Take advantage of the resources available here to familiarize yourself with the artists most responsible for this “progressive clawhammer” movement. If you are a banjoist, make sure you also take advantage of the teaching tools found here (starting with the massive amount of banjo related information available here:
Banjo Illuminations).
About the same time I was exploring "new-grass" with Blue Sage, I felt the need to push my clawhammer horizons by reaching out to progressive minded musicians in other genres. I eventually found a few who were willing to see what would happen if they collaborated with a clawhammer banjo player! One of these was the mega-talented finger-style guitarist, Austin Weyand.
Over the past few years, I've work with Austin on many projects (including short stints in his band) where we explored jazz, blues, ethnic, and classical music; not to mention Austin's brilliant, but extremely difficult, original compositions. My favorite was our adaptation of "Concerning Hobbits" from the Lord Of The Rings movies.