Mentorship and Leadership Projects

651 Arts – Brooklyn, NY
Project:  Press Relations, Professional Development for Marketing Director
Description:  651 Arts relies on the input of all of the members of its small staff for programmatic planning ideas. Through this project, 651’s marketing director will receive formal training and mentorship in the area of press relationships and press related writing.
NPN Subsidy:  $4,000

Junebug Productions – New Orleans, LA
Project:  Formalized Training of Junebug’s New Managing and Development Director
Description:  Junebug Productions will undertake formalized training, mentoring and leadership development for their new managing and development director to develop his knowledge of producing, presenting and funding live performing arts productions.
NPN Subsidy:  $4,250

VS Arts/Out North – Anchorage, AK
Project:  Securing Out North’s Future
Description:  Tim Miller will work with Out North’s leadership to connect the threads of Out North leadership visioning, community engagement, and artistic leadership. Miller will help the executive director to create a three-year plan of professional development and burnout prevention through the use of a guest curatorial model.
NPN Subsidy:  $1,650

Pat Graney Company – Seattle, WA
Project:  Training Female Ex-Offenders to Interview Their Peers
Description:  New Pat Graney staff member will be mentored to assist a local university professor in training female ex-offenders to conduct interviews of their peers about the impact of KTF (arts in prisons) in their lives, which will usher her into a new leadership position within the company and community.
NPN Subsidy:  $4,250

South Dallas Cultural Center – Dallas, TX
Project:  Lighting a Small Theater on a Small Budget
Description:  South Dallas Cultural Center will deepen the performing arts and technical coordinator’s knowledge of lighting design by a mentorship with a prominent local lighting director.  The training will be specifically tailored for SDCC’s small theater space and even smaller budget.
NPN Subsidy:  $2,500

Walker Art Center – Minneapolis, MN
Project:  Mentorship on Curation, Audience Development, and Interpretation
Description:  Walker Art Center senior curator will mentor visitor services performing arts specialist on curatorial/programmatic processes, audience development practices, season creation/history: to research, develop, and implement key strategies to help build new, diverse audiences; open up dialogue and communication opportunities for audiences and Walker staff, fostering more direct engagement with patrons; and find better ways to help interpret contemporary work.
NPN Subsidy:  $4,250