The annual meeting of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters kicked off with a wide ranging discussion of the impact of technology on the arts. Led by Jean Cook from the Future of Music Coalition, a panel of artists and representatives of arts service organizations touched on many different ways that technology is changing the lives of artists, presenters, and audiences. Not surprisingly, much of the discussion focused on the new level of uncertainty that digital technologies bring to artists’ always unpredictable livelihoods, while other parts of the conversation covered new ways that artists can use technology to expand their creative options.

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