| ISPA 2024 Patrick Hayes Award Recipient - Mary Lou Aleskie |
ISPA Award Recipient Mary Lou Aleskie2024 Patrick Hayes Award Recipient Mary Lou Aleskie is an Internationally known advocate for the power of the arts to bring people together, not only within local communities, but around the globe. Since 2017, Ms. Aleskie has been the Howard Gilman '44 Executive Director of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College. On campus she chairs the Provost's Council on Arts Advancement and Integration focusing on the creation and evolution of Dartmouth's Arts District. This initiative is catalyzed by the reimagining and expansion of the historic Hopkins Center in collaboration with world renowned architects, Snøhetta. Ms. Aleskie is known for her interdisciplinary approach, linking the arts with humanities and sciences across campus, including in the creation of Dartmouth’s first Arts Integration Initiative. Before Dartmouth, Ms. Aleskie was the director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas (2005 - 2017) , where she was responsible for leading the largest international multi-disciplinary festival in New England, acclaimed for gathering world-class artists, thinkers and leaders, while attracting and engaging a broad and diverse audience. During her tenure, the Festival was recognized among the top arts presenters in the nation by the National Endowment for the Arts and grew its audience in record numbers. While there, she also served as a lecturer at Yale and was a Fellow at Branford College. Ms. Aleskie has served on varied committees and leadership roles at ISPA, a2ru, and local organizations including serving as ISPA Chair (2016-19). |
