Annual meeting archive
Past AAHE Annual Meetings
AAHE’s annual meetings bring members together across campuses, cities, and regions for shared learning, institutional exchange, and collegial connection.
Archive
Gatherings across the AAHE network.
This archive preserves the visual record and host information from previous AAHE annual meetings.
2025
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hosted by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and the Platt Student Performing Arts House, May 28–30.
2024
Boston, Massachusetts
Hosted by Brandeis and Suffolk, June 10–11.
2023
Palo Alto, California
Hosted by Stanford University, June 21–23.
2022
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Hosted by the University of Michigan, June 2–4.
2021
Virtual Annual Meeting
Held virtually.
2020
Virtual Annual Meeting
Hosted by the University of Virginia, July 15–17.
2019
Chicago, Illinois
Hosted by the University of Chicago, May 30–31.
2018
Atlanta, Georgia
Hosted by Georgia Tech, June 22–23.
2017
Los Angeles, California
Hosted by USC and UCLA, June 21–23.
2016
Boston, Massachusetts
Hosted by MIT, June 15.
2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, June 4–5.
2014
Boston, Massachusetts
Held June 2–3.
2012
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Hosted by the University of Michigan, June 18–20.
Earlier gatherings
Early meetings and founding context.
2011
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, March 11–12.
2009
Princeton, New Jersey
Hosted by Princeton University, November 13–14.
2008
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Hosted by Lehigh University, June 12–13.
2007
Baltimore, Maryland
Hosted by Johns Hopkins University, May 22–23.
Founding context
AAHE began as Campus Arts Directors, a name the group used until November 2009, when it selected the name Arts Administrators in Higher Education.
In March 2006, Eric Beatty of Johns Hopkins, Ty Furman of the University of Pennsylvania, and Jack Megan of Harvard hosted the first gathering at Harvard. Attendees included arts staff from Brandeis, Cal Tech, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia.