Executive Leadership in the Arts Program

Fellows benefit from a multifaceted and experienced-based curriculum with five interlocking components:

• Training on leadership theory and practice;

• Residencies-in-practice at participating performing arts centers;

• One-on-one leadership coaching;

• Networking opportunities; and

• Participation in a leadership summit.

Throughout the program, the fellows will explore ways to transform anchor performing arts organizations to become more equitable, diverse, inclusive, accessible and reflective of the communities they serve. They will participate in workshops with Stanford faculty and engage with leadership of Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts, as well as its performing arts presenting organization, Stanford Live.

Each fellow will work with a dedicated coach from NAS, which has created a first-of-its-kind cohort of coaches who are arts and culture leaders themselves and have the lived experience needed to support clients working to redefine the structures, practices, and policies of the status quo; the fellows will have direct access to performing arts center CEOs in both the U.S. and Canada. Each will also receive a stipend to support their continued professional development once the program concludes.