OUR PROGRAMS
RESOURCE SHARING
CIPA maintains a monthly newsletter, social media channels, and web portal to connect its membership with resources and uplift member news.
ACTION & ADVOCACY
CIPA promotes cultural equity, partnerships, & community building for creative and independent producers across international networks through awareness, engagement, and actively participating in conversation between and among presenters, funders, producers, and artists.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Rising Producer Fellowship
This program supports early- to mid-career producers with funding, mentorship, and professional development resources. After completing a course of foundational producing seminars taught by a rotating roster of industry professional guest lecturers, fellows are eligible for paid placement with a producer to support their work over a 6 month work period.
CIPA’s Rising Producer Fellowship launched in 2022 with an inaugural theme: Imagining New Models.
The Fellowship takes place from January to November 2022 and supports three producers at a critical professional moment by equipping them with financial, procedural, and interpersonal resources to better establish their careers. CIPA’s Rising Producer Fellows for 2022 included Courtney Ozaki, Raven Cassell, and Ray Jordan Achan.
CIPA members Sophie Blumberg, Chelsea Goding, and Cynthia J. Tong designed the Fellowship based on CIPA’s mission. Each participant receives direct funding of up to $3,000 to cover strategic professional expenses, mentorship opportunities, and professional development sessions.
The Fellowship recognizes that each producer will have varied individual professional needs and draw on the potential of collective brainstorming, network-building, and strategic advising to provide the most significant impact possible for each fellow and the cohort.
The first iteration of the program was administered by Lucy Jackson, Patricia Garza, Tiffany Vega-Gibson, and Miranda Wright, active creative and independent producers working in Brooklyn, New Orleans, and Los Angeles.
Producer Clinics & Knowledge Exchange
CIPA’s platforms offer networking opportunities and knowledge-sharing sessions on industry best practices, providing members with tools to navigate challenges and excel in their roles.
Customized Support
CIPA offers strategic advising, collaborative brainstorming, and peer-learning opportunities tailored to the needs of individual members
CONFERENCE ACCESS
CIPA is proud to offer exclusive full and partial scholarships to its membership for a variety of performing arts industry conferences and events including APAP, ISPA, WAA, & Under the Radar.
Each year, we invite our membership to nominate distinguished producers for the CIPA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Producing, presented at the annual APAP conference. The Creative Producing Award recognizes a US-based independent creative producer working in the live performing arts whose pioneering spirit in the sector has had a significant impact on the field of performing arts, individual artist(s), and/or a body of work.