One of NPN’s primary objectives is to support artists’ ability to move their work around the country and the world, to reach new audiences and communities. A second key objective is to facilitate the development of new work, to support NPN Partners’ ability to commission fresh, exciting creations and collaborations. These goals are achieved through NPN’s subsidy programs: Performance Residency, Community Fund, Mentorship & Leadership Initiative, Creation Fund, Forth Fund, and International Programs, including the Performing Americas Program (PAP).
This is where we highlight NPN Partner projects that have received subsidies. Click on the title of the project to link to its description.
NPN Partner: Walker Art Center
Title: Online Content Leadership Initiative
Subsidy: Mentorship & Leadership Initiative
supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, American Express Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
April 2012
NPN Partners/Commissioners: Tigertail Productions, Dance Place
Artist: AXIS Dance Company
Title: Full of Words
Subsidies: Creation Fund, Forth Fund
Creation Fund support: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts
Forth Fund support: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
February 2012
NPN Partner: Highways
Title: Outreach/Expansion
Subsidy: Mentorship & Leadership Initiative
supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, American Express Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
October 2011
NPN Partner: La Peña
Title: JOTALOGUES: Talking Taboo in the LBGTQAI – U!
Subsidy: Creation Fund
supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
photo courtesy of Anjali Alimchandani
September 2011
NPN Partner: Center for Community Arts
Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago
Title: On the Ground in Chicago
Subsidy: Community Fund
supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, MetLife Foundation and
Nathan Cummings Foundation
photo courtesy of Paul Teruel
August 2011
Title: Learning in West Africa
Subsidy: MLI
supported by MetLife Foundation and
the Nathan Cummings Foundation
July 2011
Title: NPN Delegation Visits Seoul
International Projects
May 2011
NPN Partner: On the Boards
Title: Dayna Hanson
Subsidy: Forth Fund (pilot)
supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
February 2011
NPN Partner/Lead Commissioner: Legion Arts
Co-commissioner: John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, at the University of Texas at Austin
Title: Stretch Marks
Artist: Angela Kariotis
Subsidy: Creation Fund
January 2011
NPN Partner: La Peña
Title: Osvaldo Torres
Subsidy: Community Fund
supported by MetLife Foundation and
the Nathan Cummings Foundation
October 2010
NPN Partner: Asian Arts Initiative
Title: Asian American Artists Exchange
Subsidy: Community Fund
supported by MetLife Foundation and
the Nathan Cummings Foundation
September 2010
NPN Partner: South Dallas Cultural Center
Artist: Teo Castellanos
Title: Teo Does Dallas: The Perfect NPN Residency
Subsidy: NPN Residency, Community Fund
photos courtesy of the artist, SDCC
supported by MetLife Foundation and
the Nathan Cummings Foundation
August 2010
NPN Partner/lead commissioner: Performance Space 122
Artist: Amy Caron
Title: …Transcend My Geographic Obscurity
Subsidy: Creation Fund
photo courtesy of Amy Caron
May 2010
Performing Americas Project
Chile Exchange 2010
Curators’ Trip
photo courtesy of Teatro en el Blanco
April 2010
NPN Partner: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Title: “Reflections on Community Engagement: an MLI Report”
Subsidy award: Mentorship and Leadership Initiative (FY09 winter round)
supported by MetLife Foundation
March 2010
NPN Partner: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Artist: Nora Chipaumire
Title: gukurahundi
Subsidy: Community Fund (FY09 winter round)
supported by MetLife Foundation
photos courtesy of Steven Rosofsky
December 2009
Performing Americas Project
Artists: Los Angeles Poverty Department
La Escuela de Arte y Talentos in Cochabomba, Bolivia
Title: Agentes y Activos
Subsidy: month-long Creative Exchange Residency
photos courtesy of Henriëtte Brouwers
October 2009
NPN Partner: Sandglass Theater, Putney, Vermont
Artist: Lyena Strelkoff
Title: Caterpillar Soup
Subsidy: NPN Residency
September 2009
NPN Partners: REDCAT, Los Angeles and PICA, Portland, Oregon
Artist: Cloud Eye Control
Title: Under Polaris
Subsidy award: Creation Fund (FY09 summer round)
photo: courtesy of the artist
June 2009
NPN Partner: El Centro Su Teatro, Denver
Title: “Su Teatro/Teatro Campesino Exchange”
Subsidy award: Mentorship & Leadership Initiative (FY08 summer round)
supported by MetLife Foundation
photos: courtesy of Su Teatro
May 2009
NPN Partner: Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents, Helena, MT
Artist: Bebe Miller
Title: “Dancing in the Discourse of the Montana Legislature”
Subsidy award: Community Fund (FY09 summer round)
supported by MetLife Foundation
photo credits: Lisa Kunkel/Independent Record photographer
April 2009
The Community Fund and Mentorship & Leadership Initative are supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
The Forth Fund is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
