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The Women's Perspectives in Arts Administration Symposium is a space for critical dialogue between practitioners and scholars in the field, as we navigate the changing world of arts administration, management, and leadership. Our theme this year, Transformation in Arts Administration Practice and Scholarship, emphasizes the innovative approaches, emerging leadership practices, and diverse perspectives to address the contemporary challenges and opportunities facing our field.

 

In our call for papers, we seek contributions from practitioners, scholars, and practitioner-scholars exploring the transformative forces influencing our profession and field. Contributors will engage in critical dialogue on how shifts in social, cultural, economic, and environmental contexts are being transformed by new advancements reshaping the practices, policies, and research within arts administration. As we explore these transformations, the 2025 symposium aims to inspire possibilities and foster deeper understanding of the experiences of arts administrators, today and in the future.

 

Symposium Description

 

The Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration initiative celebrates the contributions of women-identifying scholars in the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field of arts administration. We bring together an intergenerational group of women thought leaders, from students, to working professionals, to emeritus professors, into a one-day symposium.

 

Hosted by the Department of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky, the inaugural symposium in 2023 was the first-of-its-kind and took place as an adjoining day of activities before the 2023 Social Theory, Politics & the Arts Conference. This first symposium brought over 90 people together from across professions and across the globe.

 

The 2025 symposium was co-hosted by UKy’s Department of Arts Administration and College of Charleston’s Arts Management Program in conjunction with the 2025 SALE conference. 

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