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AU Hall of Fame Profile: Amina J. Dickerson

Hot Topics: Audience Development and the 'PARC Survey'

Meet Mark Mills: A Current Student Profile

Where are YOU now? Building the Alumni Network

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* CAS Alumni Night: February 10

* Arts Management Program's 30th Birthday: April 9, featuring:

- Afternoon Symposium

- Coctail Hour and Dinner

- AU Orchestra Concert

Brett Crawford, Assistant Professor

Welcome to our first, semi-annual alumni newsletter!

A lot has changed in the arts management program and the DPA over the past few years, and we'd like to share our news with you. First and foremost on most of our minds is our summer move from Kreeger to the new Katzen Arts Center. The Center will not only have the perk of the ‘new building smell’, but will also provide the arts management program with a dedicated resource center as well as access to a state-of-the-art seminar room for classes. In addition to the Katzen Center, the DPA recently opened the Sylvia and Harold Greenberg Theatre, a 300 seat proscenium stage that replaced the Experimental Theatre in Butler. read more

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Construction on the Katzen Arts Center is underway! Check out progress on the building at http://www.american.edu/katzen

Hall of Fame Profile : Amina J. Dickerson

Amina J. Dickerson, senior director of corporate contributions for Kraft Foods, brings more than twenty years of experience with museums, arts and education, theater, non-profit institutional development, and community-based arts collaborations. She is responsible for Kraft’s international philanthropic programs in hunger, health and wellness, arts education and environment/sustainability. Previously, she served as a consultant to Kraft, coordinating their groundbreaking arts education initiative, Arts Discovery.

Read more about Amina J. Dickerson

Audience Development and the PARC Survey

The Arts Management Program participated in the PARC Audience Survey in Washington, DC from 2002-2004.

Robert Goler, Asst. Professor of arts management served on the planning and implementation committee. Students worked across the city to gather information.

The Performing Arts Research Coalition (PARC) is a groundbreaking collaborative project created to improve and coordinate the way performing arts organizations gather information on our sector, so that we can offer a more unified and factually based voice on issues of common concern, and aid the performing arts in developing a national model for arts research collaboration. PARC will help performing arts organizations across the United States significantly improve their management capacity, increase their responsiveness to their communities, and strengthen local and national advocacy efforts on behalf of American arts and culture.

PARC is a partnership among five major national service organizations in the performing arts:
American Symphony Orchestra League
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Dance/USA
OPERA America (which is also serving as project coordinator)
Theatre Communications Group

For more information, go to: http://www.operaam.org/parc

Meet Mark Mills: A Current Student Profile

Mark Mills is in the Arts Management program and is also working as Director of Membership at The Phillips Collection.

How far along are you into the arts management program at AU and why do you choose to study there?
I am into my 2nd year in the program and should be done within 2005. Once I realized that I adore working in museums and want to make a full career out of it, I began looking at ways to broaden my skill set outside of just a Development Office. I also realized I would be staying in Washington for the next several years and that now would make a good time to attend graduate school, so I began looking at local options. Several of my colleagues in various cultural institutions across town had completed the program and found it to be very beneficial. I thought the curriculum would definitely broaden my skill set and prepare me for upper level administration. I also attended AU for undergraduate work so I was familiar with the high caliber of staff and resources. read more

In an effort to foster a network of Arts Management Alumni, we're working to create a database of alumni and where they're working now. Please take a moment to fill out our Alumni Directory Information Form.