Association of Performing Arts Professionals

News & Announcements

Apply now for UP NEXT! pitch sessions.

UP NEXT! has expanded to two sessions: one focused on US-based artists (UP NEXT!) and a second focused on international artists (UP NEXT! International).
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Registration for APAP|NYC 2018 is open!

Join us next January to engage with your community to focus on the multiple ways – “trans” meaning across, beyond, and through, changing thoroughly – in which we “ACT” upon our commitment to bring the full experience and impact of the performing arts to communities across the country and around the world
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Apply now for the 2018 Emerging Leadership Institute (ELI)

ELI is an intensive two and a half-day seminar that takes place during the pre-conference of the annual APAP|NYC conference.
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June 22, 2017

APAP Free Monthly Webinar Series: Building Audiences for the Arts: An APAP Status Report, 3 p.m. (EDT)
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July 7, 2017

Deadline to submit a session proposal for APAP|NYC 2018
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July 13, 2017

Deadline to apply for a fall internship with APAP
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Meet the new APAP staff!

APAP is excited to welcome three new full-time staff to the family. Katrina Robinson will be working with the finance team as the Accounting Associate, Kevin Hasser joins the programs team as the Programs and Resources Manager, and Jerelle Jenkins is the Executive and Operations Associate, assisting APAP with day-to-day office management.
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I Am APAP

As we prepare to open conference registration this week, we spotlight APAP|NYC 2018 committee co-chair, choreographer, artist, educator and APAP member Liz Lerman in our “I Am APAP” video series (#IAmAPAP), celebrating the depth, breadth and diversity of APAP member experiences. She shares her APAP moment and asks “What do you want art to do in the world?”
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