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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 6d

Save big on APAP|NYC (January 9-13, 2026), the must-attend conference for the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry when you register by the Early Bird deadline of November 6.

👉 Become an APAP Member and register today at APAPNYC.org

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 7d

Image: The Future of the Performing Arts Funding session at APAP|NYC 2025 featuring panelists Lane Harwell Sugata (Ford Foundation), Stephanie Ybarra (Mellon Foundation), Bahia Ramos (The Wallace Foundation), and Ashley Ferro-Murray, PhD (Doris Duke Foundation) speaking onstage.

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for our Road to Conference webinar tomorrow, October 29 from 2–3:30 p.m. (EDT). You’ll get a sneak peek at conference programming and explore the sessions supporting your work and driving the future of the performing arts. 🎤✨

RSVP here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 12d

Image features Maryna Krut performing at APAP|NYC 2025 (Photo by Adam Kissick)

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 12d

⏰ Just 2 weeks left to save with the APAP|NYC 2026 Early Bird rate!

Register by November 6 to join the must-attend conference for the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry—January 9–13 in New York City.

👉 Become an APAP Member and register today at APAPNYC.org

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 13d

We’ve officially surpassed 1,000 registrants for APAP|NYC 2026 (January 9–13)—and the number keeps climbing! 🚀

Don’t miss out on the connections, learning, showcases, and inspiration waiting for you in NYC.

✨ Register today at APAPNYC.org and be part of the performing arts event of the year!

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 14d

Ever wonder what a day at APAP|NYC sounds like?

Dive into a special APAP|NYC edition of APAP's ARTS. WORK. LIFE. podcast. This behind-the-scenes episode follows an artist, an agent/manager, and a presenter through one unforgettable day at last year’s conference.

Listen on your fav podcast app!

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 15d

Just 80 days until APAP|NYC (January 9-13, 2026), the premier conference for the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring field.

Learn more and register at APAPNYC.org

#APAPNYC #PerformingArts #ArtsLeadership #ArtsConference #NYC #NewYorkCity #Networking #BookingandTouring

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 20d

Read "The Art of Future-proofing: How blending data, storytelling, and the arts changes everything" by APAP's President and CEO Lisa Richards Toney in the latest issue of International Arts Manager Magazine:

www.linkedin.com/pulse/art-fu...

International Arts Manager Magazine article "The art of future-proofing: How blending data, storytelling, and the arts changes everything" by Lisa Richards Toney, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) graphic featuring an image of a woman wearing all white throwing sheet music into the air.

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 26d

Showcases featured in the video:

Pentacle Roster presents Dance Heiginbotham at APAP|NYC 2023

Bamba Wassoulou Groove at globalFEST, Inc/APAP|NYC 2025

Aja Monet at NYC Winter Jazzfest/APAP|NYC 2025

Wakka Wakka’s Dead as a Dodo at APAP|NYC 2025

Maryna Krut at APAP|NYC 2025

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 26d

Thinking about showcasing at APAP|NYC 2026? 🎭

Don’t miss our next Road to Conference session on October 15 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EDT). We’ll walk you through the showcasing process, share expert tips, and answer your questions.

🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#APAPNYC

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 27d

📣 Are you a full-time student—or know someone who is?

Volunteering at the APAP|NYC conference is your chance to gain hands-on experience, make industry connections, and see how the performing arts field comes together.

Apply today: form.jotform.com/251545882737...

#Student

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · 28d

Have questions about the APAP|NYC conference? We’ve got your back!

Join an upcoming APAP Office Hours—our biweekly drop-in sessions starting Friday, October 10—to get your conference questions answered by the APAP Team.

Drop in anytime via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us! October 10 from 1-2 p.m. (EDT) or October 24 from 1-2 p.m. (EDT)

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Sep 16

Image: Two APAP|NYC 2024 attendees having a meeting in the EXPO Hall (Adam Kissick/APAP)

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Sep 16

Want to make the most of your conference experience?

Join our next Road to Conference webinar: Exhibiting at APAP|NYC

📅 Sept 24 | 2-3:30 p.m. (EDT)

RSVP 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Two APAP|NYC attendees seated, having a meeting in the EXPO Hall. One of the people is facing the camera and is smiling. She has dark, straight hair and is wearing a black puffer coat and has her hand clutching her iPad. One of the people has their back to camera and is wearing a blue suit and is writing with a pen in the other.

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Sep 12

Read the full article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/next-b...

Image: The Missing Element featuring The Beatbox House, a Works & Process commission, at the Guggenheim, during the Underground Uptown Dance Festival at APAP|NYC 2025 (Adam Kissick/APAP).

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Sep 12

“The performing arts stands at the most consequential threshold in living memory. AI brings both possibility and peril.”

In International Arts Manager, APAP President & CEO Lisa Richards Toney calls on the field to multiply its power to create meaning, healing, and hope.

The next billion audiences: Why the arts must shape the age of AI graphic featuring silhouetted break dancers against a blue to purple gradient background with numbers projected overtop.

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 29

Artists, agents, managers, producers, presenters!

Share your work rooted in community, activism, and social issues at APAP|NYC 2026 with Just SEW (Socially Engaged Work).

Send us your topic ideas by September 30! form.jotform.com/252313591708...

In the foreground, both members of the Chromic Duo are smiling with their hands folded across the table. In the background, performing arts professionals are gathered around round tables deeply engaged in networking.

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 27

Image features multimedia artist Maylee Todd presenting her work-in-progress at APAP|NYC 2025.

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do you have a project in development that will be tour-ready in 2–3 years? Apply for the Works-in-Progress Artist Pitch Session at APAP|NYC 2026!

Deadline: September 30 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT)

👉 form.jotform.com/251545956401...

Artists and arts professionals seated at round tables during the Works-in-Progress Artist Pitch Session. One artist shows a project on a laptop screen while discussing it with an attendee. Overlaid text reads: Works in Progress | Artist Pitch Session.

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 27

ARTS. WORK. LIFE. is made possible through the generous support of the Wallace Foundation.

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 27

A great mentor can change everything. In the ARTS. WORK. LIFE. season 4 finale, artists share how mentoring can be just as transformative—and sometimes even more fulfilling—than creating their own work.🎧 apap365.org/podcast/

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 21

Image: OkCello performing at APAP|NYC 2025 (photo by Adam Kissick/APAP)

apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 21

⏰ Time is running out! The Summer Sprint Super Early Bird Rate for the APAP|NYC 2026 conference ends August 28.

Don't miss your chance to save big on the premier gathering of the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry, happening January 9-13, 2026.

Register today: apapnyc.org!

APAP|NYC (January 9-13, 2026) "Summer Sprint Super Early Bird Rate ends August 28" graphic featuring OkCello playing cello in a powder blue suit in front of a screen with projected clouds.

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apap365.bsky.social @apap365.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 APAP|NYC EXPO booth sales are now open to new exhibitors!

Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of the world’s largest performing arts marketplace! 🌎✨

Learn more about exhibiting at APAP|NYC (January 9-13, 2026): apap365.org/conference/e...

APAP|NYC (January 9-13,2026) EXPO booth sales now open to new exhibitors! Photo features a bustling EXPO Hall with exhibitors taking meetings from their booths at APAP|NYC 2024.