Arts + Culture
Our Experience
Isaacson, Miller partners with arts and culture organizations whose missions celebrate creativity, innovation, education, public service, and audience engagement and share our commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Our engagement with arts and cultural organizations is broad and encompassing.
Our Reach
We support schools of arts and design, visual and performing arts organizations, museums, presenting organizations, botanical gardens, aquariums, zoos, and associations and funders that advance and support the arts.
Our Clients
Our clients are deeply committed to serving their communities; their work fosters creative expression, discovery, activism, insight, and social change. They are challenged to fulfill complex and expanding missions with finite human, physical, and financial resources.
Partnership
We support our clients in their searches for leaders who will meet these challenges by drawing on our deep networks, our understanding of the skills and qualities that are necessary to lead, and our commitment to a meticulous, collaborative, and inclusive process.
Evidence of Impact
AICAD Presidents of Color
Our practice has more than doubled the number of presidents of color across member schools of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art + Design.
Women Placements
In 2021, 56% of our Arts + Culture practice's placements identified as women.
POC Placements
In 2021, 33% of our Arts + Culture practice's placements were people of color.
Years of Experience + Results
For 40 years, we have developed and tested our understanding of the characteristics that define strong, visionary, inclusive, and effective leaders required to guide our clients into the future.
Outstanding Leaders
Our Latest Results
Society of Architectural Historians
The Society of Architectural Historians has appointed Ben Thomas as Executive Director.
Harlem School of the Arts
James C. Horton named President of the Harlem School of the Arts, The Herb Alpert Center.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Erik Rönmark named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Christina Shutt named Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Eric Pryor named President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Brooklyn Museum
Kimberly Panicek “KP” Trueblood named President & Chief Operating Officer of Brooklyn Museum.
Weisman Art Museum
Alejandra Peña-Gutierrez named Director of the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota.
Yale University, School of Art
Dr. Kymberly Pinder named Dean of the School of Art at Yale University.
The Juilliard School
David Serkin Ludwig named Dean and Director of the Music Division at The Juilliard School.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alison Friedman named Executive and Artistic Director, Carolina Performing Arts.
How to think differently
Insights
Keep Your Purpose at the Center
IM Partner Jackie Mildner and Ryan Leichenauer, Managing Associate, connect with Juliette Bianco, incoming director of the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Listen to the full conversation here.
Lead the Future
Open Searches
Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer; Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Arts + Culture | Higher Education
University of North Carolina School of the Arts