ANNOUNCING THE 2022 TAKE NOTICE FUND AWARDEES
The National Performance Network is thrilled to announce the second cohort of the Take Notice Fund, honoring artists of color in Louisiana. The Take Notice Fund awards $5,000 grants to artists and culture bearers of color living and working in Louisiana. These artists’ bodies of work represent excellence, dedication to their practices, and contributions to this country’s discourse about racial justice and cultural preservation. Grant funds are unrestricted and intended to support an artist’s creative practice and/or wellbeing. The initiative is supported with generous funding from the Ford Foundation’s Creativity and Free Expression program. “The award honors those who have decided, ‘I’m going to commit my life to this artistic practice, to always learning, to observing what’s going on in my community and the world,’” said NPN ’s Director of Southern Programs Stephanie Atkins. “It comes down to excellence—these artists are pushing ...