Bam... And Then It Hit Me

Bam... And Then It Hit Me
Karen Brooks Hopkins
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Hardback
h241 x 178mm - 320pg
7 Oct 2021 US
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9781576878385
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President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Karen Brooks Hopkins' inspiring memoir of 36 years at the world-famous cultural institution. President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Karen Brooks Hopkins pens BAM. . . and Then It Hit Me, an inspiring memoir of her 36 years at the iconic cultural institution, America' s oldest performing arts center. The book has a sharp focus on concepts such as leadership, innovation, urban revitalization (including the transformation of Brooklyn from Manhattan Outpost to the coolest neighborhood on the planet), as highly successful cultural fundraising played critical roles in the colorful evolution of this world-class cultural juggernaut in the performing arts.
Karen Brooks Hopkins is the president emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for thirty-six years, serving sixteen as its president. As president, Hopkins oversaw the institution' s 230 full-time employees and its multiple theaters and cinemas, ranging from the 2,100seat BAM Howard Gilman Opera House to the flexible 250-seat Fishman Space. Hopkins has served as the chair of the Cultural Institutions Group, has been a member of the mayor' s Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, the New York State Board of Regents, and on the Boards of NYC & Company, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, and currently on the Trust for Governors Island. Hopkins was appointed Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star from the Royal Dramatic Theater of Sweden, named Chevalier de L' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Republic of France, and awarded the King Olav Medal by Norway. She was designated a "Woman of Achievement" by the professional association Women in Development in 2013 and named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in New York" by Crain' s. Among the many honors BAM has received during her tenure is the 2013 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts organizations by the US government. President Obama presented the medal to Hopkins at a White House ceremony. In 2014, Hopkins was one of ten esteemed business leaders appointed to the inaugural Crain' s Hall of Fame. Her widely read book, Successful Fundraising for Arts & Cultural Organizations, is currently in its second edition. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she received her MFA from George Washington University in Washington, DC. She has received honorary degrees from St. Frances College, Pratt Institute, Long Island University and a prestigious Doctor of Laws from Columbia University. Following her retirement from BAM in June 2015, Hopkins recently served as the Inaugural Senior Fellow in Residence at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, adviser to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, board member of the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, senior adviser to and board member of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), and as a Nasher Haemisegger Fellow at SMU/DataArts.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781576878385
Published: 7 Oct 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: PowerHouse Books US
Publisher: PowerHouse Books US
Format: Hardback
Height: 241mm
Width: 178mm
Pages: 320

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