NEXT! Mentorship Program 2026/28

Pioneers Go East Collective seeks emerging interdisciplinary artists with 3+ years of professional experience specializing in dance and movement-based practices, performance art, storytelling, and video art.

The NEXT! Mentorship Program offers artists support in knowledge sharing and public presentation opportunities based on each artist's needs; this includes guidance in production, creative design, grant writing, and project budgeting. The program nurtures the development of 8 NYC-based artists through exchange, monthly meetings, discussions, workshops, and presentations for a period of 20 months.

Photo: Dominica Greene