Author: artsadmintc
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Artists at the Center: An Interview with Ann Marie Lonsdale
Ann Marie Lonsdale is a 2009 graduate of the Arts Administration program. She is currently the Director of Programs at A.R.T./New York, an organization that has supported New York’s nonprofit theatre community since it was founded in 1972. As an experienced performer, stage manager, and producer in theater and dance, Ann Marie has spent a lot of time in the…
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Student Spotlight: Brittany Locke
Brittany graduated from Brown University with a BA in the History of Art and Architecture. She then chose to pursue her Juris Doctorate degree at Boston College Law School, where she graduated this past spring. Looking to satisfy her creative interests while in law school, Brittany interned as a Rights and Permissions assistant at the…
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ARAD Works: “Dancing Inside the Institution: Examining Labor Rights Within Major Dance Companies”
Donald Borror, recent ARAD graduate and 2015 Management Fellow at Dunch Arts, LLC, ponders the following research questions about unionized dance companies’ impact on a dancer’s career in his masters thesis: Many dancers believe that unionized dance companies will provide them with the most consistent work and contractual safeguards to support their pursuit of such a challenging artistic…
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Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Metts
Elizabeth is a 2013 graduate of Princeton University, where she majored in art history and wrote her senior thesis on the community-based mural movement in the United States since 1930. Previously, she has interned with the Mayor’s Mural Crew in Boston and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This past year, she taught 3rd…
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ARAD Works: “You’re Invited: How Theatre Organizations Balance Artistic Excellence, Inclusivity, And Institutional Priorities When Producing Co-Creative Programming”
“I am interested in theatre that engages the audience beyond the level of passive observer, creating a delightful sense of the unknown. Over the course of this analysis, I am eager to find out just how wide—and how sincere—a theatre’s “invitation” to its audience can be, and how the widening of that invitation is extended…
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Student Spotlight: Sarah Zegree
Sarah Zegree graduated with honors from Western Michigan University in 2013, where she majored in Music Education. She has held several positions as an accompanist, music educator, piano teacher, arranger, audio engineer, and music director for schools, and will have two choral arrangements published this year. Sarah is a pianist and singer, and continues to…
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Student Spotlight: Jessie Cappello
Jessie is a 2014 graduate of the University of Virginia where she majored in Art History and Economics. Last year she had the opportunity to intern at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C where she was a part of both the Education Department and the Special Events Department. While at the Corcoran Gallery…
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ARAD Works: “Navigating the Issue of Gender in Symphony Orchestras”
“American orchestras continue to lag behind broader social initiatives for gender diversity in the workplace. Do the processes involved in appointing musicians to orchestral positions foster success regarding the recruitment and retention of female musicians? How is the selection of musical leadership subject to the consideration of gender? What challenges and opportunities do orchestras experience if they seek to become…
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Student Spotlight: Christina Daniels
Christina graduated from of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications and History of Art. Before Columbia, she worked in fashion PR at several elite firms on brands like Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and J. Crew. Most recently, Christina managed PR for The Standard Hotels in New York, Los…
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Worth the Risk: An Interview with Amanda White
Amanda White is a 2008 graduate of the Arts Administration program and member of ARAD’s inaugural Alumni Committee. She currently serves as the Managing Director of Mixed Blood Theatre Company in Minneapolis. At Mixed Blood, Amanda was the first director of the Radical Hospitality program, which provides no-cost access to all mainstage productions for any audience…
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