Member Benefits

The annual members conference, APAP|NYC, is an unmatched opportunity to learn about our industry and network with other professionals. You can engage in professional development, attend live performance showcases, participate in the world's largest performing arts marketplace, network with colleagues and conduct business. Additional registration fees apply.

Through monthly “town-hall” style meetings, speed-dating, affinity groups and our online platform, you’ll have ample opportunities to engage with the wide range of APAP’s membership through APAP|365 year-round programming.

Part of APAP’s year-round programming, APAP members-only Affinity Groups offer you the opportunity to connect and build community with other APAP members in similar roles or organizations or with shared interests or identities. You can connect with your peers, share information, and learn together with those who may have similar experiences to your own.

Through its intensive workshops and timely programs, APAP helps leaders thrive in a changing performing arts industry, whether you are an emerging leader or a seasoned professional. APAP also cultivates leaders in cohorts like the Emerging Leadership Institute and Young Performers Career Advancement program.

Working with our advocacy partners as part of the Performing Arts Alliance (PAA), APAP represents our members’ interests before the U.S. Congress, the White House and federal agencies. In addition to communications from APAP, you’ll be automatically subscribed to receive regular advocacy updates from PAA about national, state and local issues that matter to you. 

All APAP members are readily available to you any time of day in our online Membership Directory and Artists Roster. You can search on a number of criteria and print versions of either directory that can be used as reference tools for connecting with the contacts you need!

A popular member tool is the APAP Programming Calendar, which helps you visualize 14 months (August-September) and lists many important dates and holidays, including religious holidays for the that year and years into the future. Each APAP member organization and all registered APAP|NYC attendees receive a free copy. You can also order additional calendars for the member price of only $5.

APAP offers grant programs exclusively to APAP members designed to provide support for organizations and individuals around key initiatives. Not only do the grants help artists, agents, managers, presenters and promoters learn from each other and from the audiences they serve, but APAP also shares the lessons from grantee projects broadening the knowledge of the field. 

APAP members receive free membership to Americans for the Arts' Arts Action Fund at the Advocate level. The Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. The Arts Action Fund seeks to engage citizens in education and advocacy in support of the arts and arts education!

The Arts Compensation Project Data and Trend Report provides staffing, compensation, and demographics data of municipal, festival, college/university, and independent presenters across the United States. This invaluable reference tool equips organizational leaders and performing arts professionals with vital information that will strengthen our workforce and attract professionals to the performing arts. Current members can login here to download the report.

By request, APAP makes visa support letters and technical assistance available to members for an additional fee of $100. APAP also supports ArtistsFromAbroad.org, a website that provides guidance and tips on securing visas for foreign guest artists as well as the latest rules and regulations, downloadable toolboxes, worksheets, forms and links.

ArtsReady, an initiative of South Arts, is a web-based emergency preparedness platform designed to provide arts and cultural organizations with customized business continuity plans for post-crisis sustainability. APAP member organizations may join ArtsReady for just $150 for their first year - that's a 50% discount!

APAP Members: Let your colleagues know that you are part of a community of performing arts leaders by displaying a "Proud Member of APAP" image to your website, social channels or email signature. To save the image, click here.