Affinity Groups

Community and Commerce

Networking and Affinity Groups
Real Talk in Real Time
Introducing APAP365
Conference

Learning and Discovery

Learning Thursdays (or Webinars, Briefings, Intensives)
Career Development Series (CYC and PBT)
Timely webinars and briefings

Other Initiatives

In addition, APAP fosters innovation and promotes lifelong learning in the performing arts presenting, booking and touring field through thought-provoking programs for arts professionals and networking opportunities for APAP members.

Check back regularly for updates on upcoming programming.

Affinity Groups offer opportunities for APAP members to connect with peers and build community with those who may have similar experiences – based on your role in the field or your personal identity.

Please note: While we encourage allyship within our membership, Affinity Groups are designated solely for people who identify with the specific group. Are you a member and want to sign up for Affinity Groups? Login here and select "My Affinity Groups".

Upcoming Affinity Groups:

This fall, we will host meetings of many Affinity Groups, including:

Asian Arts Professionals
Black Arts Professionals
Development Professionals
LatinX Professionals
LGBTQIA2S+ Arts Professionals
Native and Indigenous Arts Professionals
Small and Mid-sized Presenters

Please check the APAP Calendar of Events near the bottom of APAP's home page for more information and to RSVP! These are APAP member-only events. Not a member? Join now.

Please read the Affinity Group Community Member Agreement before attending a group meeting.

APAP Affinity Groups will continue to be scheduled throughout the year, please check back for the most up-to-date schedule. Have an idea for an Affinity Group? Email us at programs@apap365.org.

Introducing APAP|365

In fall 2022, APAP is launching APAP|365, a programming and networking platform to help you stay connected to and engaged with your professional colleagues year-round.

Check back regularly for the platform launch announcement!

Meet your people in Affinity Groups and connect with the APAP team in Real Talk in Real Time: The APAP Listening Lounge. These are APAP member-only events.

Healing Forward

HEALING FORWARD™, a program designed and facilitated by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Rika Iino and hosted by Sozo Vision, engages the entire organization, using the guiding principles of THE 4Ps: PIPELINE, PEDAGOGY, PROGRAM, PROFILE to bolster organizations in their journey towards becoming institutionally anti-racist. This workshop is free and an APAP member-only event. Not currently a member? Join or renew today! The deadline to register for this workshop was October 12 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT).

HEALING FORWARD: Arc of Systemic Allyship | Thursday, October 13 | 2:00-4:15 p.m. (EDT)

Building Ethical and Equitable Partnerships (BEEP)

Join us for the Building Ethical and Equitable Partnerships (BEEP) Webinar, a roundtable discussion about APAP's BEEP initiative. This initiative is an invitation to explore a more ethical and equitable approach to relationships in the performing arts industry and build them upon ethical, equitable, and transparent practices. This event is open to the field.

BEEP Webinar | Thursday, October 20 | 3:00-4:30 p.m. (EDT) | Register here

ArtsForward Reopening Survey Update Webinars

Join us for these open-to-the-field roundtables, featuring a brief presentation of the latest data, followed by a conversation with a panel of performing arts professionals and our webinar participants. Learn more about the ArtsForward Reopening Survey here. These events are open to the field.

NEW DATE: ArtsForward Reopening Survey September Update Roundtable | Thursday, September 29 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EDT)

Compose Your Career

Compose Your Career is for music makers who want to make the music you love—and a living at it too. This intensive puts tools and resources back into the hands of independent musicians and shows you that your career is the ultimate improvisation. This intensive is open to the field. APAP members can apply for a limited number of reduced registration rate spots. Deadline to apply was September 16.

Compose Your Career – Fall 2023 | September 21-November 9

Learning Thursdays

Equity-focused workshops and our new Presenting, Booking, and Touring series inspire topical conversations and provide professional development. Some events will be for APAP members only and others will be open to the field.

Presenting, Booking, and Touring

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Healing Forward

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Title | Thursday, October 13 | 2:00-5:00 p.m. (EDT) | Register here

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Finding the Keys with Sharifa Johka

As part of APAP's 10/20/30 pledge and our commitment to racial equity, diversity and inclusion (REDI) for the performing arts, we are presenting a half-day (3.5 hour) interactive workshop, "Finding the Keys" with Sharifa Johka, former Director of Equity at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and radical inclusion activist. This is an APAP member-only event.

Other Initiatives

In addition to the programming listed above, APAP fosters innovation and promotes lifelong learning in the performing arts presenting, booking and touring field through thought-provoking programs for arts professionals and networking opportunities for APAP members.

Multi-session intensives offer the deep-dive experience you need to build skills, develop competencies, connect with a cohort, and lead the future. Plus, an APAP|365 online platform gives you the space to engage with your colleagues.