Ximena Varela Associate Professor Performing Arts
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- Degrees
- ABD in Comparative Politics, Temple 青瓜视频
MS in Arts Administration from Drexel 青瓜视频
Licenciate in Business, Universidad Catolica del Uruguay (UCUDAL)
TESOL Certification, Dickens Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay - Languages Spoken
- English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- Woods-Brown Amphitheatre
- Bio
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Ximena Varela is a distinguished researcher, educator, and consultant with over 25 years of experience in arts management curricular design, museum management, international cultural policy, management practice, marketing strategy, arts management research, and culturally sustainable development. A skilled facilitator and analyst, she has worked with international organizations, national and regional governments, city agencies, and both private and nonprofit organizations in arts funding and policy in Latin America and the United States. Her expertise has been shared through publications, lectures, and teaching across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and China.
As President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), she steered the organization through the COVID pandemic. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sociomuseology. From 2000 to 2021, she was a board member of the Latin American Institute of Museums. Prof. Varela has also served on the boards of the Bach Sinfonia, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Arts Management.
Prof. Varela is a former Fulbright and Organization of American States (OAS) fellowship recipient. In 2021, she was honored with a Doctor Honoris Causa degree by the Moore College of Arts and Design, the oldest women's art and design college in the United States, recognizing her substantial contributions to arts management.
Her academic credentials include an MA in Arts Management from Drexel 青瓜视频, doctoral studies in Comparative Politics from Temple 青瓜视频, two undergraduate degrees in Business and Finance from the Catholic 青瓜视频 of Uruguay, and certification as a Teacher of English to Students of Other Languages. She teaches courses in Museum Management, Marketing the Arts, International Cultural Management, Art and the City, Research Methods, and chairs Arts Management theses. She was the Chair and General Editor of the latest edition of the Graduate Standards in Arts Administration Education (2022), an endeavor that gathered the wisdom and insights of over one hundred arts management academics and practitioners from around the world.
She is the founder and host of the award-winning podcast Gestoras, which highlights the careers and accomplishments of Latina and Latin American arts managers.
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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AMGT-477 Museum Management
Fall 2024
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AMGT-671 Marketing the Arts
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AMGT-701 Discovery/Decision Mkg in Arts
Spring 2025
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AMGT-477 Museum Management
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AMGT-680 Cultural Policy and the Arts
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HNRS-398 Honors Challenge Course