NPN Partner: Contemporary Art Center
Title: Development of Jazz Presenter
Award Amount: $2,278
Project Description: Jeff Zielinski who has recently been promoted from Technical Director to Performance Manager at the CAC, will shadow Marty Ashby to deepen his knowledge of presenting.

NPN Partner: Carpetbag Theatre
Title: Carpetbag Theatre/Brushy Fork Institute Leadership Exchange
Award Amount: $3,500
Project Description: The Carpetbag Staff will participate in Berea College’s Brushy Fork Institute in order to learn about the creation of viable culturally-driven economic development ventures for non-profit arts organizations.

NPN Partner: Tigertail Productions
Title: Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival
Award Amount: $2,415
Project Description: Associate Director Robert Rosenberg will participate in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, to increase his knowledge of Spoken Word to inform Tigertail’s teen WordSpeak program.