ArtsLine: Fall 2018
Album of the Quarter
The Philadelphia Museum of Dance: Julie Goodman
What's Next? Working with Emerging Arts Leaders: Philadelphia: Sarah Christy
Updates from your Graduate Assistants
The Philadelphia Museum of Dance: Julie Goodman
What's Next? Working with Emerging Arts Leaders: Philadelphia: Sarah Christy
Updates from your Graduate Assistants
Letter from the Editor
My name is Darby Swab, and I will be the editor of ArtsLine 2018-2019! It's hard to believe the Quarter has already flown by so fast, and we're already heading into the cold weather season.
(Please send me all of the blankets, hot cocoa, and puppies to snuggle with, stat!)
A bit about me: I moved to Philly from Buffalo, NY on a 100-degree day in July. My first out of state move and the furthest from home I’ve ever lived, the concept was terrifying. Despite the jitter and the doubts and moving away from the city I’d come to know as home, I still felt like Philly was the right place for me. After getting my undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University at Buffalo, I jumped right into a graduate program there that unfortunately didn’t suit me. After 2 years and a drop to part-time status, I was feeling pretty down and excited for a change of scenery. In only a few months I’ve already found a sense of belonging and purpose here not only in “The City of Brotherly Love,” but at Drexel, in this program, and among my wonderful coworkers at Starbucks 16th& Walnut.
Some of my favorite things about Philadelphia so far:
While I’m still homesick for pink Buffalo sunsets, the south facing view from my Newbold rowhome provides a similar sense of comfort. My daily commute on the subway has become a quiet time for music and self-reflection. I’ve quickly acclimated to life in Philly, and it’s a great feeling.
For my take on ArtsLine, I want to talk about some more of my favorite Philadelphia people, places, and things while providing some of the pictures I take in my daily life. I no longer pursue photography as more than a hobby, but I hope you’ll enjoy the snapshots from one graduate student’s iPhone SE. I am excited to share with you where the winter quarter brings me!
Please send any recommendations, places I should go, things I can see, etc! I look forward to hearing from you and am excited to begin this chapter as the editor of ArtsLine.
Darby Swab
ArtsLine editor 2018-2019
ds3572@drexel.edu
My name is Darby Swab, and I will be the editor of ArtsLine 2018-2019! It's hard to believe the Quarter has already flown by so fast, and we're already heading into the cold weather season.
(Please send me all of the blankets, hot cocoa, and puppies to snuggle with, stat!)
A bit about me: I moved to Philly from Buffalo, NY on a 100-degree day in July. My first out of state move and the furthest from home I’ve ever lived, the concept was terrifying. Despite the jitter and the doubts and moving away from the city I’d come to know as home, I still felt like Philly was the right place for me. After getting my undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University at Buffalo, I jumped right into a graduate program there that unfortunately didn’t suit me. After 2 years and a drop to part-time status, I was feeling pretty down and excited for a change of scenery. In only a few months I’ve already found a sense of belonging and purpose here not only in “The City of Brotherly Love,” but at Drexel, in this program, and among my wonderful coworkers at Starbucks 16th& Walnut.
Some of my favorite things about Philadelphia so far:
- The History- I love walking around and finding historical alleyways, buildings, and more! The brickwork and architecture are wonderful.
- Murals Everywhere- While exploring the twists and turns of these city streets, it brings me joy to find murals, collages, and art with each new block.
- Vegan Food Galore- So far, The Tasty is my favorite local brunch spot. Located on the corner of 12thand Reed, this tiny vegan diner provides some of the biggest and most delicious burritos around. Plus, it’s on the same block as a dog park. Win-win? Yes. Dottie’s Donuts, while further away on south 6th street, is my go-to when I have a donut craving. Their rich, yeasty, decadently topped donuts are worth the subway fare. Mmmm.
- Gritty - I don’t even have to explain this one, do I? Gritty is so pure, so full of positive energy. Gritty supports my goals and dreams at Drexel. I like sports now.
While I’m still homesick for pink Buffalo sunsets, the south facing view from my Newbold rowhome provides a similar sense of comfort. My daily commute on the subway has become a quiet time for music and self-reflection. I’ve quickly acclimated to life in Philly, and it’s a great feeling.
For my take on ArtsLine, I want to talk about some more of my favorite Philadelphia people, places, and things while providing some of the pictures I take in my daily life. I no longer pursue photography as more than a hobby, but I hope you’ll enjoy the snapshots from one graduate student’s iPhone SE. I am excited to share with you where the winter quarter brings me!
Please send any recommendations, places I should go, things I can see, etc! I look forward to hearing from you and am excited to begin this chapter as the editor of ArtsLine.
Darby Swab
ArtsLine editor 2018-2019
ds3572@drexel.edu
Letter from the Program Directors
Our fall quarter always brings a sense of excitement and renewal as we begin a new academic year. This fall, we welcomed one of our largest cohorts of Arts Administration & Museum Leadership students to campus and online. These students, from around the country and around the world, bring a wealth of energy, intellect, and curiosity to their roles as students and arts and cultural leaders. We can’t wait to see all the great things they’ll do.
We also have some exciting changes in our faculty roles as we continue to grow and evolve. Our esteemed colleague Dr. Danielle Rice will be retiring at the end of the academic year but will continue to teach for us on a part-time basis. Danielle was responsible for launching our Museum Leadership program and will continue to advise Museum Leadership students through the end of the year. Dr. Jean Brody, who created and directs our online program (the second oldest online graduate Arts Administration program in the county), will step down as our online program director at the end of this academic year in order to focus on teaching. This year, we are in the process of hiring a new program director and teaching professor to replace Danielle and to oversee our online program. We’ve received many talented applicants from around the country and plan to make a hire by the spring. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on our newest faculty member.
We’ve also begun interviewing prospective students for next year’s cohort, and we’re happy to speak with anyone who is interested in learning how our program can advance their career goals and build their professional networks. Applications for our campus and online program are now open, with an early admissions deadline of January 15th, which is the deadline to be considered for a graduate assistantship. This year we are also introducing a Spring cohort for online students studying either Arts Administration or Museum Leadership. Applications for Online AAML Spring 2019 are currently under way.
We wish you all a wonderful fall season, full of both personal and professional accomplishments.
Our fall quarter always brings a sense of excitement and renewal as we begin a new academic year. This fall, we welcomed one of our largest cohorts of Arts Administration & Museum Leadership students to campus and online. These students, from around the country and around the world, bring a wealth of energy, intellect, and curiosity to their roles as students and arts and cultural leaders. We can’t wait to see all the great things they’ll do.
We also have some exciting changes in our faculty roles as we continue to grow and evolve. Our esteemed colleague Dr. Danielle Rice will be retiring at the end of the academic year but will continue to teach for us on a part-time basis. Danielle was responsible for launching our Museum Leadership program and will continue to advise Museum Leadership students through the end of the year. Dr. Jean Brody, who created and directs our online program (the second oldest online graduate Arts Administration program in the county), will step down as our online program director at the end of this academic year in order to focus on teaching. This year, we are in the process of hiring a new program director and teaching professor to replace Danielle and to oversee our online program. We’ve received many talented applicants from around the country and plan to make a hire by the spring. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on our newest faculty member.
We’ve also begun interviewing prospective students for next year’s cohort, and we’re happy to speak with anyone who is interested in learning how our program can advance their career goals and build their professional networks. Applications for our campus and online program are now open, with an early admissions deadline of January 15th, which is the deadline to be considered for a graduate assistantship. This year we are also introducing a Spring cohort for online students studying either Arts Administration or Museum Leadership. Applications for Online AAML Spring 2019 are currently under way.
We wish you all a wonderful fall season, full of both personal and professional accomplishments.
Faculty Highlights
Neville Vakharia was appointed co-editor of Artivate: A Journal Entrepreneurship in the Arts. Artivate is the leading, peer-reviewed journal that serves to disseminate new thinking, perspectives, and insights into arts entrepreneurship theory, practice, and pedagogy. He recently presented his new research on museums and systems theory at the international conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). He also presented his research on the nonprofit ecosystem and the role of GIS/data visualization at the Regional Nonprofit Scholars Conference. At Drexel’s inaugural Alumni Summit, he created and facilitated a workshop titled “Strategic Thinking for Maximum Impact.” Neville has just completed a two-year research study on strategic change in the performing arts, funded by a Drexel faculty research grant and culminating in an upcoming report on its findings.
Jean Brody completed a year of research and writing on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Arts, and her chapter on this topic will be published this spring as part of The Routledge Companion to Arts Management. In her role as board member of new music group Relâche, she helped to develop a weekend-long celebration last spring of the group’s 40thanniversary, as well as a plan for the group’s evolution to its next generation of leadership.
AADM faculty member Andrew Zitcer was invited to present his research at the National Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit at the University of Maryland in October. He discussed the work of teaching Creative Placemaking with a panel of faculty from around the country. A few weeks later, he was back in the DC area presenting on his research into public art and political controversy (co-authored with AADM alumna Salina M. Almanzar) at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center of Eastern Methodist University. In December, he will co-lead a delegation from Drexel to Arizona State University, where he is putting together a series of joint faculty symposia on The Future of the American City: From Founding City (Philadelphia) to Frontier City (Phoenix).
Julie Goodman finalized work on the Philadelphia Museum of Dance project, read her article here
http://charmatz.westphal.drexel.edu/pmd/
Danielle Rice recently traveled to Detroit for the culminating conference of a multi-year study for which she served as an advisor on the efficacy of one-shot field trips to art museums. She also participated in the Annual Meeting of the Mid Atlantic Association of Museums where she serves on the Board. She also participated on the museum advisory committee of the American Philosophical Society. But when she's not teaching, advising students or traveling, the largest portion of her time is spent in her role as Board Chair of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site and Museum (ESPH). As such she has been meeting with all trustees individually to discuss fundraising and future plans as ESPH embarks on an ambitious capital campaign to build a new visitor center.
This November Derek Gillman attended two back-to-back art law conferences at the University of Geneva, reading an expanded version of ‘The Old Summer Palace and the Making of National Treasures’, a paper he first gave to the December 2017 Westphal symposium Defining/redefining national identity, through the visual arts and museums. These conference papers will be published in a forthcoming volume of the Santander Art and Culture Law Review. While in Switzerland he also visited the Zentrum Paul Klee and the Fondation Beyeler. On his return to Philadelphia, he discussed the paper with students in the AAML ‘Legal and Ethical Issues’ class. He continues to work with President Fry on strengthening and expanding the role of collections at Drexel.
Neville Vakharia was appointed co-editor of Artivate: A Journal Entrepreneurship in the Arts. Artivate is the leading, peer-reviewed journal that serves to disseminate new thinking, perspectives, and insights into arts entrepreneurship theory, practice, and pedagogy. He recently presented his new research on museums and systems theory at the international conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). He also presented his research on the nonprofit ecosystem and the role of GIS/data visualization at the Regional Nonprofit Scholars Conference. At Drexel’s inaugural Alumni Summit, he created and facilitated a workshop titled “Strategic Thinking for Maximum Impact.” Neville has just completed a two-year research study on strategic change in the performing arts, funded by a Drexel faculty research grant and culminating in an upcoming report on its findings.
Jean Brody completed a year of research and writing on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Arts, and her chapter on this topic will be published this spring as part of The Routledge Companion to Arts Management. In her role as board member of new music group Relâche, she helped to develop a weekend-long celebration last spring of the group’s 40thanniversary, as well as a plan for the group’s evolution to its next generation of leadership.
AADM faculty member Andrew Zitcer was invited to present his research at the National Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit at the University of Maryland in October. He discussed the work of teaching Creative Placemaking with a panel of faculty from around the country. A few weeks later, he was back in the DC area presenting on his research into public art and political controversy (co-authored with AADM alumna Salina M. Almanzar) at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center of Eastern Methodist University. In December, he will co-lead a delegation from Drexel to Arizona State University, where he is putting together a series of joint faculty symposia on The Future of the American City: From Founding City (Philadelphia) to Frontier City (Phoenix).
Julie Goodman finalized work on the Philadelphia Museum of Dance project, read her article here
http://charmatz.westphal.drexel.edu/pmd/
Danielle Rice recently traveled to Detroit for the culminating conference of a multi-year study for which she served as an advisor on the efficacy of one-shot field trips to art museums. She also participated in the Annual Meeting of the Mid Atlantic Association of Museums where she serves on the Board. She also participated on the museum advisory committee of the American Philosophical Society. But when she's not teaching, advising students or traveling, the largest portion of her time is spent in her role as Board Chair of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site and Museum (ESPH). As such she has been meeting with all trustees individually to discuss fundraising and future plans as ESPH embarks on an ambitious capital campaign to build a new visitor center.
This November Derek Gillman attended two back-to-back art law conferences at the University of Geneva, reading an expanded version of ‘The Old Summer Palace and the Making of National Treasures’, a paper he first gave to the December 2017 Westphal symposium Defining/redefining national identity, through the visual arts and museums. These conference papers will be published in a forthcoming volume of the Santander Art and Culture Law Review. While in Switzerland he also visited the Zentrum Paul Klee and the Fondation Beyeler. On his return to Philadelphia, he discussed the paper with students in the AAML ‘Legal and Ethical Issues’ class. He continues to work with President Fry on strengthening and expanding the role of collections at Drexel.
Alumni News
Sarah Braverman (’17) is the Development & Marketing Associate at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Brooke Brehm('17) has accepted a position at University of Rochester in Rochester, NY in the Office of College Advising Services
Jade Cintron ('18) began her role as Director of Education at Goggleworks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA
Adrienne Harding ('15) presented her thesis paper "Incorporating Dance in College Music Pedagogy" at the College Music Society (CMS) National Conference in Vancouver, BC on October 10-14. She has also been invited to present at the CMS International Conference in Belgium in July 2019. In August, she began her new role as Music Admissions Coordinator for the University of Delaware Department of Music.
Tracy Hendrickson (Miller) ('16) has been promoted to be the full time Global K-12 Summer Programs Manager at Juilliard in NYC to help create and run youth summer arts programs around the world
Jonathan Kitt (’12) is the Individual Giving Officer, Leadership Giving at WNET New York Public Media
Hadia Mawlawi (’13) is now the Community Initiatives Manager at Houston Grand Opera
Hannah Rechtshaffen (’16) has been accepted as Program Coordinator at Arts Extension Service, UMass Amherst
Karen Tarkulich (’17) is now the Community Engagement Manager at GSK
Sarah Braverman (’17) is the Development & Marketing Associate at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Brooke Brehm('17) has accepted a position at University of Rochester in Rochester, NY in the Office of College Advising Services
Jade Cintron ('18) began her role as Director of Education at Goggleworks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA
Adrienne Harding ('15) presented her thesis paper "Incorporating Dance in College Music Pedagogy" at the College Music Society (CMS) National Conference in Vancouver, BC on October 10-14. She has also been invited to present at the CMS International Conference in Belgium in July 2019. In August, she began her new role as Music Admissions Coordinator for the University of Delaware Department of Music.
Tracy Hendrickson (Miller) ('16) has been promoted to be the full time Global K-12 Summer Programs Manager at Juilliard in NYC to help create and run youth summer arts programs around the world
Jonathan Kitt (’12) is the Individual Giving Officer, Leadership Giving at WNET New York Public Media
Hadia Mawlawi (’13) is now the Community Initiatives Manager at Houston Grand Opera
Hannah Rechtshaffen (’16) has been accepted as Program Coordinator at Arts Extension Service, UMass Amherst
Karen Tarkulich (’17) is now the Community Engagement Manager at GSK
Want to contribute to the Winter Quarter of ArtsLine or have news you'd like to share? Email the editor, Darby, at ds3572@drexel.edu and as always, feel free to stop on by the department or drop us a line!
We wish you the joys of warmth, expression, family, and art as we head into the 2018 holiday season.
We wish you the joys of warmth, expression, family, and art as we head into the 2018 holiday season.
