• PhD, Arts Administration-In progress

• M.A. Arts Leadership and Cultural Management

• B.A. Dance Performance

KAITYLN HARDIMAN

Kaitlyn is an arts practitioner, educator, and social researcher who believes that the arts of all modalities play a crucial role in shaping and renewing culture. With over twelve years of experience in the nonprofit arts sector, she has planted arts-based community outreach, engagement, and education initiatives throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Peru. 

• Adjunct professor of Arts Administration at Oklahoma City University and Ohio University teaching coursework in: Resource Mobilization and the Arts; Fundraising and Development; Arts Leadership; Arts Advocacy.

• Increased organization’s annual grant support by 600%.

• Has an 87% success rate for securing grants from new funding organizations, surpassing the industry average of 20-30%.

• Diversified organization’s grant relationship portfolio of foundation and corporate support by 225%.

• Contributing author for Routledge’s upcoming publication of Financial Management in Museums. Chapter contribution: Creative Approaches to Strategic Planning in the Arts

• Pioneered communications and marketing strategies that increased social media engagements by 837%, accounts reached by 195%, and followers gained by 53% over three months. 

• Presenter and workshop facilitator for a multitude of conferences across the nation. Presentation topics have included Dance Programs’ Impact on Communities, Risk Mitigation for Events, Marketing for the Arts, Storytelling through Movement, and Building your Arts Programs.