Performing Americas Program (PAP) - Creative Exchange Residencies

Performing Americas Program - Creative Exchange Residencies

Program Type: International performing arts exchange program

Geographic Scope: United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Program Duration: 2-5 week residencies

Overview:
The Performing Americas Program (PAP) is a partnership between the National Performance Network and La RED (Red de Promotores Culturales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe). It creates a structure for systematic exchange of contemporary performing arts touring in the hemisphere through residencies that provide opportunities for artist-to-community engagement.

Focus Areas:

Educational activities and creative research

Setting work on a host company

Technical skills workshops

Contemporary performing arts exchanges

Reciprocal exchanges between artists and hosts

Knowledge building and creation of new performance work

Learning of new methodologies and skill building

Program Components:
The Creative Exchange has two components:
1. Residencies: 2-5 week flexible residencies for extended artist-to-community engagement
2. Mobility Awards: Support for artists and hosts to meet face-to-face with potential partners for future exchange projects (travel only, maximum $1,000 per award)

Eligibility:

Artists, curators, and designers throughout the Americas

Focus on equitable exchange

Partnerships between artists and hosts in Caribbean, Latin America, and United States

Impact (as of 2012):

Awarded support for 55 artist projects

47 different host sites

34 artist/companies toured

30 additional Creative Exchange residencies funded

Presentations by 50+ U.S.-based presenting organizations

17 U.S. artist companies presented in 47 different cities

Funding Sources:
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and for Los Angeles artists/organizations: City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

Key Values:

Reciprocity

Peer exchange

Knowledge building

Equitable exchange

Justice framework for international work

Partner Network:
La RED (Red de Promotores Culturales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe)

Contact: Available through npnweb.org