2012 performing arts exchange

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Welcome to Florida! It has been 13 years since PAEhas been in the state and we are pleased to show youour brand of Southern hospitality once again. MiamiBeach is more than beautiful beaches and beautifulpeople; we have a vibrant arts and culture scene thatis nurtured by diverse communities and seasoned withinternational flavor.This year South Arts and the Florida Division of CulturalAffairs have teamed up to bring you opportunities forbusiness networking, professional development, show-casing, and more. We have developed an exciting pro-gram of events that will inspire you throughout thecoming year.Special thanks go to Michael Spring and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs for theirgenerous support of PAE.You’ll enjoy a week of unforgettable experiences atPAE with an opening at the incredible New WorldCenter, a keynote by Edward Villella, founding artisticdirector for the world-famous Miami City Ballet, aknock-out selection of juried and independentshowcases, and more.

Enjoy!

Gerri CombsExecutive Director, South Arts

Sandy ShaughnessyExecutive Director, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

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Welcome to the 36th AnnualPerforming Arts Exchange!

Presented by South Arts in partnership with the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

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Schedule at a Glance

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9:00 – 10:30 a.m.Fontainebleau

Marketplace Open10:30 a.m. – Noon

Fontainebleau

KeynoteLuncheon

Noon – 1:30 p.m.Fontainebleau

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StateConsortium Mtgs1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Fontainebleau

Marketplace Open2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

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Face TimeConsultations*3:00 – 4:40 p.m.

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4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

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New World Center

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Schedule at a Glance

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Colony TheatreAppetizers & Drinks

Juried Showcases6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Colony Theatre

NAPAMAMembership Meeting

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FountainebleauBreakfastShowcase

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State ConsortiumMeetings

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.Fontainebleau

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Closing Party6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

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PD@PAE at a Glance

Thursday, September 20, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Professional development workshops areorganized into three focus areas: Fundamentals,Skills, and Issues and Ideas. Fundamentalsworkshops cover the basics for those new tothe field. Skills workshops provide specialized

and in-depth information. Issues & Ideasworkshops are designed for experiencedprofessionals who want to dig deeper intoan issue. See the daily schedules for moreinformation about each session.

Presenting 101:The Fundamentals ofProgramming &ArtisticPlanningFontainebleau, Splash 9

Making Artistic Cents 3:The Relationship AmongArtists,Agents, andManagersFontainebleau, Splash 10

ArtsReady: BuildingSustainability for 2012and BeyondFontainebleau, Splash 13

Connecting withAudiences on Their TermsFontainebleau, Splash 11

Bright Spot LeadershipFontainebleau, Splash 14

Miami International:Presenting theWorldFontainebleau, Splash 12

Presenting 101:The Fundamentals ofProduction and Logistics– Contracts andNegotiationsFontainebleau, Splash 9

Show Me the Money:South Arts Grants forPresentersFontainebleau, Splash 13

Social MediaFundraising StrategiesFontainebleau, Splash 10

Strange andWonderfulBedfellows:An Arts andCVB PartnershipFontainebleau, Splash 14

Cultural Democracy andCommunity CurationFontainebleau, Splash 11

Arts Funding in America:Status Check!Fontainebleau, Splash 12

Saturday, September 22, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.Fundamentals Skills Issues & Ideas

Presenting 101:The Fundamentalsof Marketing andPromotion – Developingand Engaging AudiencesFontainebleau, Splash 9

Doin’ It on the Road:AnArtist’s Guide toTouring and CommunityEngagementFontainebleau, Splash 14

Audiences on the Go:Mobile EngagementFontainebleau, Splash 10

GoWhere theMoney Is: Fundraisingfrom IndividualsFontainebleau, Splash 11

Conversation withEdward VillellaFontainebleau, Splash 13

Connectingwith Generation Z:Cultivating & Educatingthe Arts Audiences ofthe FutureFontainebleau, Splash 12

Friday, September 21, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Fundamentals Skills Issues & Ideas

Fundamentals Skills Issues & Ideas

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Schedule at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3PD@PAE at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Welcome to PAE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PAE Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Things to Know… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8Daily Schedules

Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-19Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-24

PD@PAE Faculty Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-34Showcase Stagebill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Juried Showcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-41Video Showcases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Independent Showcases . . . . . . . . . . . 43-53

Marketplace Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Exhibitor Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-56Fontainebleau Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Miami Beach Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-60South Arts Board and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Contact South Arts at404-874-7244 for alternate formats ofthis document.

Table of Contents

South Arts is grateful to the generous sponsorsof the 36th Performing Arts Exchange

PARTNERFlorida Division of Cultural Affairs

SPONSORS

Barry Ball Artists

BiCoastal Productions

Circle of Eleven

Cultural Council of Palm Beach County

Equinox Jazz Orchestra

Geodesic Management

Instant Encore

Kamstar Artist Management

Miami-Dade County Department ofCultural Affairs

Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority

National Endowment for the Arts

New World Classics

North American Performing ArtsManagers and Agents

The Roots Agency

TAN Team Agent Network

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

The 2012 Performing Arts Exchange is presented bySouth Arts in partnership with the Florida Division ofCultural Affairs. PAE is made possible with majorsupport from the National Endowment for the Arts,the Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority, theMiami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs andthe Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade CountyMayor and Board of County Commissioners.

It is never too early to puttogether your sponsorship

package for PAE 2013in Nashville, TN.

Contact Leland McKeithanat 404-874-7244 ext. 15

[email protected]

for more information.

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Accessibility: All conference venues are compliant withADA regulations. Large print materials are available atthe Information Desk. For further assistance, please seea PAE associate at the Information Desk.

Bulletin Boards: Bulletin Boards are located in theRegistration area in the Fontainebleau. Face Time signupsheets and updated attendee information are posteddaily. Have job postings, season information, and otherinformation to share? Post it on the Bulletin Board orthe information table at Registration.

Children: No one under the age of 18 is permitted toattend any conference event. South Arts cannot reviewcontent of material for age appropriateness nor guaran-tee the safety of children at the conference venues.

Concerns: Should you have a problem onsite, pleasecontact the Information Desk. For overall feedback,please look for the post-conference evaluation whichwill be sent via email.

First Aid: For non-emergencies, a first aid kit is locatedat the Information Desk. In the case of an emergency,please call 911.

Internet & Business Services: The PAE Cyber Café islocated in the Luster Gallerie next to registration.The hotel resort fee includes unlimited wireless accessat the pools and in the guestrooms; however, theFontainebleau charges $150 per day for Wi-Fi accessin the Marketplace.

Lost & Found: You can turn in or check for lost items atthe Information Desk.

Mobile Phones & Devices: During workshops, show-cases, and the keynote address, all mobile and elec-tronic devices should be in silent mode.

Name Badges & Guest Passes: Name badges are re-quired for entrance into all conference events. Lostbadges can be replaced at the Information Desk for$20. Guest passes are available for the Opening andClosing Parties and may be purchased at Registration.

Recording Policy: Your attendance indicates your con-sent to be photographed, video, or audio recorded bySouth Arts for publicity or educational purposes.

Venues

Conference Venueand Hotel

Fontainebleau Miami Beach4441 Collins Avenue

305-538-2000

Juried Showcases

Colony Theatre1901 Convention Center Drive

305-673-7311

Things To Know…

Refunds: South Arts refunds 50% of registration fees(exhibitor, presenter or supporter) through August 17,2012. Juried Showcase fees, Booth Lottery fees, andIndependent Showcase listing fees are non-refundable.

Shuttles: Shuttle bus transportation will be providedto The New World Center on Wednesday and to theColony Theater on Thursday and Friday until 11 PM.Shuttles pick-up at the Fontainebleau North DriveEntrance. See the daily schedule for more information.

Social Media:We encourage the use of social mediaduring the conference to keep others informed ofevents and topics at PAE. Please use the hash tag#PAE2012 for Twitter posts so everyone can follow theconversation!

Standards of Behavior: PAE attendees are expected toadhere to the NAPAMA Guidelines for Ethical Behavior(www.napama.org). Performances outside of showcasevenues are discouraged. Please bring infractions to theattention of Leland McKeithan, PAE Director.

Vegetarian Meals: If you have requested a vegetarianmeal for the plated luncheon, you should receive a mealcoupon with your name badge. Present the coupon toyour server to receive a vegetarian meal.

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Public Art in Miami TourAdvance registration required.Tour bus leaves from the North Drive Entrance.

New Colleagues SessionFirst-time PAE attendees are invited to this orientationwhere you can learn from your mentor how to makethe most of your time at PAE.

Registration &Information Booth8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Luster Gallerie

Social Media Pre-Con9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Level 4, Shimmer

Marketplace Set-Up9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sparkle Ballroom

Public Art in MiamiTour

2:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Mentors Meeting4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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New ColleaguesSession

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Splash 11

Daily ScheduleWednesday, September 19

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.Opening Night

New World Center

Sponsored byBarry Ball Artists and

Wildfire,Booth 523

Opening Night“Welcome to Miami Beach” ReceptionShuttles leave from the Fontainebleau North DriveEntrance and will run a loop from 6:15 – 11:00 p.m.

Celebrate the opening of PAE at the state-of-the-art,Frank Gehry-designed, New World Center featuringperformances by Wildfire. You’ll experience the inter-section between music and architecture in one of theworld’s most technologically advanced concert venuesand then head up to the rooftopgarden and catch up with your colleagues.

Wildfire are three dynamic and uniquely talentedyoung men who seamlessly connect to create a classicstar presence. They have quite an impressive list ofcredits as solo artists - from Broadway to televisionto recording hit songs.

Independent ShowcasesSee the Independent Showcases section for moreinformation.

9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.Independent

ShowcasesVarious locations.

PD@PAE WorkshopsAll PD@PAE workshops are in the Splash Area at theFontainebleau. See the Faculty Bios section for moreinformation about workshop presenters.

Presenting 101:The Fundamentals of Programming &Artistic PlanningSplash 9What does it mean to be a good presenter? This work-shop - first in the three-part series offered each day ofthe PAE - will cover the essential elements of program-ming and artistic planning. How do you find artists, andwork with them and their managers? What is the book-ing cycle? These and many more questions will be an-swered in this interactive workshop. Through Presenting101, you’ll learn what you need to know in key areas ofpresenting and take away tools and resources to con-tinue your professional development after PAE. Present-ing 101 is delivered over three morning sessions and isdesigned as a comprehensive curriculum, so attendingall three sessions is highly recommended.Faculty: Perry Mixter, John Ellis, Amy Dupain Vashaw

Making Artistic Cents 3: The Relationship AmongArtists, Agents, and ManagersSplash 10Who Needs Whom and When? When and how do anagent and/or manager sign an artist? What are theterms? What are the contractual expectations for every-one? Is there an industry norm? How does a self-man-aged artist find an agent? Is it necessary? Should agentsand managers or artists make deals with presenters - ordoes it matter? Find out the answers to these questions- and more - as we dig into the various roles andrelationships with an industry panel of experts. Spon-sored by the NAPAMA continuing education series.Faculty:Michael Blachly, Laurelle Favreau, MOJO,Andrea Sabata

Connecting with Audiences on Their TermsSplash 11Meaningful audience engagement is critical as artsorganizations, big and small, work to increase revenueand support from ticket buyers and donors. Over the

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9:00 – 10:30 a.m.PD@PAE Workshops

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past 10 years, research shows us what audiences liketo attend, but little has been done to help us get theirattention. In what ways can we put all the research intopractice that grows our bottom line? After all, researchis useless until it is used to make our daily work betterand more effective. This session will focus on identifyingpractical tips and insights based on audience insights.Key findings from audience research provide valuableinsight into ways arts presenters, producers, and artistsof all genres can engage audiences in new and excitingways. This session will help you come closer to answer-ing the question, “who are these people, and in whatways can I reach them more effectively?”Faculty: Elizabeth Auer, Christy Farnbauch

Miami International: Presenting the WorldSplash 12Join an outstanding group of Miami-based presentersfor a lively discussion about the many joys and chal-lenges of presenting international artists. This sessionwill leave the hassle of visas behind and get to the largerissues and ideas around programming that bringsnationalities together. It can be easy, it’s always worth it.These visionary Miami leaders, along with the NationalEndowment for the Arts staff, will stir your thinkingabout both how and why to engage with artists fromaround the world, as well as how and why to bring youraudiences into close contact with multiple cultures.Faculty: Beth Boone, Ever Chavez, Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Mary Luft, Pennie Ojeda

ArtsReady:Building Sustainability for 2012 and BeyondSplash 13Running an arts organization today takes more visionand planning than ever. Not only do arts leaders have totend to the traditional duties of an administrator, theymust also consider how to protect their operations froman array of vulnerabilities, from weather events to datasecurity issues to sudden staff losses. The ArtsReadymovement includes partners/funders including theAssociation of Performing Arts Presenters, TheatreCommunications Group, National Performance Networkand Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This conversa-tion will help you assess your organizational emergencyreadiness and strengthen your ability to continue tooperate when facing a crisis of any scale. Join us andlearn from the experienced team at ArtsReady.org.Faculty:Mollie Lakin-Hayes, Susie Surkamer


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Bright Spot LeadershipSplash 14Holly Sidford of Helicon Collaborative and CarltonTurner of Alternate ROOTS will probe Helicon’s recentresearch on arts organizations that are adapting mostsuccessfully to current conditions. The organizations thatare thriving and surviving right now are focusing onanimating clear purpose, deep engagement with com-munity, honest analysis, organizational flexibility andtransparent leadership, all of which may be moreimportant to success than pursuing innovation forinnovation’s sake.Faculty: Holly Sidford, Carlton Turner


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Marketplace Set-Up9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Sparkle Ballroom

Marketplace Open10:30 a.m. – Noon

Sparkle Ballroom

Noon – 1:30 p.m.Keynote Luncheon

Fontaine Ballroom

Keynote Luncheon with Edward VillellaSponsored by BiCoastal Productions and The Hit Men,Booth #514. Introduced by Daniel Lewis, founding deanof dance, New World School of the Arts

A Life Influenced by ArtFew have had the type of enormous cultural impacton a community that Edward Villella has had onMiami. Founding Miami City Ballet in 1985 andMiami City Ballet School in 1995 (with wife LindaVillella), Mr. Villella carried the master choreographerGeorge Balanchine’s repertoire to Miami and SouthFlorida. He has built Miami City Ballet into the inter-nationally-respected company it is today, withappearances at New York City Center, the Vail Inter-national Dance Festival, and the Theatre du Chateletfor Les Etes de la Dance festival. In repertoire byBalanchine, Twyla Tharp, Trey McIntyre, John Crankoand Jerome Robbins, among others, Villella has fea-tured impressive young dancers whom he has helpedto train and nurture. This commitment to identifyand cultivate young talent is a hallmark of EdwardVillella’s career.Mr. Villella’s keynote speech will weave together hisperspective on a lifetime in dance, the vitality andrichness of the Miami community, the Balanchinelegacy, and his love for teaching.

Showcase Performance by The Hit MenThe Hit Men are the original Members of FRANKIE VALLI& THE 4 SEASONS, and other mega-star acts of the 60s,70s, and 80s, including TOMMY JAMES & THE SHON-DELLS, CRITTERS, JIM CROCE, CAT STEVENS, CARLYSIMON. Not the actors from Jersey Boys or an imitationtribute band, The Hit Men are the real deal: superiorvocalists, musicians, arrangers, composers who actuallylived the experience and share with audiences authenticback stories from their days in recording studios and onstage with Frankie, Tommy, Cat, and Carly. Repre-sented by BiCoastal Productions, The Hit Men arethrilled to perform for PAE.

State Consortium MeetingsAlabama/Mississippi Presenters . . . . . . . . . . Splash 13Florida Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splash 11Kentucky/Tennessee Presenters . . . . . . . . . . Splash 16Louisiana Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splash 14North Carolina/South Carolina Presenters . . Splash 12Pennsylvania Presenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splash 15

Face Time ConsultationsSit down one-on-one with PD@PAE faculty to discussstrategies and learn new information that specificallyaddresses your needs. Sign-up on the bulletin board inthe registration area.

Splash 5: Thriving Organizations and Leadership,Holly Sidford

Splash 6: ArtsReady: Sustainability through ReadinessPlanning for 2012 and Beyond, Katy Malone

Splash 7: Presenting 101: Programming and ArtisticPlanning, (Presenting 101 workshop partici-pants only) Perry Mixter

Splash 8: National Endowment for the Arts’ PresentingGrants, Michael Orlove

Splash 13: South Arts’ Grants to Presenters, Nikki Estes


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Juried Showcase ReceptionJoin us for complimentary cocktails and snacks beforethe Juried Showcase. Sponsored by The Roots Agency -Booth 302 and Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experi-ence - Booth 529


5:00 – 6:00 p.m.Juried Showcase

ReceptionColony Theatre

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6:00 – 9:00 p.m.Juried Showcases

Colony Theatre

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Juried Showcase Schedule

6:00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Becca Stevens Band6:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballet Memphis6:40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company7:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sybarite57:20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Wire Theater7:35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - BREAK -7:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAIKOPROJECT8:05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De Temps Antan8:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem8:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moscow Nights

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PD@PAE WorkshopsAll PD@PAE workshops are in the Splash Area at theFontainebleau. See the Faculty Bios section for more in-formation about workshop presenters.

Presenting 101: The Fundamentals of Productionand Logistics – Contracts and NegotiationsSplash 9How do presenters work with artists, and get theirperformances on stage? This workshop - second in thethree-part series offered each day of the PAE - will coverthe fundamentals of contracts and negotiations, as wellas production logistics. Through Presenting 101, you’lllearn what you need to know in key areas of presentingand take away tools and resources to continue yourprofessional development after PAE. Presenting 101 isdelivered over three morning sessions and is designedas a comprehensive curriculum, so attending all threesessions is highly recommended.Faculty: Perry Mixter, Leslie Gordon, Deirdre Valente

Registration &Information Desk

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Daily ScheduleFriday, September 21



7:30 – 9:00 a.m.BreakfastShowcase

Fontaine Ballroom

Breakfast ShowcaseSponsored by Geodesic and Rondi Charleston, Booth #300

Rondi Charleston is a captivating communicator.She embraces you with a warm, wide smile, looksyou straight in the eye and you’re hooked by hernatural honesty, Midwest charm and truesophistication.The New York Times wrote, “Utterly delightful…she works her way into listeners’ hearts…heremotional range is wide. She’s in tune with herselfand a joy to hear.” Says Show Business Weekly,“Charleston’s languid phrasing and superb breath-control puts a lustrous polish on her top notch band’scrisp and economic playing.” The Village Voicepraises “her phrasing stacks up against the best ofthem.” And Back Stage calls Rondi “one of thosenew discoveries that critics love…a new voice fullof promise.”Breakfast will be served.

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Social Media Fundraising StrategiesSplash 10Mary Trudel and Rory MacPherson, whose “How Strongis your Social Net” workshop was a hit at the PAE in2011, will dig into a critical area of fundraising: generat-ing contributed income using social media. Skills andtactics ranging from crowd-funding to donor cultivationto sponsorship trades and “eyeball farming” will be dis-cussed in this lively, interactive session.Faculty: Rory MacPherson, Mary Trudel

Cultural Democracy and Community CurationSplash 11Cultural democracy proposes that fair, equitable andproportional attention be given to each cultural commu-nity. What does this mean for the performing arts?It means that in order to strengthen our communitiesand create robust institutional programs, those culturalcommunity members must be seated at the decisionmaking table. Learn why the practice of creating anenvironment of cultural democracy is so critical to thesuccess of your organization and hear about concretepractices that have been implemented across thecountry to help create sustainability and deepercommunity engagement.Faculty: Kathryn Garcia, Kaisha Johnson,Monique Martin, Baraka Sele

Arts Funding in America: Status Check!Splash 12What’s happening to funding at the national level?Have we reached the tipping point? What is the healthof the field? Is Crowdfunding OVERcrowded? FacilityOverload? Michael Orlove, the new Director of theNational Endowment for the Arts’ Presenting Program,MK Wegmann, CEO of the National Performance Net-work, and Holly Sidford of Helicon Collaborative willhost a conversation with workshop participants aboutwhere money is going, how it is being raised and aglimpse into the future.Faculty:Michael Orlove, Holly Sidford, MK Wegmann

Show Me the Money: South Arts Grantsfor PresentersSplash 13Join Nikki Estes, Program Director at South Arts, to learnabout the grants program and improve your South Arts’grant writing skills. During this introductory session,topics will include presenter eligibility requirements,preparation and submission of grant applications,



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important tips, the panel process, and grantee responsi-bilities. Workshop participants will also learn aboutupcoming changes to South Arts’ grants program andfunding priorities. You will also be the first to hear aboutnew initiatives and opportunities!Faculty: Nikki Estes

Strange and Wonderful Bedfellows:An Arts and CVB PartnershipSplash 14How do you set yourself apart amidst all of the othernoise-makers hustling for the same audience? Whetheryour direct competitors are local, regional, or national,carving out an identity and edge that is uniquely yours,and then branding it hard for all the world to see (andembrace as fact) is the next best thing to wonderful.The icing on the cake: figuring out ways to use otherpeople’s money to help make it all come together. InMiami, tourism, the county’s number one industry, andthe arts have formed a dynamic duo to make GreaterMiami more than just a “sun-and-fun” destination.Miami is a 24/7, culturally un-bounded, unparalleled inits diversity, international center of cultural excellence(but you already knew that – see how effective itsbranding efforts have been!). Join two of the mostdynamic speakers at the PAE for a fast-paced discussionof how to work together to build audiences amongvisitors to your area.Faculty: Deborah Margol, George Neary


Splash 5: Everything You Always Wanted to KnowAbout Social Media but Were Afraid to Ask,Rory MacPherson & Mary Trudel

Splash 6: ArtsReady: Sustainability through ReadinessPlanning for 2012 and Beyond, MollieLakin-Hayes

Splash 7: Presenting 101: Production and Logistics -Contracts and Negotiations, (Presenting 101workshop participants only) Perry Mixter


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Marketplace10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

FontainebleauSparkle Ballroom


Consultations

Splash 8: Resources for International CulturalEngagement, Pennie Ojeda

Splash 13: South Arts’ Grants to Presenters, Nikki Estes

Juried Showcase ReceptionJoin us for complimentary cocktails and snacks beforethe Juried Showcase. Sponsored by The Cultural Councilof Palm Beach County.

Mary Beth Treen Award to Robert BairdRobert Baird is President of BAM! Baird Artists Manage-ment in Toronto, and President of NAPAMA (NorthAmerican Performing Arts Managers and Agents). He isa member of the governance committee of the board ofAPAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) and isNAPAMA liaison to APAP. He is a member of the Boardof Directors of Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) wherehe serves as Chair of the Membership Committee,member of the Conference Committee and Treasurer.Mr. Baird also serves as co-Chair of TAN (Team AgentNetwork).

Robert has had a long and distinguished career in thearts, publishing, education and artist management andis known internationally for his creative marketing ideasand skill at promotion and his expertise in cross-bordertouring. BAM! Baird Artists Management has a steadily-growing distinguished roster of artists and Robert isoverseeing the artistic careers of both emerging andestablished artists in Canada, the United States, andaround the world.

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.Juried Showcase

ReceptionColony Theatre

7:35 p.m.Mary Beth Treen

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6:00 – 9:00 p.m.Juried Showcases

Colony Theatre

Shuttles leave fromthe North Drive

Entrance and willrun a loop from

4:30 – 11:00 p.m.

See theJuried Showcasessection for more

information.

Juried Showcase ScheduleJoin us at the intermission for the presentation of the2012 Mary Beth Treen Award!

6:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeremy Kittel Band6:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atlantic Steps6:40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BodyVox7:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kid Power Programs7:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Nizer 3D Theatre7:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Beth Treen Award7:45 . . . . . . .Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble8:05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International String Trio8:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vox Dance Theatre8:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Limón Dance Company9:00 . . .Post-showcase discussion with Ivan Sygoda

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Year 2 of the Certified Performing ArtsExecutive Program for Presenters andManagers / Agents (CPAE)Splash 5The second year of the Certification Program for bothPresenters and Agents/Managers begins in October2012. NAPAMA, Arts Northwest, and the University ofNew Orleans Graduate Arts Administration Program aresponsoring the program of 8 on-line courses designedfor mid-career professionals, new staff hires, and any-one interested in honing their skills in the PerformingArts business. Join Robert Baird as he answers all yourquestions about CPAE.

Dance Presenters RoundtableSplash 6This informal conversation will focus on the trends andchallenges impacting the world of dance presenting andother ideas that you have in mind. Come ready to talkwith your peers, share information and resources, andlearn from each other. Discussion will be facilitated byRosemary Johnson, Alabama Dance Council.

Women of Color in the ArtsSplash 7Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA) is dedicated topromoting diversity in the performing arts field, bycreating professional opportunities for arts administra-tors and providing a platform to give voice and visibilityto women of color. WOCA welcomes administrators atall stages of their career in an effort to create a multi-dimensional network of professionals. By working todiversify the pipeline of arts administrators, WOCA aimsto cultivate a field as varied in voice and perspective asthe communities it serves. Our third annual PAE sessionwill be a discussion of the current work of WOCA andwill provide insight on how to become more involved inthis dynamic network of administrators. For more infor-mation, please visit www.womenofcolorinthearts.org.

Presenters in Rural CommunitiesSplash 15This roundtable discussion is not moderated and thecontent is not determined in advance. Bring your issuesand ideas, and prepare to engage your colleagues in alively discussion.

Registration &Information Desk8:00 a.m. – Noon

Special InterestMeetings

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Large Budget/Venue PresentersSplash 16This roundtable discussion is not moderated and thecontent is not determined in advance. Bring your issuesand ideas, and prepare to engage your colleagues in alively discussion.

PD@PAE WorkshopsAll PD@PAE workshops are in the Splash Area at theFontainebleau.See the Faculty Bios section for more information aboutworkshop presenters.

Presenting 101:The Fundamentals of Marketing and Promotion– Developing and Engaging AudiencesSplash 9What does it take to bring audiences to see the artistsyou’re presenting? This workshop - the last in the three-part series offered each day of the PAE - will cover theessential elements of audience engagement, marketingand promotion. Through Presenting 101, you’ll learnwhat you need to know in key areas of presenting andtake away tools and resources to continue yourprofessional development after PAE. Presenting 101 isdelivered over three morning sessions and is designedas a comprehensive curriculum, so attending all threesessions is highly recommended.Faculty: Perry Mixter, Ashley Dinges, Kevin Spencer

Audiences on the Go: Mobile EngagementSplash 10By 2014, more people in the United States will beaccessing Internet content through mobile devices thanthrough laptops and desktops combined. Right nowAmericans are spending an average of 94 minutes perday using mobile apps compared to an average of72 minutes per day using web browsers. Many of usbelieve that we don’t have the money to engage withmobile audiences. Not true! You can engage mobileaudiences even if you have NO budget. This session willexplore a variety of options for connecting with audi-ences via mobile devices – from QR codes to mobileapps and everything in-between. For each option, wewill highlight engaging features, discuss costs, anddetermine the time involved for implementation andmaintenance.Faculty: David Dombrosky



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Go Where the Money Is:Fundraising from IndividualsSplash 11The extent of fundraising at many organizations iswriting grants and praying for a positive response. Butthe real source of philanthropic dollars lies with individ-ual donors. The beaches of Miami will tempt you ona Saturday morning, but this session will be worth it.We will explore some of the general tenets of fundrais-ing with individuals, fundraising ideas that are effectiveand fun, principles of donor relations, and the basics ofcreating a development plan.Faculty: Glenn Kaufhold

Connecting with Generation Z:Cultivating & Educating the Arts Audiencesof the FutureSplash 12Culture Shock in Miami is not what it used to be! Thetypical, reliable audiences for arts and cultural events areaging, and over time, they will inevitably be less reliable,mortality being what it is. Our challenge is to begin re-plenishing these event-goers by reaching younger audi-ences now. By offering $5 tickets to high-quality artsevents to high school and college students, CultureShock is cultivating an appetite for the arts amongteenagers and young adults in Miami. Live arts experi-ences, when made affordable and readily available,change the entertainment mix for younger audiences,just at the moment that they have both the latitude andthe wherewithal to direct some (if not all) of their ownspending. Join the Miami-Dade County Department ofCultural Affairs staff, a noted local presenter, and one ofthe Culture Shock audience members for a discussionon nurturing and educating the next generation of artsaudiences.Faculty: Eric Fliss, Jori Opara, Christina Tassy-Beauvoir

Conversation with Edward VillellaSplash 13Join the PAE keynote speaker for an informal sessionabout the presenting field, the world of dance, andlife as an artist. This moderated conversation will gowherever the participants want it to, giving you un-precedented access to a modern master.Moderator: Ivan Sygoda



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Doin’ It on the Road:An Artist’s Guide to Touring andCommunity EngagementSplash 14Moving your work beyond its local community andaudience is both a creative and business prospect.This workshop demystifies the touring process and isdesigned to convey basic information for artists who areat a beginning point of touring regionally and nationally– beyond 100 miles from their home. The session willcover a variety of topics including using promotionaltools effectively, learning how to cultivate relationshipswith prospective presenters and the benefits of buildingstrategic partnerships, as well as what happens after anartist is booked, with a discussion on the responsibilitiesof the artist and presenter.Faculty: Steve Bailey, Teo Castellanos, Rebekah Lengel,MK Wegmann


Splash 5: Artist’s Guide to Touring and CommunityEngagement (Special Session for Artists),Steve Bailey & Rebekah Lengel

Splash 6: Developing a Mobile Engagement Strategyto Fit Your Budget, David Dombrosky

Splash 7: Presenting 101: Marketing and Promotion-Developing and Engaging Audiences,(Presenting 101 workshop participants only)Perry Mixter & Ashley Dinges

Splash 8: Fundraising from Individuals, Glenn KaufholdSplash 13: South Arts’ Grants to Presenters, Nikki Estes

State Consortium MeetingsAlabama/Mississippi Presenters . . . . . . . . . Splash 13Florida Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splash 11Georgia Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splash 15Kentucky/Tennessee Presenters . . . . . . . . . . Splash 16Louisiana Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splash 14North Carolina/South Carolina Presenters . . Splash 12

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FontainebleauOcean Lawn

Closing partySponsored by Jeremy Davis & The Equinox Little BigBand, Booth #709Four years ago, Jeremy Davis brought down thehouse with his Fabulous Equinox Orchestra at thePAE closing party in Atlanta. This year, he and singerClay Johnson will perform once again to shake thingsup at the closing party on the Ocean Lawn, featuringa new show with the “Little Big Band” entitledAn American Soundtrack. Originally from Louisiana,Jeremy and Clay now headquarter in Savannah,Georgia, but they always take a taste of Louisianawith them as ambassadors of Great AmericanSwagger–the title of their newest album. Stop bytheir booth for a listen, along with some greatconversation!

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Elizabeth Auer, University of Florida Performing Arts, is responsible for seasonprogramming and contract management, and has direct oversight of accounting,fundraising, and education. In 2004, she helped create the Arts in Medicine programwhich brings world class performing artists into healthcare settings to provideperformances and interactive arts events to individuals who have little or no accessto the arts. This innovative movement has garnered regional, national and interna-tional recognition for creative strategies in arts access. Elizabeth has a background intheatre, musical theatre, French horn and piano and holds a B.A. in Theatre fromLouisiana State University and an M.F.A. in Arts Management from Florida StateUniversity.

Steve Bailey is COO at the National Performance Network in New Orleans. His pastwork includes producing director of Jump-Start Performance Co., founder/director of24th Street Experiment Theater Company, research coordinator for Theater Commu-nications Group, and artist-in-residence with Teatro del Sol in Lima, Peru. He hasserved on the Board of Directors for the National Performance Network, AlternateROOTS, and many other regional and local organizations. Over the past 30 years,Steve has created or directed over 50 original productions that have been presentedacross the U.S. and Latin America. Steve has designed lighting for numerous produc-tions and as an arts educator, has worked with numerous youth and adult groups ina variety of community settings.

Michael Blachly, Ph.D. has expanded the live performing arts for the Heart of Floridacommunity in his position as director of University of Florida Performing Arts. Michaelis responsible for all public performing arts events presented under the auspices ofthe University of Florida Performing Arts, as well as overseeing fiscal management,marketing, educational residency activities, community outreach, fund development,commissioning, technical production, and facility coordination and scheduling. Hehas served as a campus wide resource as co-chair of the University SesquicentennialCelebration, chair of the Presidential Inauguration, advisor to all homecoming activi-ties, and on-campus committees for the Foundation, University Athletic Associationand various university colleges and departments.

Beth Boone is the artistic and executive director of Miami Light Project. She receiveda B.A. in Fine Arts from the College of Charleston and a M.F.A. in Theater Arts fromBrandeis University. Since 1998, in her role at the Miami Light Project, Beth hasdistinguished herself as a leader in Miami’s cultural community. She has developedcritically acclaimed artistic programs that have asserted the organization as one ofthe leading cultural institutions in South Florida. These programs include Here andNow, South Florida’s most respected commission and program for community-basedartists; an historic international cultural exchange project with Cuba; and The LightBox at Goldman Warehouse, a multi-use performance and visual art space in Miami’sWynwood Arts District.

Teo Castellanos, actor/writer/director, is author of “NE 2nd Avenue” a one-man showbased on Miami characters which won the 2003 Fringe First Award at the EdinburghFringe Festival. He is artistic director of D-Projects, a contemporary dance/theatercompany, whose original work fuses world cultures, ritual and music, examiningsocial issues through performance. Teo coaches for the Tigertail WordSpeak PoetryTeam that participates annually at the international slam competition Brave NewVoices. You can catch Teo on the silver screen opposite Matt Dillon in “Sunlight Jr.”and opposite John Leguizamo in “Empire.” Teo is a member of Screen Actors Guild,AFTRA, Associate Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and isrepresented in Europe by Universal Arts.

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Ever Chavez, founder and director of FUNDarte, acts as the managing producer andundertakes other duties such as fundraising, programming, audience development,marketing, and public relations. Ever has earned a reputation as a dynamic producerof arts events and has focused on supporting local Miami artists, artists from Cubaand the Cuban Diaspora and the GLTBQ community. He has been instrumental inproduction and presentation of other arts organizations including working as aproduction consultant with Miami Dade College Cultural Affairs for Cultura del Loboevents, Production Coordinator for Teatro Avante, Inc. and The International HispanicTheatre Festival, and Executive Producer for Teatro El Público and Trianón Theater inHavana, Cuba. Ever is a graduate of the Institute of Communications in Rostov,Russia, and studied theater dance and event production in Cuba, with post-graduatestudies in Theater, Film and Television in Havana.

Ashley Dinges began her career as a journalist, working at publications including theSan Jose Mercury News, Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News. In addition to thesenewspapers, her design and photography work has appeared in publications includ-ing Everyday with Rachael Ray and SPIN magazines, and internationally at OxfordUniversity and the Lonely Planet 2007 European Film Festival. For the past four yearsshe has served as the marketing and development director at Merrimack Hall Per-forming Arts Center. She is a current nominee for the Huntsville-Madison CountyChamber of Commerce’s Young Professional of the Year award, and is a recentgraduate of Leadership Huntsville’s Connect program.

David Dombrosky brings over 15 years of experience in arts management and tech-nology to his role as Chief Marketing Officer for InstantEncore. He frequently writesand presents on the uses of technology within arts organizations, most recently forChorus America, Opera America, National Arts Marketing Project, and Americans forthe Arts. Prior to joining InstantEncore, David established an arts and technologyconsultancy, taught graduate courses in arts management at Carnegie MellonUniversity, directed Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Arts Management and Technology,and spent eight years at South Arts designing and managing regional and nationalprograms in the visual, performing, media and literary arts. In 2007, Americans forthe Arts honored his service to the field with its Emerging Leader Award. David is analum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a M.A. in PerformanceStudies and a double B.A. in Psychology and Speech Communications.

John Ellis currently serves as the managing director of the Diana Wortham Theatre inAsheville, North Carolina. John is a past-president of the North Carolina PresentersConsortium, past executive committee member of the Asheville Area Chamber ofCommerce, and currently serves on the board of the Buncombe County TourismDevelopment Authority and the Tourism Product Development Fund Committee, aprogram which has awarded more than $14 million in awards to develop tourismrelated projects. Prior to his current position, John served as the executive director ofthe Broome County Arts Council in upstate New York, director of the Stifel Fine ArtsCenter in Wheeling, WV, and manager of the Creative Arts Center at WVU inMorgantown, WV.

Nikki Estes, program director at South Arts, has worked in the Atlanta nonprofit artscommunity for over 15 years. She joined South Arts in May 2003 and manages thegrants program which awards more than $700,000 annually to approximately 200presenters within a nine-state region. Prior to her work at South Arts, Nikki was thegrants supervisor at the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs where she alsoassisted with the management of the youth arts program and music festivals. Nikkihas served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and numerous state

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arts agencies and arts organizations. Nikki is a past member of the Board of Directorsfor Atlanta Celebrates Photography and, in 2010, joined the Advisory Board for theAtlanta Foundation Center.

Christy Farnbauch is an experienced audience and community engagement strategist.An experienced nonprofit leader for over 20 years, Christy currently serves as projectdirector for the Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz Audiences Initiative and as the thought leaderfor the Next Generation of Leaders program. A talented grant and proposal writer,Christy has secured over $2 million for organizations and clients throughout hercareer. She has assisted the National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Department ofEducation, foundations, and state arts councils in their grant review processes, andregularly teaches grant writing workshops. A graduate of Otterbein University withdegrees in music performance and business administration, she plays cornet with theBrass Band of Columbus.

Laurelle Favreau began her career in 1977 as executive director and founding mem-ber of the Provincial Association for Young Francophones of Saskatchewan (Associa-tion Jeunesse Fransaskoise) to preserve and promote the French language amongstyouth. For Saskatchewan’s Centenary celebrations in 2005, CBC TV dedicated a10-minute segment to her work with AJF. In 1983, Laurelle joined General ArtsManagement, Inc. in Toronto, became VP in 1986, and purchased GAMI a year later.In 1991, GAMI merged with American Company, Simonds Management. GAMI/Si-monds provides management to an international roster of classical, jazz and contem-porary artists; as well as immigration/tax services to artists and presenters. Laurelle isa past President of the Canadian Association of Artists’ Managers and currently sitson the board of NAPAMA.

Eric Fliss joined the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs in 2008 andoversees the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center as managing director. In hispast work with the city, he established a strategic plan for the operation of the net-work of cultural venues on Miami Beach. Additionally, he supervised the constructionof an $8.3 million renovation of the Colony Theater and advised the design of theByron Carlyle Theater renovation. Eric has numerous lighting design credits includingMaximum Dance, Ballet Gamonet and the Florida Dance Festival. As co-director ofAnchor Arts Management, he has provided technical assistance to numerous localand national cultural organizations such as the National Performance Network, Tiger-tail Productions, Animated Object Physical Theater, and the Cultura Del Lobo Series.

Kathryn Garcia is the executive director of the MDC Live Performing Arts Series atMiami Dade College. Throughout her career, Kathryn has been devoted to creatinglive cultural experiences that bring communities together, with a particular interest incelebrating diverse cultural traditions and providing meaningful educational experi-ences for the public. Prior to joining MDC Live!, Kathryn served as director of Pro-gramming at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts where she wasresponsible for the Center’s jazz, world music, and dance series. She has also workedfor the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the Concert Associa-tion of Florida, the Florida Dance Festival, and the Rhythm Foundation. A proudMiami native, Kathryn studied theater at the New World School of the Arts and holdsa B.A. in dance from Florida International University.

Leslie Gordon is the director of the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State Univer-sity. She is responsible for all aspects of venue management as well as the program-ming of the annual Rialto Series. The Rialto Series is acclaimed for its internationalfocus, bringing artists of all cultures to the downtown Atlanta venue - often for their

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first appearance in the region. In addition to the diverse performers, the Series alsopresents straight-ahead jazz and contemporary dance. Prior to joining the Rialto,Leslie worked at the National Black Arts Festival from 1998-2003. She was the artisticdirector for the 1997 Arts Festival of Atlanta and was one of four producers of theCultural Olympiad of the 1996 Olympic Games.

Rosie Gordon-Wallace is founder, director and curator of Diaspora Vibe and DiasporaVibe Cultural Arts Incubator. Since 1996, Rosie has initiated and produced transna-tional creative programs that redefine concepts of “diaspora” including the Interna-tional Cultural Exchange program, the Caribbean Crossroads Series, an ongoingcontemporary exhibitions program, and numerous community-based outreachprojects. She is known for her consulting work in philanthropy, advising on grantadministration, public art projects, exhibition, and community cultural development.Rosie has been awarded The Red Cross Spectrum award for Culture, the MiamiBeach Black Advisory Board Award for Arts and Culture, Above and Beyond Awardby the Pi Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma, The Arts and Business Culture Award forShining Stars, and the ATT and Miami Herald African American Community Award -2011 -2012.

Kaisha Johnson is the director of artist management at the Center for TraditionalMusic and Dance where she works to introduce audiences to cultural traditions fromaround the world and helps affirm the value of cultural diversity as an essential com-ponent of our national identity. With a commitment to helping to facilitate diverseprogramming, Kaisha provides consultant assistance to non-profits in the form ofcuration and production and lectures in non-profit management at the City Univer-sity of New York. In 2009 Kaisha co-founded Women of Color in the Arts with theintent of diversifying the field and providing greater professional opportunities for anunderrepresented community of arts administrators. Kaisha holds a Bachelor’s degreein music from Hampton University, a Master’s in music business administration fromNew York University and has done post-graduate work in the field of ethnomusicol-ogy at the City University of New York.

Glenn Kaufhold is founder and president of GKollaborative, a small consultingpractice that works with a variety of organizations on issues such as fundraising andmarketing planning and implementation, board development, and organizationalgovernance. For nearly 25 years, Glenn has been a fundraising entrepreneur, buildingor fixing development and marketing departments. In 2003 he joined the FloridaInternational University as the associate director for development and marketing atThe Wolfsonian and later, was promoted to assistant VP of corporate and foundationrelations in the university’s advancement department. Before starting his company,Glenn was executive director and CEO of the Miami Dade College Foundation.As a consultant, Glenn’s clients include the Adrienne Arsht Center for the PerformingArts and Tigertail Productions, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District,and CUNY School of Law.

Mollie Lakin-Hayes has been deputy director of South Arts since 2006. She workswith all South Arts programs, the board, member state arts agencies, and otherpartners to make a positive difference in the arts throughout the South. Strategicplanning and evaluation, ArtsReady, Presenting 101, and strategic partnerships arecurrent focus areas. She worked for the Arizona Commission on the Arts for 14years, most recently as assistant director and accessibility coordinator. She was afounding board member of Alliance for Audience/ShowUp.com and ARTability/Accessing Arizona’s Arts. Mollie is a facilitator/consultant in strategic planning and

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participation-building; in Arizona she managed the Commission’s statewideUP/Understanding Participation program.

Rebekah Lanae Lengel joined Miami Light Project in 2002 where she is currently themanaging producer. She has previously served on the Board for Youth ExpressionsInc., Crystal Parrot Players, the Hanan Arts Cooperative, and was a member of theMiami Emerging Arts Leaders Task Force. Rebekah’s honors include the Arts & Busi-ness Council of Miami Emerging Leaders Award (2006); Leading Woman in SouthFlorida’s Urban Community (Urban America Newspaper 2005); and was an APAPEmerging Leaders Institute participant (2005). She is an accomplished journalist andplaywright, having had her plays “Malcolm & Martin,” “5 Days, 9 Months, 6 Years,”and “Amore Alla Luce Della Luna” presented at such theatres as City Theatre inMiami, and the Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville.

Mary Luft is the founder and executive director of Tigertail Productions, a 32-year-old, Miami-based, nonprofit organization that is committed to the creation and pres-entation of music, dance, poetry and the visual arts. Mary is in charge of fundraising,implementation of programming, planning general operations, and communicationwith board and committees. Mary has received numerous grants and honors includ-ing a Fulbright Fellowship to Brazil, four Florida and three NEA Arts ChoreographyFellowships, an NEA Inter-Arts award, an NEA Administration Fellowship in theMedia Arts Program, and a 2001 International Woman of the Year Award. In 2011she received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Miami Beach Arts Trust.

Rory MacPherson joined Trudel | MacPherson in 2010. Prior to that, Rory was amember of the Arts Program staff at The Wallace Foundation for almost 20 yearsand was senior program officer for nine years. His contributions there includeddesigning, implementing and monitoring the Foundation’s grant programs for artsorganizations and state arts agencies, and guiding research and communicationsstrategies built around those sets of investments. He co-managed the Foundation’stwo programs supporting efforts to build participation in the arts, the WallaceExcellence Awards and the Arts for Young People Initiative. Rory has also workedprofessionally as a musician and radio announcer and has a bachelor’s degree fromSiena College, Loudonville, NY.

Deborah Bookspan Margol assists in developing innovative programs and policies forcommunity cultural development for the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs,and oversees cultural initiatives with other departments of Miami-Dade government,municipal, state and federal governmental agencies and the private sector. She hasserved as a grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and the FloridaDivision of Cultural Affairs. Deborah is a graduate with honors of GeorgetownUniversity with a B.S. in Psychology. Prior positions include Festival Coordinator ofFestival Miami at the University of Miami and Assistant to the Executive Directorof the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Monique Martin is the director of family programming for CityParks Foundationwhich produces SummerStage in Central Park and music, dance, theater and familyprograms in parks city-wide. Preciously she was an associate director of programmingfor the River to River Festival. As an independent curator, producer and marketingconsultant she has partnered with Joe’s Pub, Disney Theatricals, Apollo Theater,New Victory Theater, Southbank Centre/UK, Hip Hop Theater Festival, Harlem Stage,Queens Theater in the Park, NJPAC, HBO and various Broadway productions.Monique has served on numerous national advisory committees including the

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Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Ford Foundation, and Women of Colorin the Arts.

Perry Mixter has more than 30 years of leadership experience in arts administration.His past experience includes president/COO of The Arts Partnership of Greater Spar-tanburg; director of the Office of Cultural Affairs at Appalachian State University inBoone, NC; and executive director of the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony.Throughout his career, Perry has served in a variety of leadership roles in the arts,including Secretary for the SC Arts Alliance and President of the North CarolinaPresenters Consortium. In 1995, Perry established Mixter Consulting Services, whichprovides consulting services in organizational development, technology applications,and strategic planning for nonprofit agencies. His most recent clients include the Arts& Science Council of Charlotte where he has worked on a number of initiatives,including the new power2give.org fundraising platform for the arts.

Mister Mojo, star of MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies, has performed for more than 48years worldwide. As a music educator, Mojo has a strong commitment to arts out-reach to children and underserved communities, and has mentored many artists todevelop their careers and business. As a NARAS member Mojo was active in effortsto establish the “Cajun/Zydeco Grammy Category,” and was an Exemplar forNARAS’ new Voting Membership requirements, implemented in 2007. Mister MOJOwas an APAP national scholar at the 2008 National Performing Arts Conference, toPromote, Educate and Diversify the Arts across America. Mojo has worked tirelesslyto enhance the music industry, life for musicians and their families, and to use theArts to enhance the lives of people everywhere.

George Neary is associate VP of cultural tourism for the Greater Miami ConventionBureau where he is in charge of the creation and implementation of a new arts andcultural program for Miami Dade County. He directs promotional programs whichencourage and increase attendance at cultural events and attractions. His job also in-cludes creating linkages and partnership between Greater Miami businesses and thearts community. He is currently serving as a trustee for Dade Heritage Trust, a boardmember of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, chair of The Miami Beach FineArts Board and a member of The Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council. He received hisB.A. from St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH, and has been involved in manycommunity organizations over the years.

Pennie Ojeda has been involved in international work at the National Endowmentfor the Arts for over 20 years. Since 2007, she has been the director for internationalactivities with responsibility for developing and managing international initiatives incooperation with other government agencies or private institutions. Pennie doesextensive liaison with the U.S. Department of State, foreign governments, and theprivate sector to help promote international cultural exchange. Before joining theArts Endowment, she was on the staff of the Peace Corps headquarters inWashington, DC serving as a desk officer in the Africa Region.

Jori Opara is a freshman attending iPrep Academy in Miami, Florida. Her hobbiesinclude singing, dancing, and poetry writing. Being an active community volunteerand spirited youth, Jori is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc’s Ivy Rosettes,Breakthrough Miami, and the Teen Lions Club. She aspires to attend Florida StateUniversity for her undergraduate degree and then Harvard University to study law.Jori has been a member of the Culture Shock Miami Student Council since 2010.

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Michael Orlove currently serves as the director of presenting and artist communitiesfor the National Endowment for the Arts. Previously, Michael spent 19 years as seniorprogram director for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and helped trans-form the Chicago Cultural Center into a prime downtown performing arts venue.As a testament to his international expertise, Michael was named one of the ‘SevenSamurai’ at the prestigious WOMEX (World Music Expo) 2009 Conference in Copen-hagen, Denmark. In addition, he has been a guest speaker at numerous national andinternational conferences such as the 2010 Performing Arts Market in Seoul, SouthKorea, and the 2003 Sacred Music Festival and Conference in Fez, Morocco. He hasa M.A. in Performing Arts Management from Columbia College, Chicago.

Andrea Sabata started on the venue booking side of the business before moving onto co-found Skyline Music in 1985. Soon after, Andrea saw a need and started theArts Division of Skyline and heads up that division to the present day. Working withan eclectic roster that mixes legendary performers like Edgar Winter and JohnSebastian with contemporary acts such as Zoe Keating and The March FourthMarching Band, Andrea works with every size and type of arts venue across theU.S. Andrea also works with Skylines’ roster acts on developing educational andoutreach programming and adapting their shows to meet the specialized needs ofthe Arts Market.

Baraka Sele is currently an independent producer and consultant. Her past rolesinclude assistant vice president of Programming at New Jersey Performing ArtsCenter in Newark and curator/producer of NJPAC’s Alternate Routes, an internationalperforming arts series. The series, which received national and international awards,funding, press and recognition, featured year-round performances by artists of NewJersey, the United States and from around the world, complemented by educational,humanities, and residency programs. Besides working as a performing arts consult-ant, curator, producer and presenter, Baraka has served on numerous local, nationaland international advisory committees, boards and panels, including the Associationof Performing Arts Presenters, International Society of the Performing Arts, NationalEndowment for the Arts, Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, Walker Art Center,and Kennedy Center.

Holly Sidford is president of Helicon Collaborative, a consulting company thatprovides strategy development, program management, and research for culturalorganizations and funders. Holly has more than 25 years of experience leading non-profit cultural and philanthropic organizations. Prior to founding Helicon, she wasthe founding president of Leveraging Investments in Creativity, a 10-year nationalinitiative to expand support for creative artists. Before her work with LINC, Holly wasprogram director for arts, parks and adult literacy at the Lila Wallace-Reader’s DigestFund, and held leadership positions at the Ford Foundation, The Howard GilmanFoundation, New England Foundation for the Arts and the Massachusetts Councilon the Arts and Humanities. Holly holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and aManagement Certificate from Columbia University.

Kevin Spencer is a world-renowned illusionist with dozens of accolades to his creditincluding 2009 International Magician of the Year and Performing Arts Entertainerof the Year. He is the founder of the HEALING OF MAGIC program and is widelyconsidered an authority on the therapeutic use of magic tricks in physical andpsychosocial rehabilitation. He holds an Assistant Professorship in the OccupationalTherapy Department at the University of Alabama and has conducted numerousworkshops around the world. He has been a presenter at numerous internationaleducation conferences including RIGA 2010 (Latvia), the East Asian International

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Conference on Teacher Education Research (Hong Kong), the International Societyfor Teacher Education Seminar (Norway), and the International Association forSpecial Education Conference (Namibia, Africa).

Susie Surkamer, ArtsReady membership consultant, retired as Executive Director ofthe South Carolina Arts Commission in 2009. Her past service includes president ofthe board of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, treasurer of the Associa-tion of Performing Arts Presenters, member of the Coca-Cola Scholarship NationalSelection Committee, member of the National Arts Education Partnership SteeringCommittee, and on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts. The WinthropUniversity awarded her its distinguished Medal of Honor in the Arts (2006), and theNational Assembly of State Arts Agencies recognized her with the Gary Young Award(2008). Susie earned a M.Ed. in dance education from George Washington Universityand a B.A. in dance from the University of Maryland.

Ivan Sygoda joined Pentacle in 1976 and became director three years later. He con-ceived Pentacle’s “Marketing from the Inside Out” workshops for emerging danceand performance companies, which grew into Pentacle’s Help Desk infrastructurementoring project. He co-founded the New York State DanceForce, of which he iscurrently a member. He has been a speaker and panelist on arts issues and has ledworkshops on arts administration for colleges, universities and performing artsservice organizations here and abroad. In 2000, he received the Arts PresentersFan Taylor Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves as a consultant to theSouth Arts 2012-2015 Dance Touring Initiative.

Christina Tassy-Beauvoir administers Culture Shock Miami, a major educationalinitiative devoted to cultivating future audiences. The program is a collaboration ofthe Department of Cultural Affairs, local cultural organizations, educational institu-tions, and Ticketweb providing discounted tickets to high school and college stu-dents to attend cultural events throughout Miami-Dade County. Other projects underher coordination include the Cultural Advancement Grants Program, liaison to theMiami-Haiti Bicentennial Committee, the City of Miami Little Haiti Park PlanningCommittee, the Little Haiti Caribbean Marketplace, the Haitian Artist Network, andthe Creole and French speaking community of Miami-Dade County. A native ofPort-au-Prince, Christina is fluent in French and Haitian-Creole; and has receivedformal dance training in Haitian-folklore, classical ballet, jazz, modern, andAfro-Caribbean dance.

Mary Trudel is a creative, award-winning marketing professional who brings morethan 20 years of experience in strategic counsel, branding, reputation management,media relations and program management to Trudel | MacPherson to help clientsachieve measurable, sustainable social change. Prior to 2010, Mary was a seniorofficer at The Wallace Foundation heading communications for the foundation’s artsunit. While at Wallace, Mary managed communications strategies around innovativecity-wide audience development programs and national arts collaborative initiativesin major cities. Before joining Wallace, Mary served as group director, consumermarketing and technology communications at Hill & Knowlton; and executive vicepresident at Ruder-Finn Public Relations Worldwide.

Carlton Turner is the executive director of Alternate ROOTS, a regional nonprofit artsorganization. Carlton’s board and volunteer service includes organizations such asAppalshop, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Free Southern TheaterInstitute’s Phoenix Squad, the We Shall Overcome Fund Advisory Board at theHighlander Center for Research and Education, and is an alumnus of the Advance

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Leadership Preparation Initiative of the Southern Empowerment Project. In 2011Carlton was awarded the M. Edgar Rosenblum award for outstanding contributionto ensemble theater by Irondale Ensemble Project.

Deirdre Valente is vice president of Lisa Booth Management which produces andmanages tours nationally and abroad for USA-based and international productions,and initiates and produces special projects, festivals and events. LBMI partnered withBAM to create and manage the inaugural edition of DanceMotion USA (also for theDepartment of State). Other current projects include Doug Varone and Dancers,Spirit of Uganda, Teatro Hugo & Ines (Peru), South Africa’s Handspring PuppetCompany (the creators of the puppetry for “War Horse”), and Khmer Arts Ensemble(Cambodia-USA).

Amy Dupain Vashaw serves as audience and program development director forPenn State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. Her primary responsibility isto create collaborative opportunities linking the artists on the Center’s season to thecommunity, including Penn State University students, K-12, seniors, and the commu-nity-at-large. Additionally, she works closely in programming the season, with herspecial area of focus being family and children’s programming, and dance. Amy hasspent her career in the arts, with previous positions that have included associatedirector of development for Second Stage, an off-Broadway theatre, and assistant tothe director for Pittsburgh Dance Council, a contemporary dance presenter. She is agraduate of Penn State University with a degree in cinema studies.

Edward Villella has been recognized as the greatest male ballet dancer ever producedin America. Villella showed that a tough brash kid out of Maritime College couldturn into a major artist, and in doing so, changed the way men danced in America aswell as the way male dancers were perceived. Since 1986, he has focused his talent,his intelligence, and his energy on creating and maintaining a world-famous balletcompany at the Miami City Ballet. The University of Pittsburgh Press reissued Villella’s1992 autobiography, “Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain” and“Magic”, written with Larry Kaplan.

MKWegmann, president & CEO, National Performance Network, has more than30 years of experience in organizational development, artists’ services, presenting/producing for nonprofit visual and performing arts organizations. NPN supports thecreation and touring of contemporary performing art, providing an organizing linkamong communities, artists and presenters. The NPN supports more than $2 millionin artists’ contracts annually and has launched the Visual Artists Network for touringvisual artists. As an independent consultant, MK specializes in long-range planningand organizational development. Past clients include Space One Eleven, AlabamaDance Council, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and YA/YA. She holds a M.A. from theUniversity of New Orleans.

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Juried ShowcasesArtists appearing in juried showcases were selected bya distinguished nine-person showcase panel comprisedof experienced performing arts presenters, experts, andartist/managers from across the country. Artists wereselected in the following categories:

• Dance• Family & Children’s Programming• Music—Chamber & Classical• Music—World & Ethnic• Music—Folk & Bluegrass• Music—Singer/Songwriter• Variety Acts

Chosen for their artistic merit and readiness to tour,these artists will perform on Thursday and Fridayevenings from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Colony Theatre.See individual listings for performers and times.

Artist Fee Range Key$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Under $1,000$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 - $2,500$$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,501 - $5,000$$$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,001 - $10,000$$$$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,001 or more

Tech Support KeyLOW = general lighting washes, no specific types of

backline equipment, no set pieces, etc.MODERATE = multiple lighting washes, one or

two spotlights, specific backline, phantompower, etc.

HIGH = multiple lighting washes and spotlights, largeor elaborate stage sets, video projection, flyingset pieces, etc.

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Becca Stevens BandHailed by The New York Times as “a vocalist and gui-tarist who balances deep melody against lyrical caprice,”Becca Stevens draws upon elements of pop, jazz, andtraditional Appalachian folk from her native NorthCarolina to craft exquisitely understated compositionsthat defy categorization. Stevens’ seamless arrange-ments embrace inventive acoustic textures and idiosyn-cratic melodic elements, communicated with immensewarmth and effortless urgency through her intimatevocals. Stevens counts some jazz’s most elite musiciansamongst her fans and collaborators, including BradMehldau, Kurt Elling, and Esperanza Spalding, provingthis “best-kept secret” (New York Times) is a secretno more.

Ballet MemphisIdentified as a “national treasure” by the Ford Founda-tion, Ballet Memphis produces groundbreaking originalworks that represent the unique culture of the South,along with fresh approaches to the classics. Now in its26th season, Ballet Memphis has performed in citiesand festivals nationwide, including The Joyce Theater inNew York, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington,D.C. The company will perform “In Dreams,” createdfor the company in 2007 by Trey McIntyre. Performedto the expressive voice of Roy Orbison, “In Dreams” is apassionate journey through six of the legendary artist’smost popular songs.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance CompanyWhirlwind is a phenomenon in the desert caused by theair from the mountains meeting the plain in differentdirections. This dance takes inspiration from thechoreographer’s journey on the Silk Road which passesthrough Central Asia, connecting China to Europe.It was the pathway connecting trade, merchandise,cultures, art and religions. In Central Asia, some believeWhirlwind is the manifestation of the great breath, thedivine energy of the universe. Whirlwind is created withsupport from a Live Music for Dance grant from NewMusic America which, in part, is supported by theGeraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Sybarite5Sybarite5’s showcase is designed to highlight theirunique repertoire and eclectic programming choices.They open the set with “The Rebel,” written for themby Piotr Szewczyk, which puts an exciting spin on classi-cal minimalist style. Next is a sample from their Radio-

6:00 – 6:15 p.m.International MusicNetwork, Booth 623

Fee Range: $$$Tech Support: Moderate

6:20 – 6:35 p.m.Elsie Management,

Booth 410Fee Range: $$$$$

Tech Support: Moderate

6:40 – 6:55 p.m.Joanne Rile Artists

Management, Booth 213Fee Range: $$$$$


7:00 – 7:15 p.m.Concert Artists Guild,

Booth 621Fee Range: $$$$

Tech Support: Low

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head Remixed project, an arrangement of the band’s“Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box.” Using ex-tended techniques and unusual props, the arrangementis designed to make a Radiohead fan out of even themost unfamiliar listener. They will close with AstorPiazzolla’s fiery tango “La Muerte del Angel,” adizzyingly virtuosic work with a soulful interlude.

Light Wire TheaterThrough the high-tech wizardry of electroluminescentwire, two great storytellers—Hans Christian Andersonand Aesop—literally light up the stage, as their charac-ters glow, float, fly, appear, and disappear as if bymagic. In the tale of The Ugly Duckling, learn about per-sonal transformation and acceptance through a youngbird searching for friends to love him for who he reallyis. Another famous ‘underdog’ story, The Tortoise andthe Hare, reminds us that “slow and steady wins therace”.

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TAIKOPROJECTTAIKOPROJECT dazzles with a heart-pounding display ofpercussion, along with the lilting sounds of bambooflutes, marimba, and koto. Blending tradition with inno-vation, America’s premier taiko company brings the an-cient Japanese art to the next generation with jazz andhip hop rhythm, theatrical staging, choreography, andhumor. The only Americans to ever win the Tokyo Inter-national Taiko Contest, TAIKOPROJECT has performed inthe Oscars, the Grammys, on The Voice, and with artistsStevie Wonder and Kanye West. The showcase featuresselections from the Surrounding Suns and Continuum(small cast) touring shows. Superb outreach! Come visitthe purple Kamstar booth #319.

De Temps AntanDe Temps Antan presents both traditional and originalworks from the beautiful musical repertoire of Quebec.These three virtuosos of traditional music perform songswith both solo and precision harmony singing, inFrench, as well as instrumentals of both slow and uptempo dance tunes, all with Quebec’s unique seatedfoot-tapping percussion. Most important, with theirboisterous charm and charisma, they bring Quebec’s joiede vivre to the stage, having a rollicking good time andbringing the audience along with them for the ride.

7:20 – 7:35 p.m.Kids’ Entertainment,


Tech Support: Low

7:45 – 8:00 p.m.Kamstar Artist

Management, Booth 319Fee Range: $$$$$


8:05 – 8:20 p.m.Eye for Talent, Booth 201

Fee Range: $$$Tech Support: Moderate

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Rani Arbo & daisy mayhemRani Arbo & daisy mayhem hail from New England’sConnecticut River Valley. They have been playing to-gether for 12 years, coaxing audiences across the U.S.and Canada to tap their toes, break into smiles andopen their hearts. Of their recent, fifth album, SomeBright Morning, Acoustic Guitar Magazine writes,“Effortless and loose…the band shape-shifts throughroots styles with aplomb in a mix of traditionals, covers,and originals, displaying the kind of relaxed virtuosityonly achievable by the best players.” The Boston Heraldcalled them “America’s most inventive string band.”On fiddle, guitar, bass and 100% recycled percussion;here is Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem. *Please note: RaniArbo & daisy mayhem is self-representing, but has part-nered with TG2-Mike Green Artists for the PAE confer-ence. Rani will be at their booth, #602, on Friday andSaturday.

Moscow NightsAward-winning musical ambassadors from St. Peters-burg, Russia, Moscow Nights, now based in Raleigh,NC, is an exciting, versatile ensemble of world-recog-nized, virtuosic musicians. Having established them-selves as one of the fastest rising musical groups in theUnited States and with the release of four recordings,these classically trained artists first took Western Europeby storm and now are bringing their enthralling musicto North America. Featuring vocals, Russian percussion,bayan (accordion), zhaleika (wind instrument), and thehottest balalaika playing around, Moscow Nights isslated to be a top highlight for concerts, school shows,and festivals.

Friday, September 21Colony Theatre

Jeremy Kittel BandJeremy Kittel is one of the foremost of a new breed offiddlers and violinists who easily navigates between amultitude of musical styles and traditions. His repertoirespans the musical spectrum from jazz to Celtic to worldmusic influences, with a strong dose of originality andtechnical mastery. Fluidly mastering this rich musicalheritage, he also breaks exciting new ground whilehelping to redefine the role of his instrument. Jeremyleads his band-mates (on mandolin, hammered dul-cimer, and cello) into exciting acoustic music territory ontraditional, contemporary and classic songs, and his owncompositions.

8:25 – 8:40 p.m.TG2 - Mike Green Artists,

Booth 602Fee Range: $$$-$$$$


8:45 – 9:00 p.m.World Artists, Booth 402

Fee Range: $$$Tech Support: Low

6:00 – 6:15 p.m.TG2 - Mike Green Artists,

Booth 602Fee Range: $$$

Tech Support: Low

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Atlantic StepsFrom the beautiful, rugged Irish coastal region of Con-nemara, 27-year-old Brian Cunningham is bringing oneof Ireland’s oldest dance forms to the world stage withAtlantic Steps. Atlantic Steps is the inspiring epic story ofIreland’s oldest dance form, portrayed through themusic, song, dance and Atlantic-Ocean-inspired energyof the Connemara region. Centered around the joyfulsean-nós (old style) dance of extraordinary Irish dancerBrian Cunningham, the show continues to move festivaland theatre audiences to their feet, bringing sean-nósdance to its rightful place on the world stage.

BodyVoxBodyVox, currently in its 15th season, has toured exten-sively throughout the U.S. as well as Canada, Mexico,Europe, Japan, and India. Based in Portland, OR andfounded by Emmy Award-winning choreographersJamey Hampton and Ashley Roland, BodyVox has devel-oped 8 award winning films, 17 evening length showsand 3 operas, featuring nearly 200 original dances. Wehave three different productions available for touringyear round. This showcase includes three pieces chosento give you a sampling of the theater, humor andvirtuosity that BodyVox is known for. The piecesare “Grace,” “The Bunny,” and “Beat.”

Kid Power ProgramsKid Power’s “Operation Lunch Line 3D” is an interactive,one-hour musical show, designed to help children ingrades K-5 learn the value of nutrition and exercise.Using large screen interactive visuals and 3D animation,the audience travels inside the body of a boy namedMax who feels lousy because he doesn’t eat or moveproperly. Through audience participation, singing along,and dancing, the children not only help Max, but indoing so, learn they too are special, filled with all the“kid power” needed to develop the knowledge, skills,and behaviors necessary to make choices to feel great.

Mark Nizer 3D TheatreMark Nizer has changed the way people view the world.The impossible is possible, the improbable is probable.He is the first performer to incorporate 3D technologyinto a live show. His original idea combines interactivevideo with live performance bringing both out into theroom. Lasers jump over the audience, so close you thinkyou can touch them. Two robots perform onstage, onelive and one on video, both in 3D. Comedy, world-classjuggling, movement, music and technology, has made

6:20 – 6:35 p.m.JRA Fine Arts, Booth 503

Fee Range: $$$$$Tech Support: Moderate

6:40 – 6:55 p.m.BodyVox, Booth 604


7:00 – 7:15 p.m.Kid Power Programs,


Tech Support: Low

7:20 – 7:35 p.m.DCA Productions,


Tech Support: Low

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his show one of the most popular theatrical events forall ages.

— BREAK —Join us at the intermission for the presentation of the2012 Mary Beth Treen Award to Robert Baird!

Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance EnsembleOyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble is committed tothe preservation of Afro-Cuban culture through danceand music. Oyu Oro explores traditional dance formsthat derive from the various cultures of West Africa, therich Haitian influences found in Cuba, and the populardances of Cuban heritage. In 1998, Danys “La Mora”Perez, international Afro-Cuban folklorist and danceethnologist, founded Oyu Oro in Santiago de Cuba.After immigrating to the U.S., La Mora re-formed thecompany in NYC in 2005. Since then, Oyu Oro haspresented high caliber and authentic folkloric perform-ances that represent the Cuba’s unique history andcultural landscape.

International String TrioAround the World in 80 Ways! The International StringTrio (IST) is a group of exceptionally talented musicians,all alumni of Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. Thegroup prides itself on its stylistic diversity, deliveringGypsy jazz, Appalachian folk, acoustic world music,virtuosic classical arrangements and popular songs frommovie sound tracks. The IST enjoys using the diversecultural backgrounds of its members, hailing fromRussia, Japan and England, to influence its stylisticdiversity (Classical, Jazz, Italian, French, Russian, Jewish,Irish Music, Gypsy Jazz and Bluegrass). Their shows areenormously entertaining, as the Trio provides energeticyet intimate performances.

Vox Dance TheatreThe hypnotic, 26-minute Fimmine (Women), whichpremiered at the Toronto International Dance Festival,is the centerpiece of Vox Dance Theatre’s repertoire.A work of penetrating emotion, Fimmine embodiesthrough its eloquent craftsmanship, the link betweenclassical modern and Post Modern dance traditions.With a compelling range of musical sources, includinglive music, their diverse humanist repertoire transcendsgender and age. The all female Vox Dance Theatrepromises audiences a rich and entrancing experience,and offers several community participation options inits programming.

7:45 – 8:00 p.m.Center for Traditional

Music and Dance (CTMD),Booth 224

Fee Range: $$$$Tech Support: Moderate

8:05 – 8:20 p.m.BAM! Baird Artists

Management, Booth 221Fee Range: $$$

Tech Support: Low

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Limón Dance Company“Come With Me” choreographed by RodrigoPederneiras from the music score “Ladies in White”by Paquito D’Rivera. “I was very thrilled with this com-mission for the José Limón company, so my first inspira-tion were the legendary Cuban “Ladies in White”recipients of the prestigious Sakjarov human rightsaward. I thought that the image of those valiant womenall dressed in white walking silently the streets of myhomeland with gladiolas in their hands was very movingimpressive and musically inspiring. Later I added threemore independent movements Bombardino, - which isa Cuban Danzon - Dreams and Freedom Dance, thatends in a frantic and obsessive sort of African rhythm.”– Paquito D’Rivera

Stay and join South Arts for a brief post-showcasediscussion with the Limón Dance Company and IvanSygoda as we explore ways to look at dance.

8:45 – 9:00 p.m.Fusionworks, Booth 531



Laffing MatterzHarmony ArtistsBooth 502

LEOCircle of ElevenBooth 301

Lily Cai Chinese DanceCompanyKamstar ArtistManagementBooth 319

Linden String QuartetConcert Artists GuildBooth 621

McCarter TheatreCenterRobin KlingerEntertainment, LLCBooth 310

The Matinee IdolsBarry Ball ArtistsBooth 523

ODC/DanceCathy Pruzan ArtistRepresentativeBooth 227

Almost Elton Johnstarring Craig A. MeyerHarmony ArtistsBooth 502

Americus Brass BandKamstar ArtistManagementBooth 319

The Aussie BoysBarry Ball ArtistsBooth 523

Ballet MagnificatBallet MagnificatBooth 720

BAM PercussionRobin KlingerEntertainment, LLCBooth 310

Doo-Wah RidersHarmony ArtistsBooth 502

Jordan BennettBarry Ball ArtistsBooth 523

Kit and The Katsstarring Laura EllisKamstar ArtistManagementBooth 319

Video Showcase DVDs are available free to presenting organizations.Presenters that did not receive a DVD in the mail before the conference may pickone up at Registration.

PUSH Physical TheatreRobin KlingerEntertainment, LLCBooth 310

Sebastian BaverstamConcert Artists GuildBooth 621

SOAP — The ShowCircle of ElevenBooth 301

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Watch Video Showcase Artistsin the comfort of your room. Hotel Channel 49.

Alex Fox, Transit Vocal Band, Rob Garrett,Gary Anthony“That’s Entertainment!: VEGAS, VARIETY, VOCALS forall VENUES” MOST ENTERTAINING EVEN AT PAE!“A SWINGING AFFAIR”: Frank Sinatra Tribute (GARYANTHONY, World-renowned, most-requested SinatraImpersonator) 9:05; 10:45 pm, “GUITARS ON FIRE”Gypsy Kings Meets Eagles & Broadway (ALEX FOX,Master Guitarist, Showman, Recording Artist with sonsand band) 9:25; 10:25 pm, “ON THE MOVE” TOUR:TRANSIT Vocal Band: All Band – No instruments!(Dynamic, 5 Member Vocal Band with multiple CARAAwards) 9:45; 11:05 pm, “KING OF DIAMONDS”:Neil Diamond Tribute (ROB GARRETT - America’s #1Neil Diamond Tribute Artist) 10:05; 11:25 pm

Presidio BrassPresidio Brass has rocketed to success as the face of abold new generation in brass entertainment. By combin-ing a brass quintet, piano and percussion instrumentswith fresh, original arrangements, their unique soundhas become a trademark for the ensemble from SanDiego, CA, captivating audiences everywhere.

A Universe of Stars Showcases 2012Presidio Brass - Booth 324; TAP - The Show, ECE Touring- Booth 401; Steve Lippia, CMI Entertainment - Booth308; A Cappella Couture, The Hunts – ECE Touring -Booth 401

Guitars on Fire with Alex Fox & SonsThink the Gipsy Kings meets The Eagles, Segovia &Broadway! The spectacular GUITARS ON FIRE starsMaster Guitarist Alex Fox, his sons David & Sebastianand band, in an upbeat show that thrills audiencesworldwide! With his virtuoso Guitar style, Alex Foxmoves all over the stage while playing the guitarmachine gun style and behind his head! GUITARSON FIRE is an exciting fusion of classical, pop andflamenco rhythms with a rock star flair that has audi-ences all over the world cheering...including commandperformances for President Clinton, Prince Rainier ofMonaco and others.

9:05 p.m. – Midnight

SeaSoundStudioEntertainment - Booth 520

Van Dyke Café846 Lincoln Road

Beer, wine, and non-alcoholicbeverages; free drink ticket

to presenters.

See agentPatrice Kaluza for tickets.

9:20 – 9:35 p.m.

Presidio Brass/Team AgentNetwork - Booth 324

FontainebleauFontaine Ballroom

Cash bar

9:20 – 11:55 p.m.

Various agents –see description


Cash bar

9:20 – 9:35 p.m.

BiCoastal Productions –Booth 514

Van Dyke Café2nd Floor, 846 Lincoln Road

Cash bar

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LEO, mind-bending physical theatreLEO is a mind-bending, surprising and witty one-mantour de force of physical/acrobatic theatre that defiesthe laws of gravity. The newest creation of the Berlinbased production company Circle of Eleven, LEO wonseveral major awards at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe in-cluding the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award. LEOwent on to dazzle audiences and wow critics in NewYork and is now touring the world to great acclaim. “Aneye-teasing, grin-inducing, deeply impressive work ofsustained absurdist magic.” – Time Out New York “It’sunusual to hear so many child-like gasps of sheer de-lighted astonishment in a theater.” – Village Voice

KDNY Dance Company, Casebolt and Smith,CONTRA-TIEMPO, Illstyle and Peace Productions,Karen Peterson and Dancers, Continuum DanceTheater, Eisenhower Dance EnsembleKDNY Dance Company, Casebolt and Smith, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Illstyle and Peace Productions - Pentacle -Booth 203; Karen Peterson and Dancers, ContinuumDance Theater - RCAM - Booth 320; Eisenhower DanceEnsemble - Booth 313

Dance Showcases at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.Transportation will be available to the showcase venuethroughout the evening.

TAP – THE SHOWTAP – The Show is fueled by a non-stop explosion ofrhythmic energy. Wrapped in dazzling costumes andbacked by a soaring orchestral score, this cast of award-winning dancers and singers travels seamlessly overdecades of styles from Broadway and big band to worldmusic and pop/rock. Each section brings to life iconictap moments of the past and creates brand newmoments that amaze audiences. Included in this extrav-aganza are recreations of some of your favorite FredAstaire and Gene Kelly numbers, Broadway show-stoppers, smooth and sultry soft shoe, flamenco, tribal,Irish step and more.

Simply Sinatra – Steve LippiaOPENING PARTY- PART 2. COME SEE SIMPLY SINATRASTARRING STEVE LIPPIA AND HIS BIG BAND. PRESEN-TERS HAVE SAID STEVE LIPPIA IS SINATRA’S MUSICDONE RIGHT AND THE BEST VALUE SHOW AVAILABLE.STEVE LIPPIA’S VOCAL ARE INCREDIBLE AND THE BANDIS SO TIGHT. FONTAINE BALLROOM 10PM - ONE NIGHTONLY

9:30 – 10:35 p.m.

Circle of Eleven - Booth 301

Colony Theatre1040 Lincoln Road

Pick up tickets at Booth 301or call 646-220-6730

Complimentary beer,wine & water

9:30 – 11:30 p.m.


Little Haiti Cultural Center212-260 NE 59th Terrace

Light appetizers,wine & soft drinks

9:40 – 9:55 p.m.

ECE Touring – a divisionof EastCoast Entertainment -

Booth 401


Cash bar

10:00 – 10:20 p.m.

CMI Entertainment -Booth 308


Beer & wine


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A CAPELLA COUTURECelebrating decades of divas! Delivering dynamic vocalarrangements, contagious grooves and stunning vocals,these three amazingly talented sirens perform a delec-table sampling of pop, soul, rock and country classics.Having performed individually on stages in Nashville,New York and numerous national tours as well as Amer-ican Idol, A Cappella Couture’s performers bring awealth of talent and experience to the stage. This pol-ished production features sophisticated, powerhousearrangements of chart-topping hits from many of ourcountry’s greatest female singers.

Presidio BrassPresidio Brass has rocketed to success as the face of abold new generation in brass entertainment. By combin-ing a brass quintet, piano and percussion instrumentswith fresh, original arrangements, their unique soundhas become a trademark for the ensemble from SanDiego, CA, captivating audiences everywhere.

The HUNTSAn incredibly talented family of nine multi-instrumental-ists, The Hunts perform a wide variety of musical genres,including covers ranging from Celtic to country to rock,and a diverse repertoire of original compositions. Audi-ences are treated to champion fiddling, world-rankedstep dancing, a host of other instruments and lush vocalharmonies. Educational outreach offerings includeworkshops in strings, fiddle, guitar, songwriting and Irishstep dance and school shows for elementary – collegestudents. “Wonderful job! Our patrons loved them, theywere a dream to work with and they got a standingovation!” – Davis Theatre; “WE LOVE THEM!!!” –Edgarton Performing Arts Center

TAP – THE SHOWTAP – The Show is fueled by a non-stop explosion ofrhythmic energy. Wrapped in dazzling costumes andbacked by a soaring orchestral score, this cast of award-winning dancers and singers travels seamlessly overdecades of styles from Broadway and big band to worldmusic and pop/rock. Each section brings to life iconictap moments of the past and creates brand newmoments that amaze audiences. Included in this extrav-aganza are recreations of some of your favorite FredAstaire and Gene Kelly numbers, Broadway showstop-pers, smooth and sultry soft shoe, flamenco, tribal,Irish step and more.


10:20 – 10:35 p.m.

ECE Touring-a divisionof EastCoast Entertainment -

Booth 401


Cash bar

10:40 – 10:55 p.m.

Presidio Brass/Team AgentNetwork - Booth 324


Cash bar

11:00 – 11:15 p.m.


Booth 401


Cash bar

11:20 – 11:35 p.m.


Booth 401


Cash bar

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A CAPELLA COUTURECelebrating decades of divas! Delivering dynamic vocalarrangements, contagious grooves and stunning vocals,these three amazingly talented sirens perform a delec-table sampling of pop, soul, rock and country classics.Having performed individually on stages in Nashville,New York and numerous national tours as well asAmerican Idol, A Cappella Couture’s performers bringa wealth of talent and experience to the stage. This pol-ished production features sophisticated, powerhousearrangements of chart-topping hits from many of ourcountry’s greatest female singers.

Thursday, September 20

KeniaBrazilian by birth, singer by trade, KENIA’s musical uni-verse is rooted in bossa nova, samba, and choro heavilyinfluenced by American jazz. Celebrating almost 30years recording and performing and seven solo CDs,Kenia is looking for touring opportunities to promoteher upcoming CD and opportunities as a guest per-former with touring artists that would be a good fit. Shehas collaborated with music legends and Grammy win-ners such as Creed Taylor, Ivan Lins, Paquito D’Rivera,Jay Ashby, Cesar Camargo Mariano and James Taylor.Kenia’s commitment to promoting Brazilian music andculture includes clinics in Brazilian phrasing and rhythms.

The Tartan TerrorsTaking the Celtic scene by storm, the Tartan Terrors,North America’s premiere Celtic Event, features the bestin music, comedy and dance. Bolstered by the blisteringpiping of a world class Bagpiper, the driving tones ofdrums from around the world, and a guitar playedunlikeany you’ve ever heard, standing room only audiencesunderstand why Dig This Magazine declares The Terrors“one act to keep an eye on!” Combine this musicalprowess with championship caliber Highland Dancersand internationally recognized comedic performers andthis Celtic Group goes beyond the ordinary.

11:40 – 11:55 p.m.


Booth 401


Cash bar

9:00 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.

Mid Atlantic ArtsFoundation/PennPAT -

Booth 528

Van Dyke Café846 Lincoln Road

Light appetizers, Full bar

Pick up a wristband atBooth 528 for one

complimentary beverage

9:10 – 9:30 p.m.

The Roots Agency - Booth 302

The Colony Theatre1040 Lincoln Road

Independent ShowcasesWednesday, September 19 to Thursday, September 20

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Illusionist Sammy CortinoSammy Cortino will showcase his vision of a back-to-basics approach to magic in its purest up-to-date formin a stage show utilizing classic illusions incorporatedinto drama, music, dance, and comedy as a theatricalmedium to express life and preserve magic’s foundationfor future generations.

A Universe of Stars Independent Showcases 2012A Universe of Stars, A Galaxy of EntertainmentSammy Cortino (TAN): Music City Artists - Booth 318;The Hunts, Masters of Motown: ECE Touring - Booth401; Southern Fried Jazz Band (TAN): Southern FriedJazz Band - Booth 322; Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band(TAN): BAM! Baird Artist Management - Booth 221;Alley Cats (TAN): Patricia Alberti Artist Management -Booth 223; Julian Gargiulo: DCA Productions -Booth 613

Elise Witt, Obakunle Akinlana, The CarpetbagTheatre, Sheila Kerrigan, Mondo Bizarro,José Torres-Tama & ArteFuturo ProductionsA regional arts service organization with 36 years ofhistory, Alternate ROOTS is an invaluable nationalresource to artists, organizers and cultural workers.Our artists represent all disciplines; they combine strongaesthetics, rigorous practice, and a critical lens of social,environmental, and economic justice. This multidiscipli-nary showcase represents a sample of the many qualitytouring artists and presentations that exemplifyAlternate ROOTS.

KDNY Dance Company, CONTRA-TIEMPO,Bridgeman | Packer Dance, Dance NOW! Miami,Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects,Carolyn Dorfman Dance CompanyKDNY Dance Company, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Bridgeman |Packer Dance - Pentacle - Booth 203; Dance NOW!Miami, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects - RCAM - Booth320; Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company - Joanne RileManagement - Booth 213


9:20 – 9:35 p.m.

Music City Artists - Booth 318


Cash bar

9:20 – 11:55 p.m.



Cash bar

9:30 – Midnight

Alternate ROOTS - Booth 418

Miami Light Project -RSVP: 678-837-6681

Light appetizers, beer & wine

9:30 – 11:30 p.m.




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THE HUNTSAn incredibly talented family of nine multi-instrumental-ists, The Hunts perform a wide variety of musical genres,including covers ranging from Celtic to country to rock,and a diverse repertoire of original compositions. Audi-ences are treated to champion fiddling, world-rankedstep dancing, a host of other instruments and lush vocalharmonies. Educational outreach offerings includeworkshops in strings, fiddle, guitar, songwriting and Irishstep dance and school shows for elementary – collegestudents. “Wonderful job! Our patrons loved them, theywere a dream to work with and they got a standingovation!” – Davis Theatre; “WE LOVE THEM!!!” –Edgarton Performing Arts Center

Southern Fried Jazz BandFrom the opening number to the final medley, theSouthern Fried Jazz Band commands the stage as it per-forms Classic Dixieland Jazz Tunes with an assuranceand spontaneity that can only come from seasonedplayers. The result is a freshness and excitement thatnever fails to WOW the audience. Each member is ashow-wise performer and artist in his own right who isgiven his own special time in the spotlight. From hotjazz to sultry blues, the captivating music and showman-ship of this band evokes a contagious enthusiasm thatcauses even the most conservative audience to emote!

Alex & the Kaleidoscope BandWith over 14 national awards for excellence in children’sentertainment including a PARENTS’ CHOICE Recom-mendation and BEST SONG for children from the Inde-pendent Music Awards, Alex & The Kaleidoscope Banduplift and engage audiences of all ages with their lively,interactive, and world-music infused performances.Songs about relationships, emotions, the natural worldand just plain fun music making fill the hour! Audiencessing, clap and dance with the Kaleidoscope Band whichincludes guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and two well-known female jazz vocalists.

MASTERS OF MOTOWNTemps, Tops, Marvin, Smokey, Gladys and The Supremesall started in the Motor City. Masters of Motown cele-brates the era’s artists, their music and style. Featuringstylishly costumed, fully choreographed performancesand backed by their own live band, Masters ofMotown’s audiences are dancing and singing downmemory lane! “Phenomenal! Several patrons com-mented they were the best group we’ve ever had. Themusic and vocals were excellent and they could not

9:40 – 9:55 p.m.


Booth 401


Cash bar

10:00 – 10:15 p.m.

Southern Fried Jazz Band -Booth 322


Full bar

10:15 – 10:30 p.m.

BAM! Baird ArtistsManagement (TAN) -

Booth 221


Light appetizersCash bar

11:00 – 11:15 p.m.


Booth 401


Cash bar

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have been more professional or gracious off stage. Ourhighest ticket sales!” – Lock One Community Arts,“Three standing ovations during their first set!” –Grenada Arts Partnership.

Piano Conversations with Julian G.Join Piano virtuoso Julian G. for jaw-dropping, thought-provoking, and at times, smile-cracking classical pianoride. “… Unique and charismatic…“ Toronto Canadiary“… incisive touch of the great virtuoso…“ L’Arena diVerona

Friday, September 21

A Universe of Stars Independent Showcases 2012A Universe of Stars, A Galaxy of EntertainmentGuitars On Fire, BiCoastal Productions, #514 Etta May(TAN), Music City Artists, #318 Jason Petty (TAN), MusicCity Artists, #318 Jamie-Sue Seal & John Latini (TAN),Smokin’Sleddog Records, #225 Charles Lindbergh:The Lone Eagle, Alkahest Artists & Attractions, #219The Tartan Terrors, The Roots Agency/SMG Artists,#302 Masters of Motown, ECE Touring/East CoastEntertainment, #401

Chipper LowellThis multiple award-winning comedian is described asan “artistic cyclone of talent and comedy.” Bringing hisunique brand of infectiously amusing mayhem, he isadept at unusual stunts, bizarre magic, dangerousjuggling, razor-sharp ad-libs, and original stand- upcomedy.

Guitars on Fire with Alex Fox & SonsThink the Gipsy Kings meets The Eagles, Segovia &Broadway! The spectacular GUITARS ON FIRE starsMaster Guitarist, showman, composer and recordingartist Alex Fox, his sons David & Sebastian and band, inan upbeat show that thrills audiences worldwide! Withhis virtuoso Guitar style, Alex Fox moves all over thestage while playing the guitar machine gun style andbehind his head! GUITARS ON FIRE is an exciting fusionof classical, pop and flamenco rhythms with a rock starflair that has audiences all over the world cheering...including command performances for President Clinton,Prince Rainier of Monaco and others.

11:20 – 11:35 p.m.

DCA Productions - Booth 613


Cash bar

9:20 – 11:55 p.m.



Cash bar

9:20 – 9:40 p.m.

Center Productions, Inc. -Booth 714

Fontainebleau, Glitter, level 4

9:20 – 9:35 p.m.

BiCoastal Productions -Booth 514

Fontainebleau,Fontaine Ballroom

Cash bar

Independent ShowcasesThursday, September 20 to Friday, September 21

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Orlando BalletOrlando Ballet is emerging as one of the most diverseprofessional ballet companies in the country. It’s exem-plary combination of producing classic works and newcontemporary ballet pieces make it unique among areaprofessional ballet companies. This evening of contem-porary ballet will feature cutting-edge choreographyfilled with unparalleled athleticism and artistry. Thisshowcase will feature excerpts from the critically ac-claimed productions of Vampire’s Ball and Battle of theSexes, with choreography by Artistic Director Robert Hill.Hill’s innovative programming has defined the OrlandoBallet as a company looking forward, and breakingdown barriers for audiences of ballet.

BARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT, Illstyle andPeace Productions, blue 13 dance company,Dance NOW! Miami, Chicago Tap Theatre,Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater,Carolyn Dorfman Dance CompanyBARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT, Illstyle and PeaceProductions, blue 13 dance company - Pentacle -Booth 203; Dance NOW! Miami, Chicago Tap Theatre,Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater - RCAM -Booth 320; Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company -Joanne Rile Management - Booth 213


Looking for Lilith Theatre Company,Teo Castellanos D-Projects, ArtSpot Productions,Gateway Performance Productions,Orisirisi African Folklore, Ivonne Batanero,A regional arts service organization with 36 years ofhistory, Alternate ROOTS is an invaluable nationalresource to artists, organizers and cultural workers.Our artists represent all disciplines; they combine strongaesthetics, rigorous practice, and a critical lens of social,environmental, and economic justice. This multidiscipli-nary showcase represents a sample of the many qualitytouring artists and presentations that exemplifyAlternate ROOTS.

Good Lessons from Bad WomenGood Lessons from Bad Women is the story of Dorothy,a good girl who longs to be a bad girl. She resolves thisconflict with lots of laughs and with the help of EleanorRoosevelt and ‘bad’ women including Anne Bonny the

9:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Orlando Ballet - Booth 442

Miami City Ballet Studios2200 Liberty Avenue

9:30 – 11:30 p.m.




9:30 – Midnight

Alternate ROOTS - Booth 418

Miami Light Project -RSVP: 678-837-6681

Light appetizers, beer & wine

9:40 – 9:55 p.m.

Dorothy Leeds - Booth 711


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pirate, Mrs. “Machine Gun” Kelly, and Mae West.Performed by actress, author, and broadcaster DorothyLeeds, this 70 minute, 1-person play is has been touringsuccessfully for 5 years. It’s a great choice for Theatresand Universities throughout the season and especiallyfor Women’s History Month in March. Come up and seeus anytime.

Two on Tap“Song-and-dance like you’ve never seen it before!”Featuring Broadway artists Melissa Giattino (42ndSTREET, Radio City Rockettes) and Ron DeStefano(Lincoln Center, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF), this all-tappingall-singing show visits the Great American Songbook ina “trip down Memory Lane you’ll never forget!” Cele-brating the exciting style of duo song-and-dance madefamous by Fred & Ginger, Mickey & Judy, and theAcademy-Award winning film The Artist, TWO ON TAPbreathes new life into classics like “I Got Rhythm,”“Sunny Side of the Street,” and “Sing Sing Sing!”

Tyley RossTyley’s Aria Electronica channels the passion and powerof the symphonic aria through re-constructed arrange-ments for an electronic trio of synthesizer, guitar anddrums. Selections include contemporary versions ofNessun Dorma, Caro mio ben and Nella Fantasia.

John Latini & Jamie-Sue SealAward winning musicians John Latini & Jamie-Sue Sealwill present a charismatic and rootsy cabaret styleperformance with a selection of blues, jazz standardsand vintage folk songs.

Good Lessons from Bad WomenGood Lessons from Bad Women is the story of Dorothy,a good girl who longs to be a bad girl. She resolves thisconflict with lots of laughs and with the help of EleanorRoosevelt and ‘bad’ women including Anne Bonny thepirate, Mrs. “Machine Gun” Kelly, and Mae West.Performed by actress, author, and broadcaster DorothyLeeds, this 70 minute, 1-person play is has been touringsuccessfully for 5 years. It’s a great choice for Theatresand Universities throughout the season and especiallyfor Women’s History Month in March. Come up andsee us anytime.

10:00 – 10:15 p.m.

Two on Tap - Booth 801


10:20 – 10:40 p.m.



10:15 – 10:30 p.m.

Smokin’ Sleddog Records -Booth 225


Full bar

10:40 – 10:55 p.m.

Dorothy Leeds - Booth 711



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Two on Tap“Song-and-dance like you’ve never seen it before!”Featuring Broadway artists Melissa Giattino (42ndSTREET, Radio City Rockettes) and Ron DeStefano(Lincoln Center, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF), this all-tappingall-singing show visits the Great American Songbookin a “trip down Memory Lane you’ll never forget!”Celebrating the exciting style of duo song-and-dancemade famous by Fred & Ginger, Mickey & Judy, and theAcademy-Award winning film The Artist, TWO ON TAPbreathes new life into classics like “I Got Rhythm,”“Sunny Side of the Street,” and “Sing Sing Sing!”

Guitars on Fire with Alex Fox & SonsThink the Gipsy Kings meets The Eagles, Segovia &Broadway! The spectacular GUITARS ON FIRE starsMaster Guitarist, showman, composer and recordingartist Alex Fox, his sons David & Sebastian and band, inan upbeat show that thrills audiences worldwide! Withhis virtuoso Guitar style, Alex Fox moves all over thestage while playing the guitar machine gun style andbehind his head! GUITARS ON FIRE is an exciting fusionof classical, pop and flamenco rhythms with a rock starflair that has audiences all over the world cheering...including command performances for President Clinton,Prince Rainier of Monaco and others.

The Tartan TerrorsTaking the Celtic scene by storm, the Tartan Terrors,North America’s premiere Celtic Event, features the bestin music, comedy and dance. Bolstered by the blisteringpiping of a world class Bagpiper, the driving tones ofdrums from around the world, and a guitar playedunlike any you’ve ever heard, standing room onlyaudiences understand why Dig This Magazine declaresThe Terrors “one act to keep an eye on!” Combine thismusical prowess with championship caliber HighlandDancers and internationally recognized comedic per-formers and this Celtic Group goes beyond the ordinary.

Bryan AnthonyBryan is an accomplished vocalist who frequentlyperforms with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the TommyDorsey Orchestra and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.Bryan was also in Broadway’s “Our Sinatra”, celebratingthe music of the legendary Frank Sinatra.

11:00 – 11:15 p.m.

Two on Tap - Booth 801


11:00 – 11:15 p.m.

BiCoastal Productions -Booth 514


Cash bar

11:20 – 11:35 p.m.

The Roots Agency -Booth 302

FontainebleauFontaine Ballroom, lower level

11:20 – 11:40 p.m.




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MASTERS OF MOTOWNTemps, Tops, Marvin, Smokey, Gladys and The Supremesall started in the Motor City. Masters of Motown cele-brates the era’s artists, their music and style. Featuringstylishly costumed, fully choreographed performancesand backed by their own live band, Masters ofMotown’s audiences are dancing and singing downmemory lane! “Phenomenal! Several patrons com-mented they were the best group we’ve ever had.The music and vocals were excellent and they could nothave been more professional or gracious off stage. Ourhighest ticket sales!” – Lock One Community Arts,“Three standing ovations during their first set!” –Grenada Arts Partnership

Jeri SagerA veteran of Broadway and numerous national tours.Now touring in her solo show “Broadway by Jeri”, shecaptivates with her glorious voice, funny and insightfulbanter and colorful stage presence. Other programsinclude “Swing It Like Sammy” and “A Veri JeriChristmas”.

TO BE ANNOUNCEDPlease check with Center Productions forShowcasing Artist Information.

11:40 – 11:55 p.m.


Booth 401


Cash bar

11:40 – Midnight



Midnight – 12:20 p.m.




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Arts Management Group . . . . . . . . . . . 102ArtsReady / South Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Association of PerformingArts Presenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

AWA Touring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

BBallet Magnificat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720BAM! Baird Artists Management . . . . . 221Barry Ball Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523Baylin Artists Management . . . . . . . . . . 304Bear Claw Music Entertainment . . . . . . 729BiCoastal Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514Big League Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727Bits N Pieces Puppet Theatre . . . . . . . . . 731BodyVox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604The Booking Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702The Broadway Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

1st Mark Artists Management LLC . . . . 6152 Ring Circus Productions . . . . . . . . . . . 533

AAgency for the Performing Arts. . . . . . . 103The Agency Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Alabama State Council on the Arts . . . . 511Alberti Performing ArtistManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Alison Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501Alkahest Artists & Attractions . . . . . . . . 219Alliance Artist Management . . . . . . . . . 620Alma Artist Booking & Management . . 507Alternate ROOTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418American Family Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . 124The American Place Theatre . . . . . . . . . 438AMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Art Fegan Entertainement . . . . . . . . . . . 510

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Geodesic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Gewald Management Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 112goingbarefoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Good Lessons from Bad Women. . . . . . 711Griffin Theatre Company. . . . . . . . . . . . 608Gurtman and Murtha Associates, Inc. . . 704

HH-Art Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Harmony Artists, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502Holden & Arts Associates . . . . . . . . . . . 303Hollywood Entertainment Group . . . . . 532Hyperion Productions, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 128

IIMG Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618Innovation Touring Group . . . . . . . . . . . 803InstantEncore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428The Intergalactic Nemesis . . . . . . . . . . . 521International Creative Management . . . 107International Music Network . . . . . . . . . 623

JJeremy Davis and the FabulousEquinox Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Jersey Shore Pops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725Joanne Rile Artists Management . . . . . . 213Jodi Kaplan / BookingDANCE . . . . . . . . 700John Lambert & Assoc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd. . . 222JRA Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

KKamstar Artist Management . . . . . . . . . 319Ken Waldman, Nomadic Productions . . 214Kentucky Arts Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515Kid Power Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Kids’ Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606KMP Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504Knudsen Productions, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . 622Koresh Dance Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

LLEGLive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429Lester Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Lexium Entertainment & Talent Agency . . 126Ligeti Artists LLC /Theshowstore.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802

Lisa Booth Management, Inc. . . . . . . . . 228Lisa Sapinkopf Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Louisiana Division of the Arts . . . . . . . . 517Loyd Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Lula Washington Dance Theatre . . . . . . 400

Brad Simon Organization, Inc.. . . . . . . . 500Bradley Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Brazz Dance Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440Bright Star Touring Theatre . . . . . . . . . . 609BSCT, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

CCadenza Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505California Artists Management . . . . . . . 413Capitol International Productions, Inc.. . 325Cathy Pruzan Artist Representative . . . . 227Center for Traditional Musicand Dance (CTMD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Center Productions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 714Center Stage Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605Chamber Music America. . . . . . . . . . . . 422Choice Ticketing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 409Circle of Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble . 535CMI Entertainment, INC . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Colorado Children’s Chorale . . . . . . . . . 713Columbia Artists Management LLC. . . . 610Concert Artists Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621Creative Booking Agency . . . . . . . . . . . 315The Cooking Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106CST Entertainment Productions LLC . . . 717

DDan Kamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433Dan McDaniel, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Dance Kaleidoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721David Lieberman Artists’Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

DCA Productions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613Diane Saldick, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707Double M Arts & Events, LLC . . . . . . . . 218Duquesne University Tamburitzans . . . . 118

EECE Touring / EastCoastEntertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Ed Keane Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. . . . . . . . . 313ELSIE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Entertainment Events, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 423Eye for Talent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

FFlorida Division of Cultural Affairs . . . . . 513Frank Salomon Associates . . . . . . . . . . . 430fusionworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

GGAMI/Simonds, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804Gardner Arts Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

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Rockhouse Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120The Roots Agency/SMG Artists . . . . . . . 302The Rosebud Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

SSciolino Artist Management . . . . . . . . . 404Scott Stander & Associates, Inc. . . . . . . 117ScrapArtsMusic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416SeaSoundStudio Entertainment. . . . . . . 520Shaw Entertainment Group. . . . . . . . . . 306Siegel Artist Management, LLC . . . . . . . 421Skyline Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Smokin’ Sleddog Records . . . . . . . . . . . 225South Arts / ArtsReady . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419South Carolina Arts Commission. . . . . . 519Southern Fried Jazz Band . . . . . . . . . . . 322Spencers Theatre of Illusion. . . . . . . . . . 207SRO Artists, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Stephen Knight Productions . . . . . . . . . 232Story Tapestries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307Supreme Talent International. . . . . . . . . 706

TTalmi Entertainment /Akiva Talmi Presents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Ted Kurland Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Teresa Eickel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522Terrance Simien & TheZydeco Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

TG2 - Mike Green Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . 602The Texas Boys Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800Theatre IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431Theatreworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403Two on Tap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

UUniversity Tickets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427Unlimited Myles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

VVan Cliburn Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Vital Theatre Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530Vox Dance Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

WThe Windish Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Windwood Theatricals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109World Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

YYoung Concert Artists, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 210

MMain Stage Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705Maurice Montoya Music Agency. . . . . . 708Melvin Kaplan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314Michael Kline Artists, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 420Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation /PennPAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Mike Super Magic & Illusion . . . . . . . . . 512Mills Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Mississippi Arts Commission . . . . . . . . . 509Missoula Children’s Theatre. . . . . . . . . . 108MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies . . . . . . . . . 206Monterey International . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718Movement Workshop Group . . . . . . . . 434Music City Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Mystical Arts of Tibet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

NNebraska Theatre Caravan . . . . . . . . . . 603Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway . . . . 111New England Foundationfor the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

New Frontier Touring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119New World Classics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. . . . 311

OOBB / Off Broadway Booking . . . . . . . . 506Opus 3 Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Orlando Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

PPage Turner Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . 712Paquin Entertainment Group. . . . . . . . . 114Paradigm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601Paradise Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425Parallel 49 Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Pat Bruner & Assoc. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 436Paul Taylor Dance Company . . . . . . . . . 407PennPAT/Mid Atlantic ArtsFoundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Pentacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Piccadilly Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406PMI: Performance ManagementInternational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Presidio Brass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324Producers, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

RRena Shagan Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . 305RIOULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company . . . . . 723River City Artists Management . . . . . . . 320The Road Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524Robin Klinger Entertainment LLC. . . . . . 310

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2012 Local Host CommitteeSandy Shaughnessy, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs

(Co-chair)Mark Alexander, Duncan Theatre (Co-chair)Patricia Bayona, Greater Miami Convention &

Visitors BureauJohn Copeland, Adrienne Arsht Center for the

Performing ArtsEric Fliss, Miami-Dade County Dept. of Cultural AffairsGaylen Phillips, Ph.D., Florida Division of Cultural AffairsTatiana Hernandez, John S. & James L. Knight FoundationCraig Hall, New World SymphonyRobin Klinger, Robin Klinger EntertainmentKelly Pepper, Louisiana Division of the ArtsJackie Romero, Greater Miami Convention &

Visitors Bureau

PAE Advisory CommitteeMark Alexander, Duncan TheatreElizabeth Auer, University of Florida, Performing ArtsKrista Bradley, Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationEric Fliss, Miami-Dade County Dept. of Cultural AffairsLarry Kosson, The Roots AgencyGreg Little, New Frontier TouringJennifer Morris, Siegel Artist ManagementKelly Pepper, Louisiana Division of the ArtsAdrienne Petrillo, New England Foundation

for the ArtsSandy Shaughnessy, Florida Division of Cultural AffairsMark Smith, 1st Mark Artists Management LLCAmy Vashaw, Penn State Center for the Performing ArtsKatie West, Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour

PD@PAE Advisory CommitteeElizabeth Auer, University of Florida, Performing ArtsHannah Baumgarten, Dance Now MiamiKrista Bradley, Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationJohn Ellis, Diana Wortham TheatreMorgan Lewis, Florida Division of Cultural AffairsMargaret Lioi, Chamber Music AmericaMary Luft, Tigertail ProductionsDavid Rowell, DCR ConsultantsDiego Salterini, Dance Now MiamiVicki Vitiello, North Carolina Arts CouncilKatie West, Pennsylvania Performing Arts on TourLisa Mount, PD@PAE Coordinator

We extendour sincere

appreciationto each memberof our advisory

committeesand others whosework contributedto the success ofthis conference.

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Juried Showcase JudgesTania Castroverde Moskalenko, Germantown

Performing Arts CenterAlec de Leon, National Performance NetworkMarc Giosi, Chatham BaroqueSarah Gordon, Opus 3 ArtistsAnne Kogan, National Council of Traditional ArtsShaunda Miles, August Wilson Center for African-

American CultureBeth Prather, TheaterworksUSALinda Reznik, River City ArtistsElaine Thatcher, Heritage Arts Services

PAE Task ForceThe South Arts Board of Directors has convened a PAETask Force to review the program’s long-range purposeand goals, its connection to South Arts’ mission, andmake recommendations regarding its future design.Its recommendations will be made in spring 2013.Task Force members are:

Lori Meadows, Kentucky Arts Council (Chair)Michael Blachly, University of Florida Performing ArtsChris Brown, Chris Brown PresentsJohn Ellis, Diana Wortham TheatreLarry Kosson, The Roots AgencyErwin Washington, Lula Washington Dance TheatreMalcolm White, Mississippi Arts Commission

If you have questions or input regarding this process,there is an opportunity for feedback in the onlineevaluation you will receive after the conference.You may also speak with anyone with a PAE Task Forceribbon.

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South Arts Board of DirectorsChair:Margaret S. Mertz, Ph.D., University of FloridaVice Chair:Malcolm White, Mississippi Arts CommissionSecretary: Stephanie ConnerTreasurer: Ken May, South Carolina Arts CommissionImmediate Past Chair: Todd P. Lowe, Parthenon LLCTed Abernathy, Southern Growth Policies BoardJo Anne Anderson, Ph.D., Anderson Research GroupKristin Congdon, Ph.D.Derek E. Gordon, Arts Council of Greater Baton RougeAl Head, Alabama State Council on the ArtsGerri Hobdy, Baton Rouge Area FoundationDána La Fonta, Louisiana Division of the ArtsH. Martin Lancaster, Smith Anderson Law FirmJ. Martin Lett, Esq., Register | Lett LLPWayne Martin, North Carolina Arts CouncilLori Meadows, Kentucky Arts CouncilWilliam M. Nix, Palm Beach County Cultural CouncilMerrily Orsini, CorecubedKaren Paty, Georgia Council for the ArtsAnne B. Pope, Tennessee Arts CommissionStuart Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Regional Technology StrategiesSandy Shaughnessy, Florida Division of Cultural AffairsHellena Huntley TidwellDianne Walton

South Arts StaffGerri Combs, Executive DirectorAllen Bell, Program DirectorNikki Estes, Program DirectorNaeemah Frazier, Senior DirectorPatti French, Administration ManagerTeresa Hollingsworth, Senior Program DirectorMollie Lakin-Hayes, Deputy DirectorKaty Malone, Program DirectorLeland McKeithan, Program DirectorEthan Messere, PAE Program AssistantWesley Myrick, ArtsReady Assistant Project ManagerAllison Nicks, Program AssistantBola Ogunlade, Communications ManagerAnn-Laura Parks, CFRE, Development DirectorKelly Saroff, PAE Intern

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