Association of Performing Arts Presenters

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Arts Presenters Board Nominations
Nominations are open now for positions on the Board of Directors that will be available in January 2010. Please submit nominations by mail or online by July 3, 2009.
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NPAC Latest Report
June 14 marked the one year anniversary of the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, 2008. To view a report on the considerable progress made since the convention on the recommendations generated in 2008,
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2010 Emerging Leadership Institute
The Emerging Leadership Institute (ELI) is an intensive two-day seminar that will provide participants with many of the critical leadership skills they need now and in the future. This is an opportunity for mid-career arts professionals to connect with professional practitioners in the field while becoming a part of a growing ELI alumni network of presenters, managers, artists, agents, artistic company managing directors, marketing directors, arts council personnel, and other related positions in the performing arts.
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New Podcast Feature
"A New Agenda for the Arts in America", an arts roundtable hosted by the Aspen Institute with Clive Gillinson of Carnegie Hall and Don Randel of the Mellon Foundation is now available for podcast viewing.
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United We Serve
On June 11, Sandra Gibson, President & CEO of Arts Presenters led a member-only conference call to discuss how the arts community can get involved with President Obama’s summer service initiative which launches on June 22.
Listen here

The Nation’s Arts Report Card Is Out
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NEA Announces 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts Highlights
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Expanding Access to the Arts
When arts organizations extend a knowing hand to their community members and understand neighborhood history, accessibility become part of their success.
Latest Inside Arts article

Now Accepting Applications for Cultural Exchange Fund Travel Grants
The Cultural Exchange Fund (CEF) is a travel subsidy program supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to assist U.S. based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies and their collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context.
Find out how to apply

Call for 2010 Creative Campus Innovations Grants
Arts Presenters announces the second year of the Creative Campus Innovations Grant program, calling for grant application submissions from higher education institutions interested in building interdisciplinary cross-campus collaborations. Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, this grant program supports innovative partnerships to integrate the work of arts presenters across the campus, including the academic curriculum, and within the surrounding community.
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Concerned about how swine flu could potentially affect your facilities?
The IAAM Life Safety Council is aggressively following the emerging Swine Flu issue and have created a dedicated web portal that will be updated with the most recent news, cases, preventative procedures, and information as it becomes available.
IAAM's Swine Flu – Resources and Information web portal

Testimony in Support of National Endowment for the Arts Funding
This testimony was submitted in support of FY 2010 funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to the House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee by Sandra Gibson, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
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AMS/Arts Presenters Economic Tracking Survey One of the ways Arts Presenters is leading the way in keeping our members updated on the latest economic trends affecting our field is by introducing new economic tracking surveys with AMS Research and Planning. These surveys gather crucial information from APAP members as well as from members of the Performing Arts Center Consortium and the League of Historic American Theaters. January 2009 Report

Economic Tracking Survey: Activity and Attendance Stabilize When compared to the December results from the first AMS/Arts Presenters Economic Tracking survey of presenters and facilities, some areas have shown improvements while fundraising continues to lag far behind initial goals. More than half of presenters and facilities reporting have cut expenditures with a third freezing staff. Ten percent have cut staff. March 2009 Report

Impact of the Economy on the Field of Presenting 3 Recording Available On May 20, Arts Presenters hosted a third conversation with field experts on the relationship between the economy and presenting, building on the dialogue started with last December's call and APAP Conference NYC 2009. Listen to the audio recording

Impact of the Economy on the Field of Presenting 2 Recording Available On March 18, Arts Presenters hosted a second conversation with field experts on the relationship between the economy and presenting, building on the dialogue started with last December's call and APAP Conference NYC 2009. Listen to the audio recording

First Impact of the Economy on the Field of Presenting Recording Available Download a recording of the Thursday, December 18 conversation

From May/June Inside Arts Magazine Awards and appointments, new jobs and more are all covered in this on-line presentation of the Ovations section of Inside Arts. View all of the latest announcements

Welcome to Our New Members See who joined Arts Presenters in May

Presenting Matters – June 2009 View

Presenting Matters – Previous Months View