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Upcoming Programs + Events

#ResidenciesConnect: Creating Your Emergency Plan + Setting Policies for Safety

Event Date and Time
April 16, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET

Virtual Event

From crisis response to long-term planning, how do we prepare for the unexpected? Hear from residency leaders who have recently navigated complex emergency situations and developed adaptive approaches, and consider how to establish effective policies and build responsive safety plans that support staff and artists.

Dance + Performing Arts Residency Affinity Group

Event Date and Time
April 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

Virtual Event

This long-running affinity group returns to ACA this spring. Gather with fellow residency leaders to explore the unique needs of dance and performance artists and the programs that support them. 

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Members Q+A with Joel Garcia

March 11, 2026
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As part of ACA’s ongoing reflection on our history and evolution over the past few decades, we remain guided and inspired by the leaders who have shaped this field. In this column, we speak with members and colleagues whose perspectives illuminate the past, present, and future of artist communities. For this issue, we talk with Joel Garcia, artist, culture leader, educator, and ACA Board Member.

35 Stories with Mario Garcia Durham

March 11, 2026
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In honor of ACA’s 35th Anniversary, we are sharing 35 stories from field leaders. We asked Mario Durham, who served on the ACA board from 2012-2021, and as ACA Board Chair during that time, to share a short memory, artifact, or reflection that captures what ACA has meant to him—or how he imagines the future of artist support. In October 2011, Mario Garcia Durham became the fifth President and CEO of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) since its founding in 1957. After nine years of successful leadership, he completed a planned departure and leadership transition in June of 2020. He is currently an independent consultant.

ACA Corner with Ellena Basada

March 11, 2026
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In this column, we offer reflections from ACA staff members—what we are reading, what we are thinking about, how we address the balance between our work lives and our creative lives (and the points at which those intersect). We asked Ellena Basada, who manages ACA’s communications, to share what she was thinking about.