theater (Ashfield, MA) | Discipline: Theatre Double Edge Theater will be in residence in Cipolleti with Teatro La Caja Magica, creating work in collaboration as sister companies. |
| Teatro La Cochera (Cordoba, Argentina) | Lorrie Snyder (Los Angeles, CA) | Discipline: Technical Theater Snyder will develop a technical theater course to teach at the University in Cordoba, Argentina, as well as to local theatres. |
For more information regarding the PAP Creative Exchange, contact Elizabeth Doud at edoud@npnweb.org.
Performing Americas Program Creative Exchange Projects July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
For the 10-11 funding cycle, PAP was proud to be able to support nine projects (see below) and to expand resources for this support through partnerships with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the University of Mexico (UNAM) Division of Dance. These partnerships have allowed the program to fund more projects and provide more support for artists and residency hosts.
NPN/U.S. Based Hosts
| Host | Artist | Project Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston, Maine) | Delphos dance company members (Mazatlan, Mexico) | Bates Dance Festival will host two members of Delphos dance company during their summer dance festival as part of creative and educational residency exchange. Company members will have creative time, and will also teach as part of their stay. |
| The Flynn Center (Burlington, Vermont) | Muhammad Muwakil (Trinidad-Tobago) | The host will create a residency which builds on community interest in spoken word and international exchange by working with poet and spoken work performer Muhammad Muwakil, in collaboration with local poets and students connected with local Caribbean Institute. |
| La Peña (Berkeley, CA) |
Rubí Oseguera Rueda (Veracruz, Mexico) | La Peña will create intensive workshops in traditional Son Jarocho dance, using master teachers of the zapateado, and solidify connections with Veracruz artists. |
| Outpost for Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, CA) |
Octavio Camargo (Curitiba, Brazil) | OCA will host the creation and processing of performatic ‘live memory’ broadcasts through workshops with local L.A. participants/artists; songwriters, storytellers and poets. |
| South Dallas Cultural Center (Dallas, TX) | Nem Brito (Bahia, Brazil) | South Dallas Cultural Center will partner with Dance for the Planet Program to create a residency with Brazilian choreographer Nem Brito to set a work on students/company members involved. |
LA RED / Latin American & Caribbean Based Hosts
| Host | Artist | Project Summary |
|---|---|---|
| University of the West Indies Department of Creative and Festival Arts (Trinidad-Tobago) |
Marie Kellier (Los Angeles, CA) | Artist will research the historical and contemporary manifestations of carnival and festival artis in Trinidad, West Indies, creating an exchange between Los Angeles’ carnival celebrations and Trinidadian contemporary carnival. |
| Ekol Bazilo (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) | Jan Sebon (Miami, FL) | Artist Jan Sebon will teach traditional Haitian songs and drumming to students at Ekol Bazilo. He will give intensive workshops and also have creative time to work on his own songwriting. |
| Grupo de teatro Artzénico (Quetzaltenango, Guatamala) | Goat in the Road Productions (New Orleans, LA) | U.S. based GRP will partner with Artzénico to create new work, give workshops and support each others’ goal and vision of touring their companies’ work internationally. Specifically, GRP will share teaching methodology with host. |
| Humanizarte (Quito, Ecuador) | Stephanie Sherman (Brookline, MA) | Humanizarte will host the Choreographer in a month long intensive for Ecuatorian dancers, giving technique classes as well as setting a new work on a select group. |
For more information regarding the PAP Creative Exchange, contact Elizabeth Doud at edoud@npnweb.org.
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2009-2010 Creative Exchange Projects
| Host Organization | Artist | Location of Residency | Residency Objectives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escuela de Arte y Talentos | John Malpede / Los Angeles Poverty Dept. (Los Angeles, CA) | Cochabamba, Bolivia | Assemble and rehearse company locally for Spanish version of LAPD’s work Agents and Assets |
| Teatro Luna Blou | Teo Castellanos (Miami, FL) | Otrabanda, Curacao | Teaching and coaching spoken work performance to local artists and youth |
| Mujeres en Las Artes | Jennylin Duany (Miami, FL) | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Work with women’s collective and other local artists to give theater and composition workshops |
| The Dept. of Creative and Festival Arts – University of the West Indies | Idris Ackamoor and Rhodessa Jones (San Francisco, CA) | Trinidad-Tobago | Give workshops to theater students and work with techniques of creative story making at the University of the West Indies and in the community |
| Consejo Artístico de Puerto Rico | Kent de Spain (Austin, Texas) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Impart dance and performance workshops to university students and professionals in San Juan |
| Asociacao Mix Brasil | Susan Simpson (Los Angeles, CA) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Teach workshops in the creation of miniature multimedia performances to film students during Mix Brasil festival in Sao Paulo |
| PICA | Diana Szeinblum (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Portland, Oregon | Offer composition and movement workshops to Portland professionals and students, and develop new work |
| REDCAT | Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes (Mexico City, Mexico) | Los Angeles, California | Creative artist residency and public workshop series in collaboration with FITLA |
Photo credit: Idris Ackamoor. Cultural Odyssey’s work with the Department of Creative and Festival Arts at the University of the West Indies builds on prior visits to the islands.
Funding provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and, for Los Angeles artists and arts organizations, the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.
January 14, 2011 a DCA peer review panel will review all Los
Angeles based applications and make recommendations to the NPN staff.
March 15, all other projects will be reviewed by a panel consisting of
NPN and La Red members as well al NPN staff.
