January 4 – 8, 2019

Artistic Director Sandra Laronde provided mentoring experience to US-based Indigenous artists through Western Arts Alliance’s Advancing Indigenous Performance Program (AIP) is a new program established by the Western Arts Alliance with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. 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 professional development resources for US-based Indigenous artists that will build audiences for Indigenous performing arts.

Association of Performing Arts Professionals, The Hilton
New York City