Description
President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Karen Brooks Hopkins' inspiring memoir of 36 years at the world-famous cultural institution. President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Karen Brooks Hopkins pens BAM...and Then It Hit Me, an inspiring memoir of her 36 years at the iconic cultural institution, America's oldest performing arts center. The book has a sharp focus on concepts such as leadership, innovation, urban revitalization (including the transformation of Brooklyn from Manhattan Outpost to the coolest neighborhood on the planet), as highly successful cultural fundraising played critical roles in the colorful evolution of this world-class cultural juggernaut in the performing arts.
Author: Karen Brooks Hopkins
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 9.53h x 7.17w x 1.57d
ISBN13: 9781576878385
ISBN10: 1576878384
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
Author: Karen Brooks Hopkins
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 9.53h x 7.17w x 1.57d
ISBN13: 9781576878385
ISBN10: 1576878384
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
About the Author
Karen Brooks Hopkins is the president emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for thirty-six years, serving sixteen as its president. As president, Hopkins oversaw the institution's 230 full-time employees and its multiple theaters and cinemas, ranging from the 2,100seat BAM Howard Gilman Opera House to the flexible 250-seat Fishman Space.