MAAA | Programs | Regional Touring Program

CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES

• Midwest Arts Conference, Columbus, Ohio – September 5–7, 2007
• Technology in the Arts Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – October 11–13, 2007

•Midwest Arts Conference
Columbus, Ohio – September 5–7, 2007

Conference highlights include:

A wide array of in-depth seminars, workshops, field trips, roundtable discussions, program meetings, consortia and business meetings, and consultations

Spotlight showcases, featuring panel-selected artists and ensembles, and a variety of independently arranged showcases both on- and off-site

Nearly 10 hours in the Marketplace exhibit hall, featuring more than 260 exhibiting organizations representing artists from a wide range of disciplines and genres

Live performances at the all-conference luncheon and the Saturday Brunch

Midwest Arts Conference, sponsored by Arts Midwest with input and assistance from Mid-America Arts Alliance, brings the performing arts marketplace together to facilitate booking and touring plans and to provide educational, performance, and networking opportunities.

The conference brings together sponsors of performing arts series from the 15 heartland states (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin), with touring performing artists and their managements from 45 different states and half a dozen Canadian provinces and other countries. Sponsored by Sprint, the conference is attended by approximately 1,000 people annually.

Travel stipends
Travel stipends are available for eligible presenters and artists appearing on the online Regional Touring Artist Registry. To read the eligibility requirements and apply, download the appropriate application form.
•Presenters: download this application
•Performing Artists: download this application

For more information about Arts Midwest:

Phone: 612-341-0755
Fax: 612-341-0902
general@artsmidwest.org

•Technology in the Arts Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – October 11 –13, 2007

 Conference highlights include:

New this year Mid-America will support Technology in the Arts Conference to be held on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Technology in the Arts Conference will offer you a wealth of opportunities to participate in programming led by professionals in a variety of technology and arts management areas.

The goal of Technology in the Arts is to be a resource for the arts community, sparking dialogue around the role of technology in our planning and programming, discussing best practices as well as lessons learned, and providing hands-on, practical skills where possible.

The Technology in the Arts conference brings together the full spectrum of organizations within the arts, from the local to national levels, to examine the commonalities that exist in useful technologies as well as the opportunities for partnership.

Beyond discussing the adoption and integration of technology in the arts at the conference, CAMT hopes to establish a platform for continual dialogue through the connections made at the conference.

Travel stipends
We are offering Travel Stipends to Technology in the Arts Conference scheduled to begin October 11, 2007 through October 13, 2007 and will be held on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. These travel stipends are available to presenters in our region. Deadline to apply is September 15, 2007. 

For more information about travel stipends, or to fill out an application for travel stipends, please visit the eGrant page.