APAP NYC 2011 Brings Arts Focus to NY Hilton

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Published on Friday, 07 January 2011 11:16
Written by T. Terry Maloney

The New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan will be alive with the sounds of music, the energy of dance, and the dramatics of violin and piano virtuoso Janice Martin at APAP NYC 2010 [Photo: T. Maloney]theater this weekend as the Association of Performing Arts Presenters annual conference, APAP/NYC 2011, takes place there from January 7-11. Each year, the APAP/NYC conference together more than 3,600 music, dance and theatrical professionals from 49 states in the U.S. and 27 countries in what has been described as "the largest performing arts industry event in the world."

Based in Washington, D.C., The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), is the national service and advocacy organization with nearly 2,000 members worldwide, dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts presenting field and the professionals who work within it.

Its members represent the nation's leading performing arts centers, municipal and university performance facilities, nonprofit performing arts centers, culturally specific organizations, foreign governments, as well as artist agencies, managers, touring companies, and national consulting practices that serve the field, and a growing roster of self-presenting artists. As a leader in the field, APAP works to effect change through advocacy, professional development, resource sharing, and civic engagement.

A new ongoing feature of the conference, the Artist Fellows Program, is designed to integrate a talented group of 11 artists into the core of the conference by inviting the artist voice and process into central conference conversations. This program will involve fellows in the institutional dialogues that deeply impact how art is made and shared, while working to expand the ways in which artists connect to each other and their counterparts in the industry.

Said President and CEO, APAP Sandra Gibson, "Artists are at the core of our work and critical to the success of presenting live performances to engage communities in the performing arts across the globe. We're thrilled to launch the Artist Fellows Program as part of APAP/NYC and to bring an accomplished group of artists directly into the mix of exchanges and deliberations at the conference."

In announcing the first class of fellows representing a wide range of performing arts disciplines who illustrate the breadth and scope of our field, Meklit Hadero, Coordinator for the Artist Fellow Program at APAP/NYC 2011 and Resident Artist at the Red Poppy Art House said, "The Artist Fellows program is an innovative bridge-building force for the arts ecology, creating a platform to evolve the dialogue between Artists who create work, and Presenters who bring that work to public visibility. At the same time, it is an important step towards solidly integrating the perspective of artists into the APAP conference itself. We are enormously excited to welcome this inspiring fellows class and learn from their wealth of experience as leaders in their respective disciplines."

The eight APAP/NYC 2011 Artist Fellows from the U.S. are:

APAP is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, governed by a volunteer board of directors and led by CEO Sandra Gibson. In addition to presenting it's annual conference in New York City, APAP continues to be the industry's leading resource, knowledge and networking destination for the advancement of performing arts presenting.

For more info go to: http://www.apapnyc.org/Pages/default.aspx

APAP/NYC 2011
January 7-11, 2011
The New York Hilton Hotel
New York, NY