Susan Stockton is the president of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin. She was also the director of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, and director of the Center for the Arts at Middlebury College. Susan Stockton also serves on the board of the International Society of Performing Arts Presenters.

In this podcast she talks about her career path, what makes for a solid foundation for a performing arts center, and how Fox Cities PAC has created partnerships with its audience.

This interview is part of an ongoing series with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

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Brian Goldstein is a principal with the law firm FTM Arts Law, specializing in entertainment and the arts, copyright, and immigration among other practice areas. He serves on the Arts Presenters Ethics Codes Task Force, and acts as general counsel for several performing arts managers and agents.

In this podcast he talks about the nature of the emergency phone calls he receives, how artists are becoming entrepreneurs, and why this is the only area of practice he wants to be in.

This interview is part of an ongoing series with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

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Paola Prestini is the director and founder of the interdisciplinary performing collective, VisionIntoArt (VIA). Her work has been performed all over the world, and she has received numerous awards, including a PD Soros Fellowship for New Americans. She has led workshops for the American Symphony Orchestra League and the American Music Center.

In this podcast Paola talks about the art of collaboration, creating spaces for art in our education system and our lives, and how technology facilitates the artistic process.

This interview is part of an ongoing series with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

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The Okinawan Center in Argentina (COA) was founded in 1952, and its mission is to promote and spread the culture and customs of Okinawa, both to Okinawans and their descendants living in Argentina, as well as to the community in general. In 2008 the COA celebrates the 100th anniversary of Okinawan immigration to Argentina with multiple activities and events.

Jorge Higa is the coordinator of Uchina Bunkasai — a festival of Okinawan culture that will take place from June 27 to July 13 — and Ricardo Ka is the treasurer of the center, and is in charge of lectures and seminars on Okinawan history. They talked with KadmusArts about how Okinawa became what it is today, the first immigrants who came to Argentina, festival activities for June and July, and the crucial role of the Center in recovering and keeping alive Okinawa’s art, language, and customs.

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El Centro Okinawense en la Argentina (COA) fue fundado en 1952, y su misión es promover y difundir la cultura y las costumbres de Okinawa, tanto entre los okinawenses o descendientes que viven en la Argentina como en la comunidad en general. En el año 2008 el COA festeja el centenario de la inmigración okinawense en la Argentina con varias actividades y eventos.

Jorge Higa es coordinador de Uchina Bunkasai, un festival de cultura Okinawense que se llevará a cabo del 27 de junio al 13 de julio, y Ricardo Ka es tesorero del centro y da clases y seminarios de historia de Okinawa. Ambos hablaron con KadmusArts sobre cómo Okinawa llegó a ser lo que es hoy, los primeros inmigrantes que llegaron a la Argentina, las actividades del festival para junio y julio, y el importante rol que cumple el Centro para recuperar y mantener vivos el arte, el idioma y las costumbres de Okinawa.

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