$10,000 to support NPN/VAN’s 2018 conference in Pittsburgh, which will support Pittsburgh’s arts community by providing local artists and arts leaders opportunities for professional development, policy-making, sharing of work, idea exchange, and field-building.

National Performance Network & Visual Artists Network believes artists and arts organizations are essential for creating a just and sustainable world, and they believe communities deserve broad access to art and culture that reflect their own experiences and inform about the experiences of others.

They seek to provide risk-taking performing and visual artists with the resources needed to develop and tour new work, to ensure arts leaders have the skills and opportunities to be change-makers in the arts presenting field, and to influence cultural policy for more just and artist-centered practices.