1. Mission And Vision
2. Core Programs
3. Consulting
4. Our History
5. Board & Staff

Core Programs

MAPP International Productions' multi-faceted programs strengthen global exchange and engage artists, presenters and the public-across borders and cultures-in the ongoing discussion of art, process, life and community.

New Works
MAPP produces new works in all disciplines of the performing arts.  As producers, we take a holistic approach that responds to the artist's creative imperative. Starting with incisive planning before rehearsals begin, we are actively engaged throughout the life of the project: creating and overseeing budgets and schedules; securing commissions, grants and production residencies; designing and implementing marketing to press and public; promoting the project to the presenting field; handling contracts with artists and presenters; and arranging for public performances and related civic engagement programs.

Artist in Community
MAPP's Artist in Community Program builds new audiences for contemporary performing artists by exposing the public to new perspectives about creativity, and about the leadership and positive impact of artists in society.  The artists we work with embrace this role; they welcome opportunities to interact in meaningful ways that give context to their artistic explorations and productions.  MAPP works with artists to identify natural points of intersection between their projects and diverse sectors of communities.  As the artists develop their work in the studio, MAPP cultivates community partners, gets them engaged and mobilized around the work, and connects them with local venues that will present the work in performance.  Past and current projects have linked artists with researchers and advocates for mental health services in underserved communities (Rha Goddess); with rural young people in the Mississippi Delta (Ralph Lemon); with networks for awareness and support of organ donation (Sekou Sundiata); and with youth media and spoken word programs in major U.S. cities (Marc Bamuthi Joseph).  

MAPP on Tour
With considerable expertise and a global network of contacts in presenting and the media, MAPP moves artists and their works across borders and cultures without relying on their commercial potential.  We work globally to support cross-cultural dialogue, and to ensure that the work and ideas of international contemporary performing artists are available to communities across the United States. The MAPP on Tour portfolio includes new works produced by MAPP, as well as other innovative projects. Over the years, we have secured engagements for artists in venues throughout North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.

Networks
MAPP International Productions is an active collaborator, leader and participant with many cultural organizations and individuals in the arts.  We partner with others to establish networks for the creation and presentation of work; to promote international exchange; to ground artists' projects in communities; and to advocate for the strategic role of producer in the contemporary performing arts field.  MAPP is General Manager (and co-founder) of The Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium, a coalition of eleven diverse arts institutions from around the U.S. advancing a dynamic exchange of arts and ideas between artists, arts organizations, cultural and other institutions of Africa and the United States.  In partnership with Maurine Knighton/dance & be still arts, MAPP is developing the next stage of The America Project, a national program that builds on the vision of the late New York City poet and performer, Sekou Sundiata, and his "research-to-performance method" that uses the arts to engage people in the definition, meaning and exercise of present-day citizenship.  MAPP's Executive Director, Ann Rosenthal, currently sits on the Board of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and is a member of the National Advisory Group for US-Cuba Cultural Exchange.