PAMAC nominated for 2021 APAP Award
PAMAC has been nominated for the 2021 Sidney R. Yates Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of the Performing Arts
For Immediate Release
PAMAC NOMINATED FOR 2021 APAP AWARD
APAP Honors to recognize groundbreakers and luminaries in a virtual celebration on May 6, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2021) — The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) announces the nominees for its APAP Awards. PAMAC – Performing Arts Managers and Agents Coalition — is nominated for the 2021 Sidney R. Yates Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of the Performing Arts.
The APAP Awards celebrate those individuals and organizations that have demonstrated a significant impact on the industry and communities they serve both in the United States and abroad.
PAMAC Founder Charlotte Lee said: “PAMAC is honored to have been nominated for the 2021 Sidney R. Yates Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of the Performing Arts alongside other organizations and individuals whose work we deeply respect and admire. The pandemic stretched us to come together for the first time in collective action and work harder than ever to protect our precious ecosystem that is so vital to the preservation of our art form. This nomination is a wonderful recognition of the uniting of all segments of our field and how strong we become when we work equitably together. It is all the more fitting that we celebrate this today on April 8, 2021, the opening day of the $16 Billion Shuttered Venues Operators Grant. We look forward to continuing our advocacy efforts as arts organizations rebuild towards a strong and healthy future.”
A total of 53 performing arts professionals and organizations were nominated by APAP members for the following awards and represent the breadth and depth of the performing arts presenting, booking and touring field at this moment. “For the first time ever, given so much great work and the important chance to lift up and celebrate the magnanimity of the performing arts field, we are celebrating all of our nominees and featuring as many as possible during the awards program itself,” explains APAP President and CEO Lisa Richards Toney.
For decades, the coveted awards have been presented annually as part of the APAP Awards Ceremony, traditionally held at the annual APAP|NYC conference. In 2021, the Awards event — renamed The APAP Honors — is being held virtually. APAP will recognize the nominees and announce the final award recipients at The APAP Honors to take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:00pm-5:30pm ET. The event is free and open-to-the-public.
Final award recipients will be announced at The APAP Honors on May 6, 2021.
THE AWARD OF MERIT FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
Ronald K. Brown, Choreographer/Artistic Director, EVIDENCE, a Dance Company
Rhodnie Désir, Artistic Director/Artist/Choreographer, RD Creations
Christine Dixon, artist
Raja Feather Kelly, Founding Artistic Director, the feath3r theory
Zakir Hussain, tabla player, composer, percussionist, producer, actor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, musician, founder, Silk Road Ensemble
Christian McBride, bassist, composer, arranger
Charles Miller, Program Consultant, Mayo Performing Arts Center
Deborah Nagy, Founder and Director, Les Délices
Moses Pendleton, choreographer, dancer and the artistic director of MOMIX
Toshi Reagon, musician, composer, curator and producer
THE SIDNEY R. YATES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
Gail Boyd, President, Gail Boyd Artist Management
Matthew Covey, Executive Director, Tamizdat
Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance
María López De León, President and CEO, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC)
Nikki Estes, Director, Presenting & Touring, South Arts
Florida Professional Presenters Consortium, Inc.
Dayna Frank, President/Co-Founder, NIVA
Meena Malik, musician, arts consultant, and cultural organizer; Program Manager of Theater, NEFA; API Arts Network of Boston
Mixedearners.org, Kevin Erickson and Sarah Al Howes, Esquire
Rev. Moose Marauder, Executive Director/Co-Founder, NIVA
Performing Arts Managers & Agents Coalition (PAMAC), Charlotte Lee, Founder, in collaboration with David Lai and Cindy Liu at Park Avenue Artists
Jonathan Shmidt Chapman, Executive Director, TYA/USA
Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer for the Building Bridges Program (DDFIA), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
United States Artists, Deana Haggag, President & CEO
We See You White American Theater
THE WILLIAM DAWSON AWARD FOR PROGRAMMATIC EXCELLENCE AND SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN PROGRAMMING
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive Director, and Tom Mossbrucker, Artistic Director
Barrington Stage Company, Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director
W. Lee Bell, Senior Director of Programming, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Celebrity Series of Boston, Amy Lam, Artistic Programmer
Charleston Gaillard Center, Therese Spaseff, Director of Entertainment and Programming
Zenetta S. Drew, Executive Director, Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Kathy Ramsberger, President & CEO
Brooke Horejsi, Assistant Dean for Art & Creative Engagement, Executive Director of UtahPresents
Kodi Hutchinson, Artistic Producer, JazzYYC
Lied Center for the Performing Arts, Bill Stephan, Executive Director & Chief Artistic Officer
William Lockwood, Special Programming Director, McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton University
Charles Miller, Program Consultant, Mayo Performing Arts Center
Kristina Newman-Scott, President, BRIC Arts Media
The Public Theater, Shanta Thake, Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Artistic Programs
Steven Schmidt, General Manager, Riverside Concerts/City of Rochester (MN) Civic Music Department
Kathy Schuman, Vice President & Artistic Director, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Roberta Uno, Director, Arts in a Changing America
Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Caroline Cronson, Producer and Duke Dang, General Manager
THE FAN TAYLOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL PRESENTING
Andre Bouchard, Principal and Founder, Indigenous Performance Productions, a nonprofit company
Mario Garcia Durham, arts administrator, educator
María López De León, President and CEO, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC)
Deana Haggag, President & CEO, United States Artists
Steve Lerian, Director, Cal Poly Arts
Charles Miller, Program Consultant, Mayo Performing Arts Center
Norton Owen, Director of Preservation, Jacob’s Pillow
Diane Rodriguez, Director, Rodriguez Projects (posthumously)
Vera Wilson, Founder, Astral Artists, Inc.
About PAMAC
Performing Arts Managers and Agents Coalition (PAMAC) is a coalition of 250+ artist managers, booking agents and independent producers from the performing arts industry. Founded in June 2020 by Charlotte Lee of Primo Artists, in collaboration with David Lai and Cindy Liu at Park Avenue Artists, PAMAC united our segment of the U.S. performing arts field for the first time, with a mission of working together to advocate for federal relief for the arts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the support from 29 industry organizations, PAMAC took its message to the world with its change.org petition, which secured 17,500+ signatures, and wrote hundreds of letters to urge Congressional leaders to legislate for emergency funding for the entire arts sector. PAMAC’s work reached federal public officials and representatives, most notably in a pivotal August 2020 conference call with Senator Mitch McConnell’s Senior Staff, highlighting the need to address the plight of the arts sector with the “Save Our Stages” Bill. As 2020 drew to a close, PAMAC and the industry celebrated the passage of the $15 Billion “Save Our Stages” Act, now known as the Shuttered Venues Operators Grant, in the second federal COVID-19 relief package, as well as the additional $1.25 Billion in federal funding allocated in the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.
About The APAP Honors and APAP Awards
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About APAP, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals
APAP, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, based in Washington, D.C., is the national service, advocacy and membership organization dedicated to developing and supporting a robust, performing arts presenting field and the professionals who work within it. Our 1,700 national and international members represent leading performing arts centers, municipal and university performance facilities, nonprofit performing arts centers, culturally specific organizations, foreign governments, as well as artist agencies, managers, touring companies, and national consulting practices that serve the field, and a growing roster of self-presenting artists. APAP works to effect change through advocacy, professional development, resource sharing and civic engagement. APAP is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization governed by a volunteer board of directors and led by President and CEO Lisa Richards Toney. In addition to presenting the annual APAP|NYC conference — the world's leading gathering and marketplace for the performing arts — APAP continues to be the industry's leading resource, knowledge and networking destination for the advancement of performing arts presenting, booking and touring. For more information, click here.
Contact:
Charlotte Lee
Founder, PAMAC
President & Founder, Primo Artists
212 804 8301
charlotte@primoartists.com
www.primoartists.com
www.artsrelief.org