The Purpose
The Society for Arts Leadership Educators (SALE) is a dynamic and multifaceted organization that serves as a vital hub for individuals passionate about arts administration, management, and leadership. This esteemed society brings together a diverse array of professionals, including practitioners, policymakers, and scholars, who share a common goal of advancing the field of arts administration both in academic settings and in real-world applications.
WPAA: Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration will celebrate the contributions of women-identifying scholars in the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field of arts administration. We are bringing together an intergenerational group of women scholars, from undergraduate students to emeritus professors into a one-day symposium.
Hosted by the Department of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky, this symposium and conference will take place as two adjoining day of activities. We are embracing an ‘unconference’ method of participant-driven engagement, and our symposium activities involve panel discussions, workshops, and interactive plenaries, all of which will be documented as oral histories of our burgeoning field from the women who helped create and establish it and the women who are continuing to build and innovate it. The conference will feature discussion of arts management issues affecting practitioners, policymakers, and academics as well as engaging plenary discussions to form joint research topics and lines of inquiry, as well as traditional research presentations.