Each year during the Annual Meeting, NPN highlights new work of diverse contemporary artists in the US. You will get to see work in lots of places: during Performance Festival Matinees at NPN Partner On the Boards on Friday and Saturday afternoons, as "ArtBursts" presented throughout the entire meeting, screened during the media showcase and described at the "In the Works" session.
Who gets to perform at the Annual Meeting?
Creation Fund Recipients
Artists who have been co-commissioned by NPN Partners through Creation Fund support over the last three years are considered for the national performances. Additionally, artists are selected on the basis of the following:
* Their Creation Fund work has premiered by the end of the previous fiscal year
* They have never been showcased at a previous Annual Meeting
* Feedback from NPN Partners and their co-commissioners
* Feasibility within the capacity of the venue
* Feasibility within the Annual Meeting budget and NPN contract (ideally 6 pp or less)
* Tourability within the NPN
* Diverse representation
* Quality of work
The selection process includes review of stated criteria, proposals submitted by artists, media and press packs as well as panel’s personal knowledge.
These national creation fund Artists will present excerpts of their work during the Performance Festival Matinees:
* Carpetbag Theatre, TN, Multidisciplinary: "Between A Ballad and the Blues"
* Zoe Scofield/Juniper Shuey, WA, Dance: The Devil You Know is Better than the Devil You Don’t"
* Scott Turner Schofield, GA, Theater: "Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps"
* Suicide Kings, CA, Spoken Word: "In Spite of Everything"
NorthWest Regional Artists
Regional Performance Showcase Artists are selected by the host site NPN Partner Committee, this year consisting of Central District Forum, On the Boards, Pat Graney Company, Myrna Loy Center (Montana), Out North (Alaska), and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Curatorial criteria include: readiness to tour, a mix of disciplines, genres, generations, ethnic and cultural representation, as well as the quality of work.
These regional artists will present 15-minute excerpts of their work during the Performance Festival Matinees: * Gin Hammond, Seattle, WA, Theater
* Locust, Seattle, WA, Dance
* The Tiptons & Danijel Zezelj, Seattle, WA, Multimedia Performance
* Holcombe Waller, Portland, OR, Multidisciplinary
* Allison Warden, Anchorage, AK, Performance Art
ArtBursts
ArtBursts are 5-minute low- or no-tech performances, presented throughout the Annual Meeting. ArtBurst-ers are selected from the pool of interested registered Artists. Artists who already performed in an Annual Meeting showcase or as an ArtBurst are not eligible for selection. Make sure to look for the following ArtBursts during the Meeting:
* Amy Caron, Salt Lake City, UT
* Dasha Kelly, Milwaukee, WI
* Heather Maloney, North Miami, FL
* D’Lo, Santa Monica, CA
* Paul Zaloom, West Hollywood, CA
* Chad Goller-Sojourner, Seattle, WA
* Katie Goodman, Bozeman, MT