This year’s annual meeting will be held in Boston and co-hosted by Brandeis University and Suffolk University, on Monday and Tuesday, June 10 and 11, 2023.
REGISTER TO ATTEND
PLAN YOUR TRIP
Meeting Hotel: Citizen M
70 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02114
AAHE Rate: $259/night plus tax
Our “hub” for the conference will be downtown Boston. Boston has many hotel options for you to choose from. We have reserved a block of rooms at Citizen M Hotel at North Station at a rate of $259 a night plus tax. This rate is available from June 9 – June 12.
Recieve the AAHE rate by clicking above and following the steps below:
1. Enter your information to reserve the room and then click “Submit Reservation”.
2. You will then receive an emailed confirmation. Please open the email and click either the red button on the top that says “manage booking” or scroll further down and click the red button that says “get the app”. We suggest downloading the app as you will also be able to use this app to check-in, control functions in your room, and browse menus.
3. Pull up your reservation using one of the methods above and attach your credit card to the reservation. You can also prepay if you wish. Please note that all reservations must be guaranteed with a valid credit card.
- From Logan Airport: 15 minutes by taxi — and we do recommend taxi over Uber or Lyft for your transportation FROM the airport. Rideshare access at Logan airport is pretty chaotic and taxis often have a better fare.
- Another option is to take the airport shuttle to the MBTA Airport station, transfer to the Green line at Government Center, and get off at North Station. Citizen M, the hotel with an AAHE rate, is literally AT North Station. The fare is $2.40 and once you are on the MBTA, it’s about 15 minutes to North Station. The free airport shuttle to the MBTA runs every 5-6 minutes.
ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE, 2024
Click here for an expanded schedule, additional activities and presenter bios: https://tinyurl.com/AAHE-June-2024
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024
Location: SARGENT HALL, Suffolk University, 120 Tremont Street, Boston MA
4th Floor Faculty Dining Room
- Sargent Hall is a 15 minute walk from the Citizen M Hotel.
- You can also take the MBTA’s Green Line to Park Street Station. The fare is $2.40 per ride and tickets can be purchased at machines in the station.
- Parking is limited near the Suffolk Campus. If driving in, consider the Boston Common Garage or the Center Plaza Garage. Both are a short walk to Sargent Hall.
| 9-9:30 am | Coffee |
|---|---|
| 9:30 am–11 am | Welcome remarks & housekeeping Business Meeting |
| 11 am-12 pm |
Point of Pride roundtable / Hot Topics Attendees are invited to share a program or initiative that they are proud of and/or topics they would like to discuss |
| 12-1:15 pm |
Lunch + Keynote address Speaker: Douglas DeNatale, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director, Arts Administration at Boston University |
| 1:15-2 pm |
Breakout Session 1
Jillian Impastato, Colby College Nicoleen Willson, Johns Hopkins University
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| 2-2:45 pm | Improvising Arts Administration George Sampson & Lindsey Helper, University of Virginia |
| 2:45-3 pm | Coffee break |
| 3-3:45 pm |
Breakout Session 2
Katie Hughes, University of Arts, London
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| 4:30 – 6 pm | Rose Kennedy Greenway Tour Meet at Chinatown Gate John F Fitzgerald Surface Rd &, Beach St, Boston, MA 02111 |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner at NightShift Brewing, Lovejoy Wharf |
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2024
Location: Mandel Center for Humanities, Brandeis University
- For those taking the commuter rail from North Station, the train leaves at 8:30 am and arrives at Brandeis at 8:55 am. Download the MTicket app to purchase your ticket, or purchase it from the machine at North Station. The fare is $7 each way. Fitchburg Line schedule. Ingrid will be on the train and will walk you up to the meeting location.
- If you are driving, park next door in Tower lot.
| 9:15-9:45 am | Coffee and pastries |
| 9:45-10 am | Welcome remarks & housekeeping |
| 10-10:45 am | Monday recap and hot topic(s) chosen by group |
| 10:45-11:15 am | Coffee break |
| 11:15-12 pm |
Session 1: Wellness for creative arts student and practitioners Jennifer Cleary, EdM, MSW, Senior Lecturer in Theater Arts, Brandeis |
| 12-1 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1-1:45 pm |
Campus Public Art and Performing Arts venues tour Group photo |
| 1:45-2:30 pm | Visit to University Archives and Special Collections for a close look at rare manuscripts, artists’ books, and other objects; and the interactive Twentieth-Century Brandeis exhibit. Brandeis Library, Level 2. |
| 2:45-4:30 pm | Tour of Rose Art Museum and welcome from museum director Gannit Ankori and director of programs Madeleine Delpha |
| 4:30-5 pm | Wrap-up of the day |
| 5-5:30 pm | Personal time |
| 5:44 train | Take train one stop to Waltham and walk to Solea at 388 Moody Street, Waltham or Uber |
| 6 pm | Dinner at Solea. Uber or train back to Boston at 8:35 pm |
Past Meetings:
The 2024 Annual Meeting was held in Boston, MA, and hosted by Brandeis and Suffolk, June 10-11.
The 2023 Annual Meeting was held in Palo Alto, CA, and hosted by Stanford University from June 21-23, 2023
The 2022 Annual Meeting was held in Ann Arbor, and hosted by the University of Michigan from June 2-4, 2022
We began calling ourselves the Campus Arts Directors which we continued to use until November of 2009 when we selected the name Arts Administrators in Higher Education.
In March 2006 Eric Beatty (Johns Hopkins), Ty Furman (U Penn at the time, now Boston University) and Jack Megan (Harvard) hosted the first gathering at Harvard. In attendance were arts staff from Brandeis, Cal Tech, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, U Penn and UVA.