This is the time for recovery and renewal. At APAP, we are working hard to help the field build back stronger and prepare for a more sustainable, collective future where we all thrive.
Beyond the darkness, it is bright. Our creativity, inventiveness and relentlessness affirm that the performing arts are essential and that APAP is an important driver to sustaining our ecosystem.
We at APAP are committed to doing our part in helping to carry the field forward. To do so, we invite our supporters to stand with us and with you. THIS is our moment.
Since March 2020, 99% of live performing arts presenters or producers have cancelled events, resulting in massive revenue losses across the field, according to an Americans for the Arts report. Sixty-three percent of arts professionals have lost jobs entirely, and 95% report a loss of income. Those still working do so with decreased capacity and diminished compensation, all while attempting to pivot to livestreaming, digital delivery of the arts, and new business models. Artists, gig workers, and talent agencies are nearly entirely dependent on events for their livelihoods.
While in 2022, the performing arts field prepares to reopen and is staging a comeback, we need your support.
"We are totally reinventing what we do and how we do it.
We need help from those outside the arts."
"The nation is at risk of losing its creative professionals if they are not valued…
It is time for the country to support American artists."
APAP has played a central role in advancing and strengthening the performing arts industry and in building the careers and networks of professionals by creating community and by championing artists and the power of the performing arts.
The landscape of the live arts has changed. And with that, APAP's role has changed.
Not just an annual conference, APAP is living more fully in our service mission than ever before, providing timely resources, information, connection and guidance year-round. As the arc of this recovery is long, we are here for the long haul for our members and for the field. But we need your support.
By donating to APAP, you help the performing arts adapt to a changing landscape and meet the future. By donating to APAP, YOU can make an impact!
In the video below, the 2021 APAP Award nominees reflect on why the performing arts and APAP are important at this time and worthy of your support.
"We are totally reinventing what we do and how we do it.
We need help from those outside the arts."
"The nation is at risk of losing its creative professionals if they are not valued…
It is time for the country to support American artists."
