Jack Megan, a longtime arts administrator in the Boston area, has been appointed the next director of Harvard's Office for the Arts (OFA).
Myra Mayman, who has held the position for 28 years, will step down in July.
The Office for the Arts is in charge of organizing the annual Arts First weekend, sponsoring lecture series, awarding grants to students and running a ceramics and a dance program.
Megan, whose appointment was announced late last week, said that the goals of OFA jibe with his own beliefs about the significance of the visual and performing arts to undergraduates.
After two years as director of development of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Megan became the associate director of the Longy School of Music in 1986.
During his 12 years at Longy, Megan initiated a capital campaign, started a Master of Music program. A scholarship fund has been created in his name.
In addition to his longstanding interest in arts management, Megan is also a performer.
He is a jazz pianist and a writer, predominantly for children's theatre.
Read more in News
Take Over: PSLM Sits InRecommended Articles
-
Harvard Turns Out for Arts FirstFrom the Harvard Pops Orchestra's performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" to the Pforzheimen House screening of. First festival spanned the
-
OFA Will Hire Student Intern to Assist Black Arts ProgramArts for black students at Harvard will soon receive new support, thanks to the Office of the Arts at Harvard
-
Leaving Her Mark: Myra A. Mayman, OFA Director, To DepartMyra A. Mayman, the founding director of the Office for the Arts (OFA), has announced her intention to step down
-
Arts Director Recovers From Sled InjuryIn the wake of a sledding injury earlier this month which has rendered Harvard’s top arts official unable to work
-
Professionals to Aid HRDCIn a move that student actors say may solve the perennial shortage of professional mentorship for their productions, the Harvard-Radcliffe
-
Yo-Yo Ma To Recieve Arts MedalWorld-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 was named last week as the recipient of the 10th annual Harvard Arts Medal, an
