Membership

Membership in California Presenters will be one of the most valuable and cost-effective choices you will make to ensure the success of your arts presenting seasons, year after year. Don't wait a minute longer — join now! New for 2012 is that membership is now organizational rather than individual, so that your entire staff can participate in webinars, professional development activities and our ever-popular listserv.

As an Arts Presenter, you depend upon conversation, collaboration and connection to do your job effectively. Membership in California Presenters (CP) provides a unique and rewarding opportunity to join a statewide network of presenters where “everyone knows your name.”

Members participate in online discussions through the CP listserv and webinars, collaborate on upcoming tours, form block-booking networks, share grant and artist outreach opportunities and convene for an annual conference where innovative ideas are presented and peer to peer relationships are formed and strengthened. The intimacy of California Presenters enables members to have hands-on input into the direction, operations and planning process of this member-run organization.

Membership benefits include:

• Access to annual Artist Information Exchange (AIE) Conference held each May/June designed for presenters to network with peers, discover new artists, and learn about tours in a variety of genres enabling affordable touring of the highest quality.
• Professional Development webinars and in-person sessions at AIE conference. Past sessions have included Q&A with Michael Kaiser, President of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Update meetings held at the annual regional Western Arts Alliance conference and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference discussing hot topics, potential funding, new collaborations and touring.
• Access to New Work Tour Support Program.
• Leadership development of emerging arts professionals.
• Invaluable e-mail bulletins and a presenter listserv for information sharing.

A current directory of California Presenters members is available as a PDF sorted alphabetically by venue name, institution or by individual member last name. Details >>