http://www.npnweb.org Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:54:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... for the next National Performance Network / Visual Artists Network Annual Meeting in Knoxville, TN - December 10-14, 2009. http://www.npnweb.org/mark-your-calendars/ NPN Partners REDCAT (Los Angeles) and PICA (Portland) were the co-commissioners on Cloud Eye Control's newest work Under Polaris.  Having premiered at PICA in October 2008, Under Polarisis is the epic story of a woman's journey into an Arctic wonderland. In this profile, the commissioners talk about their process of ... http://www.npnweb.org/creation-fund-profile/ Each month learn more about projects that NPN supports - "Project Profiles" page under the "NPN Programs" menu on the left. Last month we highlighted  the work Bebe Miller did in Montana through a Community Fund award to Myrna Loy Center. This month we take a look at a Mentorship ... http://www.npnweb.org/project-profiles/ The Regional Meeting season is in full swing.  Alverno Presents hosted the Midwest Region at the end of March.  Do you know when the other regions are meeting?  Find the details here.  You can download the agenda (which is the same at all of the NPN Regional Meetings), the time ... http://www.npnweb.org/2009-regional-meetings/ If your organization, or a school, university department or youth organization in your community is interested in professional development opportunities in the field of performance-based youth development, read about the XX 09 Seminar in New Orleans, May 17-19, 2009. Deadline for discounted rooms is April 10th.   http://www.npnweb.org/professional-development-in-new-orleans/ EmcArts Announces Request for Proposals for the Third Round of the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts Designed and managed by EmcArts, with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts is a nine- to twelve-month program designed to help performing arts organizations in ... http://www.npnweb.org/opportunity-for-performing-arts-presenters-and-artists/ The panels have met and the NPN staff is happy to announce the subsidy awards for the winter FY09 round of subsidies in the following programs: Community Fund Creation Fund Mentorship and Leadership Projects Navigate to those pages and see the exciting work our NPN Partners ... http://www.npnweb.org/winter-fy09-subsidy-awards/ Don't miss Turning of the Bones, a new play by Jan Villarrubia and directed by Ashley Sparks, running March 12 - 28 at the Convergence Center for the Arts in New Orleans.  To learn more, visit the Events Page.   http://www.npnweb.org/a-new-play/ As I write this, a national advocacy effort is underway to preserve a place for the arts in the stimulus package that is making its way through Congress. At this moment, the additional $50 million dollars for the National Endowment for the Arts included in the House of Representatives' version ... http://www.npnweb.org/ivey-report/ WALKER ART CENTER’S PHILIP BITHER AWARDED FAN TAYLOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD BY ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTERS Minneapolis, January 30, 2009—Philip Bither, the Walker Art Center’s William and Nadine McGuire Senior Curator, Performing Arts, was awarded the Fan Taylor Distinguished Service Award by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters ... http://www.npnweb.org/npn-partner-receives-top-honor/