You are invited to attend the APA Performing Arts Creative Summit in St. John's, NL on May 15 and 16, 2010

April 14, 2010 | Presented in partnership with the Atlantic Presenters Association (APA), the Arts and Culture Centre is pleased to host Cheryl Ewing and Richard Poore for a two-day performing arts creative summit in St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 at the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre.

St. John's Arts and Culture Centre

To RSVP for the two-day performing arts creative summit, please email Krista Keough, Outreach and Membership Development Manager krista@atlanticpresenters.ca.

Ewing and Poore will work with participants to develop a deeper understanding of the experiences that performing arts audiences value, the personal (intrinsic) impacts that arise, and the messages that compel them to attend the arts.

The creative summit is offered to APA members for free and non-members pay just $50. Lunch and snacks are included.

The APA is now offering a travel subsidy to cover a portion of expenses for presenters attending from outside St. John's. Once you RSVP, we can make arrangements with you to determine the amount you're able to receive for kilometres travelled.

For accommodations, Memorial University offers summer accommodations at a low rate (from $29 - $47 for single and double rooms, and less for MUN Alumni). Visit http://www.mun.ca/hfcs/conference/accommodations/ for more information.

Join the APA for the special introductory price of $100 for one year and receive immediate benefits from participating in the creative summit at no cost. Email krista@atlanticpresenters.ca for a membership form or for more information about the benefits of being an APA member.

Although we encourage you to join APA, the workshop is open for anyone to attend who has an invested interest in presenting performing arts.

We look forward to seeing you in St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador in May!

The Atlantic Presenters Associationis a non-profit regional arts presenter’s organization representing the four Atlantic Provinceswith a mandate topromote the development of performing arts touring in the region. The APA'smission is to enable members to enhance, promote, and facilitate diverse, quality live performances and to provide an exchange of best practices and ideas.

Cheryl Ewing has over twenty years experience in senior management in the arts. Having worked in the municipal, educational, for profit and not-for-profit sectors Ms. Ewing brings a broad perspective to the work of artists and their impact on the community. She is Project Manager for CCI’s Values & Benefits Study, a province-wide marketing research project that has put Ms. Ewing in demand for her marketing workshops. She is trained in Technologies of Participation and brings that training and philosophy to her consulting work. She designed the innovative young audience programmes – eyeGO to the Arts and River Run Centre’s Linamar for the Performing Arts. Ms. Ewing is an active volunteer within Waterloo Region serving on JM Drama/Registry Theatre and Creative Waterloo Region boards, and is Artistic Director for Waterloo Dance Project.

Richard Poore is aversatile, career “people person” with over thirty years’ broad-ranging experience, including eleven years as a Theatre Manager and seven years as a Human Services Manager, Richard believes we should work in an environment of mutual respect where trust, diversity and a generosity of spirit prevail. Proven skills in budgeting, staff and volunteer supervision, strategic planning, interpreting and applying bylaws and legislation. A veteran public speaker, with extensive experience in public education, fund raising workshops and presentations, Richard has served on the Theatre Ontario Board of Directors for 7 years; 2 of which were as President and chair of the Board.

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