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LEAP 500 (Leadership in the Arts)
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Dr. Michael Seman is an assistant professor of arts management at Colorado State University where he is also the director of the Arts Management program. Michael’s work examines issues in the creative economy, most recently the economic, cultural, and social impacts of music venues. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, CNN, and regional media outlets often seek Michael’s perspective and insights. His work is published in various academic journals, edited volumes, CityLab, and most recently by the Brookings Institution; he has also co-authored music and film strategies and creative economy reports for the City of Denver and the State of Colorado. Michael created the Music Venue Economic Impact Calculator for the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and is currently writing a book about music ecosystems and cities for the University of Texas Press. He previously managed daytime programming for two music festivals in Denton, Texas and spent several years as an internal marketing executive at Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California. He is represented by the Creative Class Group for speaking engagements.
Lynn Boland, Ph.D. joined CSU as the director of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in July 2017,
bringing more than 20 years of experience in various academic and university museum roles.
From 2009 until starting at CSU, they were the Pierre Daura Curator of European Art at the
Georgia Museum of Art and adjunct professor in the Department of Art History at the University
of Georgia.
Dr. Boland received an undergraduate degree in art history from the University of Georgia and a
master’s and doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Their publications and
exhibitions have received awards from the College Art Association (CAA), the Southeastern
College Art Conference (SECAC), the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA),
Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC), and the American Alliance of Museums (AAM); their
research and publications have received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the
Kress Foundation, and the Getty Foundation, among others. Dr. Boland specializes in 20th- and
21st-century art and issues around museum access and equity.