Arts Midwest

About the Conference

The Midwest Arts Conference is one of the largest convenings in the nation for performing artists, artist managers/agents, theater and facility managers, and arts administrators from throughout the United States and beyond, and provides a platform for these performing arts professionals to come together for an educational and motivational four days focused on promoting and presenting live touring performing arts.

• The Conference is committed to providing a productive and energized environment where attendees come together to connect and collaborate, which is more important than ever in the current business climate. We provide the platform for attendees to:
  • Expand your networks of performing arts colleagues, resources, and opportunities
  • Learn new skills and gain valuable insights into issues relevant to your work in the performing arts
  • Present your or your artists’ work to a large and diverse audience of potential buyers
  • Discover artists in the Marketplace exhibit hall and at live performances
  • Create dynamic performing arts experiences for artists and audiences
  • Invest in strengthening your organizational capacity and flexibility

• Our 2009 event that took place in September in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was attended by more than 900 individuals representing approximately 250 arts presenting organizations and 250 artists/artist management agencies (representing more than 4,000 performing artists and ensembles) from 46 states, plus Canada, Ireland, and Australia. We’re looking forward to and are already deep into the planning process for our 2010 event in Indianapolis.

• The Conference is managed by Arts Midwest and serves the 15 states represented by Arts Midwest and Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Future Conference dates & locations

2010 Midwest Arts Conference
Monday, September 13 – Thursday, September 16, 2010
Indianapolis, Indiana

2011 Midwest Arts Conference
Dates & location TBD

Past events