Western Alliance Of Arts Adminstrators Foundations

Advancing indigenous performance: the advancing indigenous performance program (aip) deepens support for indigenous performing artists and performing art professionals interested in working with indigenous artists and communities. The initiative provides grants, travel support, mentoring, and other educational and professional development resources for u.s. Based indigenous artists. Waa hosted a pre-conference symposium titled, "truth, reconciliation, and a path to change" before the annual conference with an attendance of 29 indigenous artists and presenters. In addition, aip artists participated in an aip artist symposium that provided career training and networking opportunities to participating aip artists.

Information/membership services: the organization is a membership organization of touring and performing arts professionals engaged in promoting and presenting performing arts. Members of waa get discount resgistrations for the largest annual booking conference in the west, learn new techniques and best practices in informative professional development activites, receive member-only news and information (print and online), are published in and receive the annual directory, and have access to over 2,500 artists and over 220 presenting organizations through waa's database. As of june 30, 2023, waa had 393 total members and 353 paid members.