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Patrick A. Kelsey

Business professor

Education

  • M.B.A., business administration, Nyack College
  • M.F.A., theatre arts, Columbia University
  • B.S., management, theatre, Ball State University

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor, business, 2018–present
    Professor, business design and arts leadership, 2011–2018, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct Instructor, business, 2005–2006, Nyack College, New York
  • Lecturer/Trainer, 1998–2001, Clear Channel Entertainment-Theatrical, New York
  • Teaching Assistant, theatre management, 1993, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Professional

  • Development Director, 2008–2010
    Managing Director, 2004–2008, The Irish Repertory Theatre, New York
  • Managing Director, General Partner, 2007–2010, Manhattan Artist Representatives, New York
  • General Manager, 2002–2007, Golden Door Productions, New York
  • General Manager, 2003–2004, Camp Broadway, New York
  • General Manager, 2001, Clear Channel Entertainment, New York
  • Director of Operations, 1998–2001, SFX Theatrical Group, New York
  • Director of Engagement Relations, 1998
    Assistant Director of Operations, 1996–1998, Pace Theatrical Group, New York
  • General Management Assistant, 1995–1996, Charlotte Wilcox Company, New York
  • Public Relations Director, 1995–1996, Hammerstein Center, Columbia University, New York
  • Press Agent Assistant, 1995, Boneau/Bryan-Brown, New York
  • Assistant to the Chairman, U.S. Exhibition-Praque Quadrennial, 1995, United States Institute for Theatre Technology, New York
  • Managing Director, Strother Theatre, 1991–1994
    Management Assistant, Summer Theatre Festival, 1993, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
  • Production Crew, 1988, 1989–1990, Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Nyack College: Dean's MBA Scholarship Award and MBA Graduate Scholarship
  • Columbia University: Shubert Presidential Scholarship, Hammerstein Center Departmental Research Assistantship
  • Ball State University: Ernst & Young Outstanding New Venture Plan - The Illustre Theatre, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Meritorius Scene Design Award - The Fourth Chair, Departmental Scene Design Award - The Loves of Cass McGuire, Upperclassman Theatre Scholarships, William Givens/First Merchants Bank Scholarship, Department of Theatre and Dance Performance Scholarship, George Vanlandingham/Junto Club Scholarship

Organizations

  • Online Learning Consortium
  • Association of Arts Administration Educators
  • Americans for the Arts and Americans for the Arts Action Fund
  • National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
  • ArtsGeorgia
  • City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • Clear Channel Entertainment-Theatrical, New York, 1998–2001 Lecturer/Trainer
  • Association of Arts Administration Educators 2018 Annual Conference – Panelist: "Soft Skills Require Hard Development" (Co-Panelists: Dr. Amanda Nelson, Virginia Tech University; Dr. Rachel Shane, University of Kentucky; Dr. Armen Shaomian, University of South Carolina.)
  • Association of Arts Administration Educators 2018 Annual Conference – Moderator, Building Communities and Creating Change by Teaching Good Governance in the Arts. (Panelists: Sherri Helwig, University of Toronto Scarborough; Brenda Lee Johnston, Butler University; Roland Kushner, Muhlenberg College.)
  • Association of Arts Administration Educators 2017 Annual Conference – Panelist: "Ugh! A Group Project!" (Co-Panelists: Kevin Maifield, Seattle University; Dr. Rachel Shane, University of Kentucky; T. Anne Frost, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.)

Publications

  • Manuscript Review: Shane, Rachel, "A participant-oriented evaluative case study of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Internship Program," Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, 2015.
  • Manuscript Review: Worth, Michael J. Fundraising Principles and Practice, Sage Publications, 2015.