Nicholas Mahayni-chase has over 15 years of experience in arts administration, education, and communications. He has held roles such as Executive Director, Exhibits Director, Gallery Director, and Program Administrator at various arts non-profits and universities. Through strategic planning and community outreach, he has increased audiences, fundraising, and program participation at many of the organizations he has worked with. He also has experience as a composer and has received several awards for his work.
MT25 Server technology trends, workload impacts, and the Dell Point of ViewDell EMC World
As you modernize your data center and become future ready, your server requirements are changing. With innovations such as software-defined storage and networking, your compute platform is now more important than ever. Discover how the highly innovative Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio is designed to meet the challenges of your future ready data center and how selecting the right compute platform can better enable you to deliver more efficient, secure and manageable IT for your business.
What role cultural institutions play in society and how this have come about ?Victoria Durrer
Tseng Sun Man presents two case studies from Hong Kong Arts Festival and Oriental Art Centre, Shanghai as part of a presentation exploring the role cultural institutions play in society. This presentation was part of an AHRC funded research network, Brokering Intercultural Exchange: Interrogating the Role of Arts and Cultural Management based at Queen's University Belfast (PI Victoria Durrer) in partnership with Heilbronn University (Co-I Raphaela Henze). www.managingculture.net
On 14th November 2014, members of ARMA (Association of Research Managers and Administrators) were invited to a study tour at the AHRC offices in Swindon. The day provided ARMA members with the opportunity to learn more about the AHRC, and upcoming developments of interest. The day included presentations on:
- The AHRC’s 10th Anniversary activities
- The AHRC's new area of Business Processes and Analysis
- European Funding – Horizon 2020 and HERA
- The Knowledge Exchange Hubs: lessons and legacy
- Research Outcomes and Researchfish
Strategic Visioning: Mapping the Future of Your MuseumWest Muse
In the process of developing a new strategic plan, the UMFA developed self-reflective questions regarding its mission and vision. UMFA staff visited museums in Seattle, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and Austin with the aim of studying variations of best practice to guide this work. By developing a clear, strategic direction for the institution, museum staff was able to devise changes to the organizational structure and operational strategies in accordance with short and long-term objectives. This session will include questions and findings regarding curatorial practice, sustainability, engagement, and strategic planning to ensure the health, success, and impact of the Museum.
Moderator: Gretchen Dietrich, Executive Director, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Presenters: George Lindsey, Deputy Director, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Sonja Lunde, Director of Planning and Special Projects, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Kerry O’Grady, Director of Education and Engagement, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
MT25 Server technology trends, workload impacts, and the Dell Point of ViewDell EMC World
As you modernize your data center and become future ready, your server requirements are changing. With innovations such as software-defined storage and networking, your compute platform is now more important than ever. Discover how the highly innovative Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio is designed to meet the challenges of your future ready data center and how selecting the right compute platform can better enable you to deliver more efficient, secure and manageable IT for your business.
What role cultural institutions play in society and how this have come about ?Victoria Durrer
Tseng Sun Man presents two case studies from Hong Kong Arts Festival and Oriental Art Centre, Shanghai as part of a presentation exploring the role cultural institutions play in society. This presentation was part of an AHRC funded research network, Brokering Intercultural Exchange: Interrogating the Role of Arts and Cultural Management based at Queen's University Belfast (PI Victoria Durrer) in partnership with Heilbronn University (Co-I Raphaela Henze). www.managingculture.net
On 14th November 2014, members of ARMA (Association of Research Managers and Administrators) were invited to a study tour at the AHRC offices in Swindon. The day provided ARMA members with the opportunity to learn more about the AHRC, and upcoming developments of interest. The day included presentations on:
- The AHRC’s 10th Anniversary activities
- The AHRC's new area of Business Processes and Analysis
- European Funding – Horizon 2020 and HERA
- The Knowledge Exchange Hubs: lessons and legacy
- Research Outcomes and Researchfish
Strategic Visioning: Mapping the Future of Your MuseumWest Muse
In the process of developing a new strategic plan, the UMFA developed self-reflective questions regarding its mission and vision. UMFA staff visited museums in Seattle, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and Austin with the aim of studying variations of best practice to guide this work. By developing a clear, strategic direction for the institution, museum staff was able to devise changes to the organizational structure and operational strategies in accordance with short and long-term objectives. This session will include questions and findings regarding curatorial practice, sustainability, engagement, and strategic planning to ensure the health, success, and impact of the Museum.
Moderator: Gretchen Dietrich, Executive Director, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Presenters: George Lindsey, Deputy Director, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Sonja Lunde, Director of Planning and Special Projects, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Kerry O’Grady, Director of Education and Engagement, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Giant Venn Diagram: New Approaches to Educational Partnershipsamtrombley
Slides providing more information on exemplars in educational collaborations, including new methods and tools for evaluating, developing, and sustaining impactful partnerships
June 4 | Webinar Session 1
12:00 - 1:30pm
"Building your Website: Goals & Mission"
This session will help you create a map to your career through the web, with an emphasis on personal mission statements and the use of imaginative marketing tools. Defining ones self as an artist is a difficult task. It takes the patience to constantly redefine and edit one's achievements and goals, an understanding of your peers and crititcs, and a keen ability to explain yourself in direct and attractive terms.
Bienven Bienvenidos! Engaging Latino Audiences and Building Cross-Cultural Br...West Muse
This session addresses the importance of creating new relationships and patterns of visitation and support for museums, applicable to any targeted constituency. Speakers share stories of bringing diverse visitors together for cross-cultural dialogue. Their strategies for engaging the Latino community can serve as guidelines for incorporating diversity into strategic planning, professional development, communication tools, and public programs.
Moderator: Jill Hartz, Executive Director, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Presenters:
Gail Anderson, President, Gail Anderson & Associates
Salvador Acevedo, Principal, Contemporanea
Gabriela Martínez, Curator of Education, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
Claire Muñoz, Director, E.L. Cord Museum School, Nevada Museum of Art
Bienven Bienvenidos! Engaging Latino Audiences and Building Cross-Cultural Br...
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1. P R O F E S S I O N A L H I S T O R Y
CONTRACT ARTS & LETTERS EDITOR • Eugene OR 2011–present
Artists and organizations hire me to bring clarity to their message: I help you say what you mean.
• Increased new gifts for clients 10–40% through distinctive brand voicing and public relations strategies.
• Improved goal attainment 20–60% developing compelling narrative for grants, proposals and fundraising materials.
• Significantly elevated client effectiveness (up to 100%) by focusing mission statement.
• Increased audience engagement up to 70% through research, conscientious PR, and designed communication.
• Improved fundraising, pitch-making, and presentation, coaching composition strategy, physical awareness, and speech.
• Facilitated and secured publishing contracts for known and emerging authors (fiction and academic).
• Written, published and realized eight adult and children’s education curricula nationally.
• Authored, co-authored, edited, published and presented articles, books, research and proposals (cv by request).
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (INTERIM) : Opal Center for Arts and Education • Cottage Grove OR May–Dec. 2013
Non-profit theater/performing arts organization.
• Improved public relations outreach, resulting in new audience participation from as far as 30 miles away.
• Introduced university accredited internship program, bringing 4 talents to the administration office at zero cost.
• Initiated At-Risk Youth Education Program and generated new working relationships with local outreach organizations.
• Successfully recruited 6 new board members, significantly raising community involvement in the Center.
• Achieved successful re-branding of Center, drawing 6 new large-donors and 4 new organizational affiliations.
• Increased ticket sales by 40% without increasing advertising budget.
• Restructured budget and increased signature project budgets by 15% without fundraising.
• Reduced board volunteer hours by 65% by activating goal-oriented committees.
TEACHING & RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP : Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Troy NY 2009–2011
Lally School of Business Research: Culture As Commerce: Projecting Arts Models Against Capital Venture Models.
EXHIBITS DIRECTOR : Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA Center) • Eugene OR 2008–2009
Membership-based community center/gallery/arts non-profit.
• Introduced artist outreach campaign that increased art sales by 70%.
• Increased number of exhibits by 3 per quarter, activating alternate gallery spaces.
• Eliminated redundant exhibits protocols to bring additional 4-weeks/yr. of exhibition time to artists at 0 cost.
• Achieved restructuring of policies, positioning exhibits to generate 4 new, highly successful outreach programs.
TEACHING FELLOWSHIP : Bauhaus University • Weimar, Germany 2007–2008
Media Instructor (German language) and Advisor to International Exchange Students from University of Tonji, China.
GALLERY DIRECTOR/COORDINATOR : California Institute of the Arts School of Fine Arts • Valencia CA 2005–2007
Fine Arts Department of top-ranked private art institute.
• Streamlined gallery procedures to accommodate 10% student enrollment increase.
• Introduced on-line, paperless systems for 4 administrative areas in the School of Art.
• Eliminated 7.5 administrative hours per week through intelligent delegation.
• Successfully negotiated stepped budget increases of 25% per year toward student activities program.
A R E A S O F E X P E R T I S E
Outreach and Communications Director — Education Program Director — Grants Director — Artistic Director
Community/Cross-Cultural Outreach — Presenting & Public Relations — Financial Advancement
Education Innovation — Team & Talent Education & Development — Strategy Design — Re-Organization
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2. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR : California Institute of the Arts Center for Integrated Media • Valencia CA 2001–2005
Internationally reputed trans-disciplinary media center at a top-ranked private art institute.
• Increased program enrollment by 3 students per year from outside and within the Institute at large.
• Improved internal administrative systems to exceed Institute requisites.
• Achieved consistent expense management under budget targets, resulting in program budget increases.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR : Musical Arts/Sound Laboratory (MAS-Lab) • Los Angeles CA 2004–present
Performing arts non-profit producing original cross-disciplinary music innovations.
• Initiated 4 original large-scale collaborations between LA artists and internationally recognized composers.
• Launched successful fund raising campaigns for 8 new projects.
• Achieved execution of new projects remaining within organization fiscal means.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/EDUCATION OUTREACH DIRECTOR : Wizard Music, Inc. • New York NY/Pasadena CA 2002–2005
Non-profit music software company serving communities across the US.
• Innovated original curriculum workbook for use in conjunction with new software.
• Introduced new procedures to 2 education research facilities at Arizona State University and UCLA.
• Improved reporting methods to research affiliates and grant agencies (Rockefeller Foundation,
National Endowment for the Arts, Yamaha Music et al).
• Achieved curriculum placement in 8 outreach centers nationwide including Los Angeles, New York and Kansas City.
COMPOSER
Professional CV available on request.
SELECTED CONTRACT CLIENTS
National Association of Arts Organizations
Los Angeles, CA
West-Care Programs for At-Risk Youth
Las Vegas, NV
Hip Chix Clothing
Los Angeles, CA
Gustavo Ferrera Productions, Inc.
Hollywood, CA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ASCAP — Member
American Composers Forum LA — Advisory Council
CIM/CalArts VIRAL (art journal) — Board Member
Los Angeles County Arts Commission — Grant Panelist
Subito Grant LA — Grant Panelist
LANGUAGES AND SPECIAL SKILLS
Music Composition, Graphic Design, Animation.
Creative portfolio available by request.
Proficient in German, French, working knowledge of Arabic.
Research articles used in university curricula.
EDUCATION
Research Fellow (non-degree) Integrated Arts: Music
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MFA Music + Integrated Media (see alumnus award)
California Institute of the Arts
BA (cum laude) German Area Studies
University of Oregon
Post Baccalaureate Studies (non-degree) Music
Portland State University
Internship (Teaching)
Oakwood School (North Hollywood, CA)
Internship (Broadcast)
Fisher, Brady & LaBrue Advertising (Seattle, WA)
California Institute of the Arts School of Music
Composition Coordinator
California Institute of the Arts KCIA Radio
Station Manager
SELECTED AWARDS
• Certificate of Honor—Center for Japanese Culture
• Nomination American Academy—Berlin Prize
• McKinney Prize for Innovation In Literature
• Other Minds Festival Composer Fellowship
• Exhibiting Artist, Whitney Biennial
• Nomination, Herb Alpert Award in Music
• CalArts President’s Alumnus Award
• Meet the Composer Grant
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant
• American Composers Forum Subito Grant
N i c h o l a s M a h a y n i - c h a s e
nick@nfchase.net +1 213-200-0612