Steven Lavine

Steven D. Lavine is the former president of the California Institute of the Arts. He stepped down from that position in June 2017, after 29 years in the post.

Steven D. Lavine
Born1947 (age 73–74)
Sparta, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Occupationformer President of the California Institute of the Arts

Lavine graduated from Central High School in 1965. He is graduate of Stanford University (BA). He received a master's and doctorate in English and American literature from Harvard University.[1]

Career

Through the professional recommendation of Martin Friedman, then-director of the Walker Art Center, Lavine was put in contact with CalArts's Board of Trustees. In 1988 he was appointed its president, after serving as associate director for arts and humanities at the Rockefeller Foundation.[1]

In 1991, with Ivan Karp, Lavine co-edited "Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display".[2]

CalArts

As the third president of CalArts, Lavine oversaw the naming of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, The Herb Alpert School of Music, and REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater that opened in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.[3]

Personal life

Lavine is married to writer and artist Janet Sternburg.[3]

References
  1. DUBIN, ZAN (10 February 1988). "Steven Lavine of Rockefeller Foundation to Head CalArts" – via LA Times.
  2. "National Advisory Board - SNAAP: Strategic National Arts Alumni Project". snaap.indiana.edu.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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