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This blog serves as a platform for Arts Administrators in Higher Education members to share their expertise and insights in the field, discussing the strategies for and impact of the arts within Higher Education.

Turning The Page - 2021 AAHE Annual Meeting

June 3, 2021

The past fifteen months have been anything but “normal,” as we have all had to figure out how to adapt, pivot, and reimagine what it means to be working in arts administration in higher education. Nobody could have imagined we would go from filling thousand-seat venues, hosting artist residency programs, and creating opportunities for our […]

AAHE Annual Meeting in Chicago 2019: A First-Timer’s Perspective

August 15, 2019

I genuinely love the idea of professional conferences. Rooms filled with other people who speak the same strange language of your current occupation. Piles of glossy printed materials and fun swag to stuff in your branded totebag. Traveling around the country (or world)–or at least to the large event spaces around the country/world. But then […]

State Government Units Collaborate and Iowa Communities Win

October 30, 2019

A team from Iowa showed how state government agencies can creatively collaborate to help Iowa communities meet civic challenges through the arts at the Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) Annual Conference in Iowa City, Iowa on October 9-11, 2019. APA is a membership organization of professional planners, planning educators, planning commissioners and […]

Welcome to the AAHE Blog!

March 7, 2019

Thank you for visiting our website and blog. This blog serves as a platform for Arts Administrators in Higher Education members to share their expertise and insights in the field, discussing the strategies for and impact of the arts within Higher Education. Featured posts will show some of the diverse work our members do and […]

Leadership in the Arts Roundtable: A Collaboration, One Year Later

August 26, 2019

In September 2018, student leaders and staff from the Office of the Arts at Hunter College (New York, NY)  and Suffolk Performing Arts at Suffolk University (Boston, MA) met at Hunter College for a roundtable discussion on leadership in the arts. Suffolk Performing Arts organizes an annual trip for select student leaders […]