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NPAC 2008 Program Book
The National Performing Arts Convention 2008 in Denver from June 10-14, brought the performing arts community together like never before

For five days the Colorado Convention Center hosted nearly 4,000 partners in the performing arts community nationwide. Artists, administrators, board members, volunteers and supporters of kinds all convened to affirm their shared history and values; to find ways to communicate the importance of the arts to national life; and to identify new ways to convey the value of the arts in America to a wider audience.

Delegates heard from inspiring speakers who are already making a difference in the world through art. They learned practical tools and techniques to take back home in over fifty workshops and training sessions, attended performances, and networked at social gatherings.

Small group meetings each day, culminating in the  21st Century Town Meeting ®, engaged every convention participant in an agenda-setting process for the performing arts. The convention ended with a charge to carry out the theme of the convention - Taking Action Together - as a united performing arts field. Throught the Town Meeting process, the field identified key areas for collective action to build a better future for the performing arts: Advocacy, Artists, Diversity, Education, and Technology.

The priority areas addressed on this website are the direct result of the work done by the thousands of participants at NPAC 2008.
 

1. The Power of Community Building
     Wednesday, June 11, 2:00-3:30pm
     Hosted by Anna Deavere Smith, playwright, actor, professor
     Performance: Denver March Pow Wow
     Introduction by Dana Gioia, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
     Denver 2028: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
     Presentation: Bill Rauch, Oregon Shakespeare Festival artistic director 

2.  From Good to Great and the Social Sectors
     Thursday, June 12, 12noon-1:00pm
     Jim Collins, best-selling author and management expert
     Read selections from Jim Collins\'s monograph From Good to Great and the Social Sectors.

3.  Radical Ideas from Beyond the Border
     Friday, June 13, 1:30pm-3:00pm
     José Antonio Abreu, the visionary founder of El Sistema, the Venezuelan music education miracle                 Germaine Acogny, considered by many to be the "mother of contemporary African Dance."
     Moderated by Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
     Performance by Colorado Children\'s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, music director

4. A 21st Century Town Meeting® Caucus Sessions led by AmericaSpeaks       NPAC Caucus Sessions: Building a Performing Arts Community  Wednesday, 4:00pm-5:30pm; Thursday, 10:15am-11:30am; Friday, 10:00am-11:30am

5. A 21st Century Town Meeting for the Performing Arts
Saturday, June 14, 10:00am-12:30pm

1. The ideas that surface at the caucuses the previous three days will be addressed at Saturday morning\'s 21st Century Town Meeting. Using the latest technologies, topics will be consolidated, discussed and voted upon by thousands of your peers, each with an individual touch pad. Results will be projected on large video screens in order to identify and hone strategies to be ratified by this newly unified performing arts community.

Major Sponsors

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• Bonfils–Stanton Foundation
• Joy Burns
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• Independence Capital Asset Partners
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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• Robert and Judi Newman
• Jeremy and Susan Shamos
• Target

Contributing Sponsors

• Boettcher Foundation
• Merle C. Chambers and Hugh A. Grant
• Clinton Family Fund
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• Denver Center for the Performing Arts
• Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau
• J. Landis and Sharon Martin
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• Scott and Virginia Reiman
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Donors / Sponsors

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• Erna D. Butler
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• The Dana Foundation
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• Kevin Duncan
• Cannon Y. Harvey
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• Mordecai Foundation
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• Bernard Schotters
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Additional Support

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• Bow River Capital
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• Classictic.com
• John Hayes
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• The James Irvine Foundation
• Metro Arts Coalition
• Opus 3 Artists
• Gordon Parker
• Richard Saunders
• Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
• Larry Theis
• WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation)

In-Kind Sponsors

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• Center Plate Catering
• Cherry Creek North
• City and County of Denver
• Denver Center for the Performing Arts
• Frontier Airlines
• Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises, Carnegie Mellon University
• Kenneth King Academic & Performing Arts Center
• Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver
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• Super Shuttle
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• The Publishing House

Denver Arts Organizations

• Central City Opera House Association
• Colorado Ballet
• Colorado Symphony Orchestra
• Denver Center for the Performing Arts
• Newman Center for the Performing Arts
• University of Denver
• Opera Colorado

Special Thanks to

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the National Performing Arts Convention, please contact Marc A. Scorca (President & CEO, OPERA America) for more information.

Convention Staff:
Amanda Adams-Barney, Convention Manager
Victoria Abrash, Program Director
Carol Hiller, Local Convention Coordinator
Eric Booth, Convention Design and Programming Consultant
Susan Schultz, Accounting Manager
Traci Schanke, Sponsor Concierge
Amanda Ameer, Web Manager
Sandra Mandel, Marketing Consultant
Ross Moonie, Public and Media Relations Consultant
Stephanie Trapp, Convention Consultant
Sonny Taylor, Technical Director
Shannan Slovon, Speaker Concierge
Carol Adams, Registration Consultant

NPAC AmericaSpeaks Staff:
Daniel Stone, Producer/Lead Facilitator
Steve Brigham, Associate Producer
Kim Sescoe, Program Manager
Surjeet Ahluwalia, Assistant Producer