ADVANCING INDIGENOUS PERFORMANCE
Deepening support for Indigenous performing artists and touring networks.
OVERVIEW
Advancing Indigenous Performance (AIP) is a program established in 2018 by the Western Arts Alliance with generous lead support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
AIP deepens support for Indigenous performing artists and touring networks in ways that are rooted in the shared values of openness, inclusion, equity and generosity. The initiative aims to provide educational and career development resources for US-based Indigenous artists and presenters that will build audiences for Indigenous performing arts.
AIP PROGRAMS
NATIVE LAUNCHPAD
2020 Native Launchpad artist, Dakota Camacho; image credit: Matao New Performance Project.
Native Launchpad provides US-based Indigenous artists with the tools and resources needed to further their careers and introduce them to the world of arts presenting and management. Applications for the 2023 cycle of Native Launchpad closed on February 1.
TOURING FUND
Horomona Horo performing at the 2018 WAA conference; image credit: Ambience Photography
Information on the AIP Touring Fund to be announced.
AIP NEWS & UPDATES
AIP RESOURCES
THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS
Native Launchpad and the Advancing Indigenous Performance (AIP) program are made possible by a lead grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
