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March 2025 News
Eight years ago, NPN made social justice in the arts sector explicit to our mission: to build a more just and equitable world. Today, we remain rooted in our core commitment to ensuring artists, culture workers, and communities marginalized by systems of oppression — including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; trans, nonbinary, and LGBTQIA+; deaf and…
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Reviving Heritage: Nant’a Cougar Goodbear and the Canneci People’s Journey In this inspiring conversation between Southern Artists for Social Change awardees Carey Fountain and Nant’a Cougar Goodbear, the artists discuss Canneciville, Goodbear’s project to reclaim and celebrate the traditions of his community, the Canneci Tinné (pronounced shaw-neh-shih tihn-neh) people. “Our culture is also art,” Goodbear says. “The things we do,…
Read moreAnnouncing the Fourth Cohort of the Take Notice Fund
The National Performance Network is thrilled to announce the fourth cohort of the Take Notice Fund, honoring artists of color in Louisiana.
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