Contemporary Art Centers Network

The Contemporary Art Centers (CAC) network is a group of performing and interdisciplinary arts curators in the U.S. This group functions as a research and development component of NDP to promote collaborations and build connections that will result in support for dance artists working in inventive ways with artists in other disciplines. NEFA invites performing arts curators to participate in the CAC network, and artists/companies are selected by the network members for the commissioning, creative development, and distribution of interdisciplinary arts projects.

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 lines between disciplines are necessarily blurring
• 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

Current members include:
Asia Society (New York, NY)
DiverseWorks (Houston, TX)
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) (Boston, MA)
MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA)
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL)
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) (Portland, OR)
REDCAT (Los Angeles, CA)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA).

Visit the Grantee Directory for information on recent grants.

Grant Forms

NDP CAC DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION DOWNLOAD

NDP CAC PRESENTATION EVALUATION DOWNLOAD