What is ACPA?
MISSION
First and foremost, it is our goal to increase our student artists’ chances and odds of making a living in the arts.
ACPA aims to empower our artists to be more self-sufficient in the development of their professional opportunities.
It is our goal to teach artists how to develop sustainable sources of income in the arts, to contribute in meaningful ways in their communities and to have and build original creative visions--always with the goal of making a living.
On Arts Entrepreneurship, the Future of American Theatre Training
THE GAP: The bulk of American theatre training programs train students in a technique of arts education that leads to rampant unemployment. The techniques popularly taught in the bulk of our training institutions are all art technique and no real business technique.
THE SOLUTION: Entrepreneurial training in the arts needs to become the new standard in American Theatre training. When students have both arts technique and entrepreneurial skills, they are able to compete for existing work and create profitable opportunities where there was nothing before.
THE RESULT: With a widespread shift in American theatre training, with institutions offering both arts and entrepreneurial and business skills, graduates will create new venues for profit. With new voices and new venues, new audiences will develop. With new audiences, we have new jobs to be filled. The cultural implications are at once profound.
With our institutions educating students how to meet market demands, to have and build vision and to perceive and fill gaps in their respective communities, the potential for greater innovation and cultural contribution grows exponentially.
Contact
Austin Conservatory of Professional Arts, LLC
Jim Hart 512.410.9335
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Educate. Create. Activate. at ACPA.
ACPA is pleased to announce that we are sponsored by the following entrepreneurs and companies:
