Association of Performing Arts Professionals

📢 Calling all independent venues, promoters, performing arts centers, and festivals! The groundbreaking #StateOfLive Economic Research Survey is here! As part of NIVA’s commitment to championing the independent live sector, this first-of-its-kind initiative will measure the collective impact of our industry and address the challenges we face. The data collected will play a critical role in shaping advocacy efforts, informing policies, and demonstrating the vital contributions our community makes to local and national economies. If you’re part of the independent live entertainment ecosystem (regardless of your NIVA membership status), we need your input. Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard and help secure the future of our industry. Plus, participants will receive a 20% discount on conference badges for #NIVA25 as a thank-you for completing the survey. 📅 Complete the survey by February 18: stateoflive.org

It's conference week, folks! 🤩 We want to see the APAP|NYC 2025 conference through your eyes. Tag us and #APAPNYC so we can keep up with your journey! Registered conference attendees—check your email inboxes today for everything you need to know before you arrive. Also, make sure notifications are toggled "on" in the online conference platform so you don't miss any last-minute changes to the schedule. Not registered yet? What are you waiting for?! Current members can still register at the on-site rate. And the artist registration rate is always available here: https://lnkd.in/gK75ta8g See you in New York City 🏙️🗽🍎 📸: Yasser Tejeda showcase featuring dancing audience members at globalFEST/APAP|NYC 2024 (Adam Kissick/APAP) #PerformingArts #JanArtsNYC NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment StageLync

Thank you to all who made a year-end gift to APAP! Your generosity supports APAP's year-long work of providing professional development, educational support, and networking and business opportunities to performing arts professionals. The good news is that it's still not too late to make your gift. There are many ways you can support APAP today and into the future, whether with a gift of appreciated stock or with a qualified distribution from an IRA. Recommend a gift to APAP through a donor-advised fund or employer match and consider creating a legacy gift. Contact development@apap365.org to learn more or make your gift here: https://lnkd.in/ezbjiDaB Every gift makes a difference. Thank you for helping to Carry the Field Forward. Artist pictured: Aparna Ramaswamy (Executive Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance Company, represented by ELSIE MANAGEMENT and APAP Board Member) Photo credits: Adam Kissick/APAP #Gratitude #APAP #SupportTheArts #PerformingArts

APAP|NYC 2025 officially kicks off one week from today! We can't wait for art-rock Vocalist, Composer, Technologist and Multidisciplinary Artist Nona Hendryx (2025 APAP Honors Award of Merit Awardee) to help us ring in the beginning of conference at the Opening Plenary on Friday, January 10 at 5:00 p.m.! Comment below if you're as excited as we are! 😊 Still haven't registered? No problem! You can still register at the on-site rate here: https://lnkd.in/gK75ta8g #APAPNYC #NonaHendryx #PerformingArts #Conference

🎉 Join us in celebrating the arts professionals selected as the 5 Minutes to Shine (5MTS) storytellers for APAP|NYC 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Allison Fleetwood (Nixa Theatre & Aetos Center for the Performing Arts), Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez (Versa-Style Street Dance Company), and Araceli Poma (Peruvian singer & bandleader of Afro-Andean Funk). 5MTS is an incredible way for arts workers to not only share their stories, but also highlight their new discoveries, practices, and processes of working within the performing arts ecosystem. You can hear their inspirational stories of reinvention, innovation, insight, and experimentation throughout the conference! #APAPNYC #JanArtsNYC

As we enter the new year, Lisa Richards Toney offers an invitation: "Lean into this new beginning. Seek growth opportunities through giving and collaboration. Be open, with fresh eyes and to the seeds you might discover. They are both the gifts you create and those which you offer." This month's "A View from Here" celebrates sustainability through partnerships. We are an ecosystem, and together can we thrive. Read the full article from International Arts Manager Magazine below. Thanks to the JanArtsNYC partners and NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment for their ongoing partnership.

APAP is known for our annual conference. It is the engine that drives North American performance bookings and industry collaborations across the field. And APAP is so much more. It is the voice of the entire performing arts and a place of collaboration and creation, of learning and belonging. That's why we're asking for your support, so APAP can continue to be the go-to resource for our members and the performing arts industry. If you have already made your gift this year, THANK YOU! If not, please consider making a gift to APAP by tomorrow, December 31st. Make your tax-deductible gift to APAP TODAY and help us Carry the Field Forward ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ezbjiDaB #APAP #PerformingArts #SupportTheArts #Support #Donate

APAP Builds Careers. Meet Andrea Cuevas and learn how participating in APAP’s Emerging Leadership Institute helped build her career. For nearly 70 years, APAP has served as the go-to service organization for performing arts professionals, providing professional development, educational support, and networking opportunities to those who fuel the performing arts ecosystem in North America and beyond. Your year-end gift supports APAP’s work all year long by expanding business opportunities, investing in the careers of arts professionals, and providing the critical programs and services our members count on every day. Make your tax-deductible gift to APAP TODAY and help us Carry the Field Forward ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ezbjiDaB #APAP #PerformingArts #Donate #SupportTheArts #Support

APAP Builds Collaboration. Meet Jamie Grant and learn how APAP helps chart the course to make the best decisions for our communities and for visiting artists. For nearly 70 years, APAP has served as the go-to service organization for performing arts professionals, providing professional development, educational support, and networking opportunities to those who fuel the performing arts ecosystem in North America and beyond. Your year-end gift supports APAP’s work all year long by expanding business opportunities, investing in the careers of arts professionals, and providing the critical programs and services our members count on every day. Make your tax-deductible gift to APAP TODAY and help us Carry the Field Forward ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ezbjiDaB #APAP #PerformingArts #YearEndGiving #Donate #SupportTheArts #Support

APAP is excited to announce that stage and screen star Kelli O'Hara will be the closing plenary speaker at APAP|NYC 2025! O'Hara, Tony Award winner, Emmy, SAG, and Grammy-nominated actress, will headline the conference’s closing plenary on Tuesday, January 14 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at the New York Hilton Midtown. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience one of Broadway's greatest leading ladies! Register for APAP|NYC at apapnyc.org #APAP #APAPNYC #Broadway #JanArtsNYC