National Dance Project Contemporary Art Centers Network

The Contemporary Art Centers (CAC) network supports and promotes projects that model innovative interdisciplinary collaborations.

More about Contemporary Art Centers Network

The CAC is comprised of performing arts curators throughout the U.S who build collaborations and connections that support the work of innovative interdisciplinary artists and artist collaborators. Artists and companies are selected for support for the commissioning, creative development, documentation, contextualization, and touring of interdisciplinary work through nomination by CAC members.

Collectively, the CAC network:

Explores issues, trends, and opportunities including bringing a curatorial perspective to the performing arts field.
Commissions and/or curates interdisciplinary projects that experiment with and create new models for artist development and presentation.
Forges alliances for both the creative development and the distribution of interdisciplinary arts projects.
Provides leadership in the wider arts field for contemporary interdisciplinary programming at a time when there is greater hybridization of artistic forms.
Presents models for creative and community residencies, collaborations, and documentation.
Advocates for interdisciplinary programming and projects as core activities within contemporary art centers, not simply adjunct events to visual art programming.