The North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA) is a non-profit association for US performing arts managers and agents that promotes the industry's professionalism and ensures the industry's integrity for managers and agents of performing artists.
In addition to advancing the interests of the industry's managers and agents, NAPAMA is a resource for its members and creates a regional, national and international alliance between and on behalf of managers and artists. The association was founded in 1979 to ensure and foster the effectiveness and professionalism of managers, agents and self-managed artists. NAPAMA provides an open forum of communication among its members through meetings and organizational e-letters to keep existing members informed and provide on-going assistance for its new members.
Self-touted as " A cooperative voice, in a competitive business", NAPAMA promotes and supports other agencies, unions and organizations that serve local, national and international performing artists. Understanding the importance of performing arts managers and agents, NAPAMA assists in ensuring that communities across the nation have access to the very best avant-garde, classical and modern performing artists in the world.
Whether a manager, agent, self-managed artist, affiliated business vendor or other associated party, NAPAMA is the "voice" in the performing arts field. As the performing arts industry is ever evolving, NAPAMA organizes educational sessions and provides up-to-date information regarding all facets of the performing arts industry such as taxation, immigration, licensing, insurance and contract law.
There is a standard of excellence that is required from managers and agents. NAPAMA works to assist in capitalizing and retaining this high quality of excellence. This standard has forced NAPAMA to establish guidelines of ethical behavior related to all manager/artist relations and has implemented an annual award of excellence for those managers and artists who are distinguished in their field. The citation of excellence will be presented at the annual Arts Presenters conference by the NAPAMA board.
NAPAMA is recognized as a reputable performing arts manager and arts association in the United States and North America. It is not just recognized as a vehicle to educate, inform and communicate with managers and artists, but also to promote the vitality of the performing arts.
While NAPAMA is not a governing association and cannot impeach an ineffective manager or artist, it provides current and relevant educational tools, communication forums and incentives to increase and retain a spirit of excellence in this field.
.Northern American Performing Arts Managers & Agents Association
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