Kent Devereaux

Kent Devereaux is an American composer, director, academic administrator, and the 12th and current president of Goucher College. He was previously the president of the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA) from 2015 to 2019.

Kent Devereaux
12th President of Goucher College
Assumed office
2019 (2019)
Preceded byJosé Antonio Bowen
President of New Hampshire Institute of Art
In office
2015 (2015) – 2019 (2019)
Preceded byRoger Williams
Personal details
ResidenceTowson, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materCornish College of the Arts (B.F.A.)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (M.F.A.)
OccupationAcademic administrator, composer, director

Education

Devereaux attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.F.A. in music composition (1982). His teachers included Lou Harrison, Anthony Braxton, and Gil Evans. He briefly studied computer science at Stanford University and earned an M.F.A. in Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1985), where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He lived in Surakarta, Indonesia studying Javanese shadow puppetry on a Fulbright Fellowship.

Career

Academia

Devereaux served on the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the California Institute of the Arts.

While serving as Senior Vice President of Editorial and Product Development at Encyclopædia Britannica, Devereaux helped transform the publisher from a print to online business.[1] He subsequently served as Senior Vice President and Dean of Curriculum at Kaplan University from 2001 to 2008. Devereaux was Professor and Chair of the Music Department at Cornish College of the Arts[2] from 2008 to 2014. While there, he curated the college's presenting series, Cornish Presents, and co-founded and directed the Seattle Jazz Experience youth jazz festival.[3]

Devereaux joined the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA) as president in 2015.[4] Devereaux's initiatives at NHIA included co-founding the Manchester Cultural District Coalition, which advocated for the city to establish an official cultural district,[5] the launching of a new Certificate in Creative Placemaking program,[6] and the formation of an academic partnership with the University of New Hampshire at Manchester.[7] When arriving at NHIA in 2015, Devereaux said "Where we haven’t been as successful is in marketing all that we are and what we offer" and “We’re quite confident we’ll see enrollment growth and financial stability...We’ve been around for 117 years. We’re not going anywhere.” https://manchesterinklink.com/rebirth-of-nhia-after-near-merger-shifting-priorities-means-closing-art-shop-layoffs-new-positions/ In 2019, he announced the merger of NHIA and New England College. https://www.concordmonitor.com/NEC-New-England-College-Henniker-arts-22504707 In June 2019, he announced he was leaving New Hampshire Institute of Art. https://www.unionleader.com/news/education/in-wake-of-merger-new-hampshire-institute-of-art-president/article_bce2686e-0c88-5190-a4ea-99b57443aeef.html

On June 13, 2019, the Goucher College Board of trustees announced that Devereaux would become President of the college on July 1, 2019.[8][9]

Music

As a composer and director,[10] Devereaux's work includes collaborations with artists from around the world and performances at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre and the Walker Arts Center. He has been a recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was also honored with the Cornish College of the Arts Distinguished Alumni Award.

Personal life

Devereaux is married to a documentary film editor. The couple will reside on the Goucher campus.[9]

References
  1. Tam, Pui-Wing (December 11, 2000). "One for the History Books". Wall Street Journal.
  2. "Cornish College names new music chairman". Seattletimes.com. September 4, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  3. "New Youth Jazz Fest to Debut in Seattle". Jazzedmagazine.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  4. "Cornish's Kent Devereaux Named Next President of NHIA | Western Arts Alliance". westarts.org. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  5. "Manchester aldermen OK establishment of six-block 'cultural district' | New Hampshire". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  6. "NH Institute of Art offers 'creative placemaking' certificate - New Hampshire Business Review - February 3 2017". www.nhbr.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  7. "UNH Manchester, NHIA Expand Innovative Partnership". UNH at Manchester. May 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  8. "Kent Devereaux appointed 12th President of Goucher College". Goucher College. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  9. Bowie, Liz (June 13, 2019). "Goucher College selects Kent Devereaux as new president. Touts his strong liberal arts, business background". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  10. "Mythological Multimedia". Articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
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