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he built strong relationships with presenters and performing arts centers, and earned a reputation
the acting executive director
for grant-making, community engagement, education, youth and family programming. During his tenure, he managed a $12 million budget, developed fundraising
and partnership opportunities and chaired the leadership council with other organizations on the Lincoln Center campus. He implemented the Lincoln Center Cultural Innovation Fund and organized the Summer Forum, an annual international conference focused on arts education. Sarian previously held the senior strategist/management consultant role at LaPlaca Cohen
in New York, assisting in strategic planning initiatives with high-profile clients such as Boston Ballet and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His additional leadership roles include director, education and community engagement for MCC Theater in New York. “I am thrilled and humbled to join the Arts Commons community, learn from my new colleagues, and lead the third largest performing arts center in Canada,” says Sarian. “Centers like Arts Commons are paramount to creating and maintaining a sense
of civic and social vibrancy and I look forward to continuing the great work being done to ensure that the arts play a role in the lives of all Calgarians.” The search was led by Arts Consulting Group.
KRISTY EDMUNDS, executive and artistic director of the UCLA Center for the Art of Performance, was named the first recipient of the inaugural Berresford Prize, which recognizes those who advance the performing arts, particularly by supporting the careers of up and coming artists. Edmunds consistently curates a season that reflects the
population of Los Angeles across race, class, sex, and gender on the stage. Edmunds has a reputation for innovation and depth in the presentation of contemporary performing arts. Edmunds was the founding executive and artistic director of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and the TBA
Marc Baylin
for his keen instinct for brokering collaborations and building unique projects. While his first artists were classical and chamber musicians,
Festival—
Time Based Art—in Portland, Oregon.
She served
as artistic director for the Melbourne International Arts Festival
Baylin broadened his client base
to include theater, dance and
world music. “I really wanted it to reflect my personal interests,” says Baylin, “because if I was personally moved by whatever it was the artist did, it was more likely I could be passionate when talking about it.” Just as Baylin’s decision to open his business was born out of a desire to start something new that he could grow, his decision to bring it to a close stems from a desire to figure out his next chapter on his own terms. Stay tuned. Retirement is the last thing on his mind.
Kristy Edmunds
Alex Sarian
Arts Commons of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has selected ALEX SARIAN as president
and chief executive officer. He has an extensive
from 2005 to 2008, and was appointed the head of the School of Performing Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts/University of Melbourne, and after one year became the Deputy Dean for the College.
APAP mourns the loss of several friends of the arts: PETER COOGAN’s philanthropy allowed the Fred Fox School of Music at the University
of Arizona to acquire two new Steinway grand pianos. KEVIN TARRANT, who performed the opening indigenous blessing at APAP|NYC 2020, was executive director of Safe Harbors Collective, co-producer of the Reflections of Native Voices Festival and husband of APAP board member Muriel
Borst Tarrant. BRADLEY FIELDS
was a magician and educator who played the barker in the Broadway show Barnum, which opened in 1980. APAP also mourns the many performing artists who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic.
background as an arts organization management consultant, with a large focus on fundraising, mediation, programming, and education. He
has held various leadership roles at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, most recently serving as
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