Guild Hall: Guild Hall Flash, Feb 2023 / Nick Schwartz-Hall, Director of Performing Arts…

INTRODUCING NICK SCHWARTZ-HALL,

GUILD HALL DIRECTOR OF PERFORMING ARTS

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Nick Schwartz-Hall to the position of Director of Performing Arts following a comprehensive national search conducted over twelve months. A long-time champion of intercultural collaborations, Schwartz-Hall comes to Guild Hall with over three decades of experience creating and presenting at premiere U.S. and global venues and working with acclaimed artists. He most recently served as Senior Producer at The Music Center, Los Angeles, where, among other programs, he developed and presented the Summer SoundWaves outdoor concert series featuring Latin and African diaspora artists, established the Center’s Producing Department, oversaw the annual Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance season, and produced large-scale concerts including Max Richter’s SLEEPin Grand Park, and Joni 75, a birthday celebration of the music of Joni Mitchell.

Nick will begin his tenure in April 2023, in advance of our reopening and summer season.

PROGRAM PARTNERS IN THE NEWS:

THE BEATBOX HOUSE / THE MISSING ELEMENT

The New York Times, January 21, 2023

“… Chris Celiz, Gene Shinozaki, Amit Bhowmick, Kenny Urban, and Neil Meadows (better known as NaPoM), all beatboxing champions, will visit Indonesia and Singapore with the State Department for three weeks of beatbox competitions, workshops and collaborations with local musicians as part of American Music Abroad, an outreach program sponsored by the department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs…”

Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim before the pandemic, The Missing Element was developed in Works & Process bubble residencies at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in August 2020 and March 2021, made possible through the generous support of the Mellon Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

2023 ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Join us for the 37th annual Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Gotham Hall in New York City to celebrate those who champion Guild Hall’s dynamic mission as an inventive, artist-driven institution. The Academy of the Arts is a community of over 200 of the nation’s most accomplished artists and creative professionals who lend their talent and expertise to Guild Hall.

This year we honor Peter Marino with the Achievement Award for Visual Arts and Tom Roush and LaVon Kellner with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. We are also delighted to recognize our newest inductees to the Academy of the Arts: Nanette Carter, Jeremy Dennis, Virginia Jaramillo, Annie Leibovitz, Jay McInerney, Isaac Mizrahi, Arcmanoro Niles, Maulik Pancholy, Lisa Perry, Eric Ripert,Jordan Roth, Iris Smyles, and Andrina Wekontash Smith.