Issue 167 | May 11, 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of Spotlights, APAP's bi-weekly newsletter featuring updates and resources to support you during the pandemic and through the recovery. 

In order to best meet the needs of the field at this time, you will receive Spotlights, even if you are a recently lapsed member. We encourage you to renew your membership now as we are offering "No Barriers" flexible membership dues. Please contact Sue Noseworthy at snoseworthy@apap365.org for more information. We want no member left behind!
5.12.21 – TOMORROW! APAP Webinar: The Arts are REDI: An Organizational Journey Toward the 10/20/30 Pledge, 3:30 p.m. (EDT). Register now.
5.21.21 – Deadline to take the APAP|NYC Participation Survey. Take now.
5.25.21 – Deadline to apply for globalFEST 2022. Apply now.
In this issue:
  • APAP and industry partners launch universal reopening guidance "Safe In Sound"
  • Take the APAP|NYC 2022 Participation survey by May 21
  • Replay The APAP Honors and help us Carry the Field Forward
  • Webinar TOMORROW! The Arts are REDI: An Organizational Journey Toward the 10/20/30 Pledge
  • More than 11,000 SVOG applications submitted and $12B requested, says SBA report
BREAKING: APAP and industry partners launch universal reopening guidance "Safe In Sound" and invite endorsements
 
Live events were among the first sectors of the American economy to close at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and they are only now starting to reopen, usually at reduced capacities. In partnership with National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Event Safety Alliance, Coalition of Performing Arts Centers, and National Independent Talent Organization (NITO), APAP is launching THE go-to standard for live event safety.

The live entertainment industry is banding together in a national campaign to endorse and adopt this “Safe In Sound” reopening guidance, with the goal that this CDC-reviewed checklist of safety protocols becomes the singular, broadly-accepted standard and expectation for safe operations across all events.

This toolkit was developed after consultation with the CDC and based on the most up-to-date guidance and resources available at Guidance for COVID-19 | CDC. As health is local, this universal set of protocols can and is intended to be used in combination with your local area health laws and regulations, as well as with other discipline-specific guidance.

To join this movement and to add your organization as an endorser of this document, please complete this form. Please share and circulate this form to your industry colleagues and networks!
Take the APAP|NYC 2022 Participation survey by May 21!

As we continue to grow our year-round programs and services, we know that the annual APAP|NYC Conference is a highlight of your APAP experience and the go-to event for the performing arts field.

As we plan for 2022, the APAP team and our diverse and representative conference committee seeks your input! Understanding that we are all operating in a dynamic environment---with reopening regulations and safety protocols changing daily---it's most important that we get the most current information from you. To that end, please take this short survey by next Friday, May 21.

We look forward to updating you in the coming weeks and months on APAP|NYC 2022!
Replay The APAP Honors and help us Carry the Field Forward

Last Thursday, we did what we do best; we came together from our diverse perspectives and creativity to uplift one another and celebrate our individual and collective contributions to the performing arts field. Thank you to those of you who joined us at The APAP Honors — we hope you enjoyed the witnessing of colleagues and friends being lauded and our special guest Senator Amy Klobuchar! Missed the event? Replay it here.

As mentioned during the event, despite this decimating pandemic, APAP is uniquely positioned to hold up a big tent for the wide-ranging and diverse field that we are, and to lead us in building a stronger and more sustainable future in which we all thrive, but we need support to weather this storm together. 

We have raised $600,000 to close the gap that we sustained to help keep members with us — through membership dues relief, subsidized conference registration — and to ensure our capacity to deliver on much-needed services. Now, we have $56,000 left to raise by June 30th.

If you are able, please join us in our effort to carry the field forward by making a donation to help us close in on that goal. Make a donation here.
Webinar TOMORROW! The Arts are REDI: An Organizational Journey Toward the 10/20/30 Pledge

How are organizations adopting and implementing the APAP 10/20/30 Pledge? How are they engaging board and staff in the process?

Join us tomorrow, May 12 at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) for this webinar and hear how and why your APAP colleagues Karen Fischer, President, Pasifika Artists Network and Kendra Whitlock Ingram, President and CEO, Marcus Performing Arts Center have signed the pledge and are making change a reality for their organization and community. APAP President and CEO Lisa Richards Toney will moderate this discussion.

Learn more about the 10/20/30 Pledge here.
Missed a past webinar? Check out our replays!
More than 11,000 SVOG applications submitted and $12B requested, says SBA report
 
In a May 7 update, the Small Business Administration reported that more than 11,000 applications have been submitted to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, representing more than $12 billion in grant requests of the available $16.25 billion. These figures tell a promising story that most early applicants are likely to get funded and that monies may remain for those seeking supplemental grants, the application for which opens following all three priority periods, to those with a 70% or greater loss in Q1 of 2021. See full update from the SBA.

Applications are still being accepted. Performing arts organizations, live performance venues, talent representatives and other potentially eligible applicants are encouraged to apply now.

In other news, the SBA recently reported that awards would begin being dispersed in late May. This diverges from the initial report that the first 14 days dedicated to first priority (90% or greater revenue loss) applicants would begin mid-May. The guidance stands that the next 14 days (days 15-28) will include entities that suffered a 70% or greater revenue loss and that following those periods, SVOG awards will include entities that suffered a 25% or greater revenue loss.

APAP continues to work with our advocacy partners to communicate with the SBA on your behalf the need for expedience, equity, and transparency. We will keep you updated as we receive and verify new information.
Georgia Symphony names Taylor Rambo as new executive director

Taylor Rambo, a former APAP employee, has been named as the incoming executive director of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO), effective July 1, 2021. Rambo will succeed Executive Director Susan Stensland, who will retire after 15 years of distinguished service and join the GSO board of directors. Learn more here.

APAP Member dues relief options EXTENDED through June 2022
 
Membership dues are a key source of support for APAP. At the same time, we believe that no member and no performing arts professional should be left behind. For that reason, we have been offering “no barriers” flexible membership dues since mid-2020. We are very pleased to announce that APAP is extending our dues relief offer through June 2022. Learn more.
We are committed to sharing the latest jobs in the performing arts field and will continue to add jobs from related job boards to the APAP Job Bank in the hope of providing additional opportunities for those in our community who may be seeking work during this difficult time. The jobs you post directly to the APAP Job Bank will always be at the top of our listings here and online.
Director of Development, Giordano Dance Chicago, Chicago, IL - featured job!
Lecturers (non tenure-track), Stanford University, Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford, CA - featured job!
Administrative Manager, Giordance Dance Chicago, Chicago, IL - featured job!
Senior Director of Operations & Human Resources, Gibney, New York, NY - featured job!
Manager, Subscriptions & Group Sales, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC - featured job!
Executive Director, The Murphy Theatre, Wilmington, OH - featured job!
PROTOTYPE Production Manager, PROTOTYPE Festival, New York, NY
VP, Programming, The Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel, IN
Director of Ticketing Services, McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA
Director of Marketing and Communications, Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Education and Community Program Manager, Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Manager of Individual Giving, HERE, New York, NY
Associate Director, Booking & Sales, Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Facility Manager, La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, CA
Development Administrator, Dayton Live, Dayton, OH
Donor Services Coordinator, Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Director of Development, Danspace Project, New York, NY
Development Coordinator, Performing Arts Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Vice President for Marketing and Communications, Omaha Performing Arts, Omaha, NE
Major Gift Officer, Miami City Ballet, Palm Beach, FL
Community Performances Manager (Neighborhood Arts), Celebrity Series of Boston, Boston, MA
Performing Arts Technical Director, Westminster College School of Music, New Wilmington, PA
Ballet Director, Reif Dance, Grand Rapids, MN
Facilities Coordinator, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Executive Director, Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA

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Photos: Safe in Sound graphic; Survey graphic via Canva; Screenshot of The APAP Honors video by APAP; 10/20/30 graphic by APAP; Graphic by the SBA.