Arts Leadership in Higher Education: Navigating the Future — a Panel Discussion
May 29, 2025
12:30pm
Penn Museum
Students fill Locust Walk at the University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Eric Sucar.
On Thursday, May 29, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and the Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania will host a panel discussion titled “Arts Leadership in Higher Education: Navigating the Future,” at the Penn Museum’s Rainey Auditorium.
Presented as the keynote event of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE), this timely and vital discussion will be moderated by Penn Vice Provost for the Arts Timothy Rommen with featured panelists:
- Youngmoo Kim
Vice Provost for University and Community Partnerships at Drexel University - Leila W. Kinney
Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Josh Kun
Vice Provost for the Arts at USC and Professor and Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication at the USC Annenberg School
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged, but is not required to attend.
- Thursday, May 29, 2025
12:30–1:30 PM - Rainey Auditorium
Penn Museum
3260 South Street
Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE)
The 2025 AAHE Annual Meeting will be hosted by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and the Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania, May 29–30, 2025. The public panel discussion “Arts Leadership in Higher Education: Navigating the Future” is the keynote event of this year’s meeting.
Arts Administrators in Higher Education is a nationwide association of college and university professionals whose primary focus is to develop and facilitate opportunities for students to create and engage with the arts. AAHE’s programs are designed to empower creative ideas within the group’s diverse institutions, responding to the unique goals and opportunities of each. Members meet annually to share ideas, best practices, and resources.
For more information about AAHE and the 2025 Annual Meeting, please visit aa-he.org.
Registration for the 2025 Annual Meeting is available for non-members at a suggested rate of $75.
Acknowledgments
The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is pleased to host the 2025 AAHE Annual Meeting and keynote panel discussion in partnership with the Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania.
