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Uniquely American Artists
Meet the WAA Delegation in Hong Kong and Busan, Korea
The delegation will travel to the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX), October 9 - 13 and also attend the Busan Performing Arts Market (BPAM) in South Korea, September 29 – October 7.
Meet This Year’s Presenter Development Program Cohort!
Daniel Bondi, The Faight
Gus Denard, Early Music Seattle
Stacy Horne, Stern Grove Music Festival
Carolyn Jackson, Lesher Center
Roger Menell, Denver Botanic Gardens
David Siegel, Ent Center for the Arts
Clayton Shelvin, The Freight
Congratulations to the 2026 Marcelo Aviles Scholars!
Amalyah Muñoz, Jesús Muñoz Flamenco
Tenessa Ripple, Artown
Nina Seul, Delirium Musicum
Eric Shiring, Invertigo Dance Theatre
Anna Stewart, Green Box
Purna Venugopalan, UMass Amherst
Congratulations to the 2026 Inaugural Intersections Fellows!
Bernard Brown, bbmoves
Dóri Bosnyák, The Grand 1894 Opera House
Antonio M. Gomez, Early Music Seattle
Achinta McDaniel, Blue13 Dance Company
Socks Whitmore, CIPA & 8TPS
Keeping Up with Inflation
Information about the proposed dues increase to maintain WAA’s current level of services in the face of ~10% cumulative inflation over three years.
WAA’s Board of Directors plays a vital role in our capacity to serve you — our members. Our board supports us in fulfilling our mission to advance excellence in the performing arts, through innovative thinking and ground-breaking initiatives, by anticipating the future needs of the field, and through sound governance and stewardship.
WAA OAK 2026: The First Round(s)
Connect on a personal level with other conference attendees on August 11 and August 13.
Registration available in Conference Time Email Newsletters as well as in your WAA OAK 2026 Registration Confirmation email!
Congratulations to the recipients of the Emeritus, Leadership, Mentoring, and Vanguard Award Nominees, who will be honored at the WAA Annual Conference!
WAA OAK 2026: Performing Arts Challenge
Wednesday, September 9 | 12pm - 1:30pm
With WAA OAK’s call to Circle Up, this new event calls us to come together to attack, address, and overcome challenges facing our sector. The Performing Arts Challenge is an interactive arts salon featuring multiple roundtables with a host that facilitates discussions around a question that gets to the heart of an issue they face.
WAA OAK 2026: Excursions
Tuesday, September 8
Field Trips in the Bay! Find out the scope of all the ways to connect in-person on Day One of WAA OAK!