ANNUAL CONFERENCE

2013 Information

Looking for an affordable and intimate way to connect with presenters, artists, agents and business professionals?

We invite you to attend the 26th OAPN Annual Showcase Conference on October 21-23, 2013, in Newark, Ohio, at the Midland Theatre and the Newark Metropolitan Hotel.

Our annual conference serves as a productive, affordable marketplace for arts and entertainment booking, as well as a valuable forum for networking and professional development. If you or your organization hires performing artists, schedules entertainment, offers performances, represents performing artists, or provides support services to the performing arts field, ours is THE conference to attend. We provide a friendly, intimate setting to meet and develop business relationships with performing arts colleagues from Ohio and beyond!

The Annual Showcase Conference is a three day event that has 36 showcases, an exhibit hall, professional development workshops and lots of networking opportunities. Conference attendees include presenters, performing artists, agents, service organizations and consultants who reside in and outside of Ohio.

We are also pleased to be able to host VSA Ohio's traveling exhibit, Accessible Expressions Ohio, for a third year. An adjudicated, statewide exhibition and tour of visual art, Accessible Expressions Ohio began in 1996 and is an opportunity for artists to create, exhibit and sell their art; recognize all ability levels; and present art by people with disabilities in inclusive settings.

 

Special thanks to our conference partners: