The Metropolis of Chandler has appointed Julianna Crespo, a performing arts govt with greater than 14 years of expertise main programming, venue operations, viewers growth and organizational technique, as the brand new Normal Supervisor of the Chandler Middle for the Arts.
Crespo will start her new function on Monday, August 10, because the Middle prepares to reopen this October following a significant renovation and enters an thrilling new chapter of strategic planning, neighborhood funding and creative progress.
Following a nationwide search with greater than 240 candidates, Crespo was chosen for her collaborative management type, nonprofit govt expertise and observe document of constructing partnerships that advance arts training, workforce growth and neighborhood impression.
“Julianna brings precisely the mix of strategic management, operational excellence and collaborative management we have been in search of,” mentioned Kim Moyers, Cultural Growth Director for the Metropolis of Chandler. “Her expertise increasing youth arts training, growing neighborhood collaborations and strengthening relationships with faculties, native governments and nonprofit organizations aligns completely with the Chandler Middle for the Arts’ mission. We’re assured Julianna is the precise chief to information the Middle into its subsequent chapter.”
Most lately, Crespo served as Government Director of Mosaic Theatricals in Escondido, California, the place she led the group’s transition to an unbiased nonprofit whereas increasing skilled theatre productions, youth arts training and workforce growth initiatives. She additionally strengthened partnerships with the Metropolis of Escondido, the Escondido Union College District and California State College San Marcos, utilizing the humanities to create academic alternatives, construct workforce pathways and contribute to the area’s financial vitality.
Previous to that, Crespo spent greater than a decade on the California Middle for the Arts, Escondido, the place she curated the offered season and oversaw programming, patron providers, neighborhood occasions, leases and field workplace operations, presenting nationally and internationally acknowledged artists throughout theatre, music, comedy, household leisure and cultural occasions.
Rooted in her Chicana heritage, Crespo credit the mentors who inspired and challenged her all through her profession and is keen about creating those self same alternatives for the following era of arts leaders.
“I’m honored to hitch the Metropolis of Chandler and the Chandler Middle for the Arts and develop into a part of a neighborhood that has already made me really feel extremely welcome,” mentioned Crespo. “I’m grateful to Michelle Mac Lennan for the exceptional basis she has constructed by means of her years of management, and I look ahead to constructing on that legacy. The Chandler Middle for the Arts performs an important function as a spot the place individuals expertise the enjoyment, inspiration and human connection that the humanities make doable. I look ahead to listening, studying and constructing relationships as we information the Middle’s subsequent chapter collectively.”
The Chandler Middle for the Arts is a singular partnership between the Metropolis of Chandler, the Chandler Cultural Basis and the Chandler Unified College District, serving as each a premier performing arts venue and an necessary academic and neighborhood useful resource. Following its October 2026 reopening after a significant renovation, Crespo will assist lead growth of a brand new strategic plan whereas guiding the Middle’s subsequent chapter of creative and neighborhood impression. In March 2027, the Middle will current the world premiere of Yellowroot: A Juke Joint Cabaret, additional establishing Chandler as a vacation spot for the creation of latest creative work.
For extra details about applications, performances and exhibitions, go to chandlercenter.org.
