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'''Ella Baff''' was |
'''Ella Baff''' was executive director of [[Jacob's Pillow]] from 1998 until 2015, where she was most known for her work running the annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. She then joined the [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]] in New York City until 2018. |
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Until 1997 Baff was the director of education and community programming at Cal Performances, an arts organization at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1997-11-20 |title=New Executive Director For Jacob's Pillow |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/20/arts/new-executive-director-for-jacob-s-pillow.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
Until 1997 Baff was the director of education and community programming at Cal Performances, an arts organization at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1997-11-20 |title=New Executive Director For Jacob's Pillow |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/20/arts/new-executive-director-for-jacob-s-pillow.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Starting in 1998, Baff was the executive and artistic director of [[Jacob's Pillow Dance|Jacob's Pillow]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Macaulay |first=Alastair |date=2015-08-25 |title=Dance This Week: Ella Baff, Misty Copeland and 'Pearl' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/arts/dance/dance-this-week-ella-baffmisty-copeland-and-pearl.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> a 225-acre historic site that encompasses an international dance festival, professional school, archives, exhibits, artist residencies, public venues, and education and community programs. |
Starting in 1998, Baff was the executive and artistic director of [[Jacob's Pillow Dance|Jacob's Pillow]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Macaulay |first=Alastair |date=2015-08-25 |title=Dance This Week: Ella Baff, Misty Copeland and 'Pearl' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/arts/dance/dance-this-week-ella-baffmisty-copeland-and-pearl.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> a 225-acre historic site that encompasses an international dance festival, professional school, archives, exhibits, artist residencies, public venues, and education and community programs.Under her leadership, the organization was designated a National Historic Landmark.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |title=The Rural We: Ella BaffA quick exit interview with Ella Baff as she takes her bow from Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Mass. |url=https://ruralintelligence.com/community/the-rural-we-ella-baff |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Rural Intelligence}}</ref> |
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In 2015 Baff joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior program officer,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2015 |title=Ella Baff Joins The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for the Arts and Cultural |url=https://www.ispa.org/news/242235/Ella-Baff-Joins-The-Andrew-W.-Mellon-Foundation-as-Senior-Program-Officer-for-the-Arts-and-Cultural-.htm |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-07 |title=Jacob's Pillow Chief Ella Baff Steps Down to Take Post with Mellon Foundation {{!}} The Rogovoy Report |url=https://rogovoyreport.com/2015/07/07/ella-baff-leaves-jacobs-pillow/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> a position she held until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2018 |title=Ella Baff to Leave Foundation |url=https://mellon.org/news-blog/articles/ella-baff-leave-foundation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309114113/https://mellon.org/news-blog/articles/ella-baff-leave-foundation/ |archive-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> |
In 2015 Baff joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior program officer,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2015 |title=Ella Baff Joins The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for the Arts and Cultural |url=https://www.ispa.org/news/242235/Ella-Baff-Joins-The-Andrew-W.-Mellon-Foundation-as-Senior-Program-Officer-for-the-Arts-and-Cultural-.htm |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-07 |title=Jacob's Pillow Chief Ella Baff Steps Down to Take Post with Mellon Foundation {{!}} The Rogovoy Report |url=https://rogovoyreport.com/2015/07/07/ella-baff-leaves-jacobs-pillow/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> a position she held until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2018 |title=Ella Baff to Leave Foundation |url=https://mellon.org/news-blog/articles/ella-baff-leave-foundation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309114113/https://mellon.org/news-blog/articles/ella-baff-leave-foundation/ |archive-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Baff has been a moderator for the Works & Process series at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]]. She has served on the board of directors of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) and [[MASS moca|MASS MoCA]] (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). She is a member of the Advisory Council of the American Friends of the [[Batsheva Dance Company|Batsheva]] Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, designed by [[David Adjaye|Sir David Adjaye]], opening in 2023. |
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| ⚫ | Baff has been a moderator for the Works & Process series at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]]. She has served on the board of directors of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) and [[MASS moca|MASS MoCA]] (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). She is a member of the Advisory Council of the American Friends of the [[Batsheva Dance Company|Batsheva]] Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, designed by [[David Adjaye|Sir David Adjaye]], opening in 2023. |
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== Honors and awards == |
== Honors and awards == |
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Baff received |
In 2008 Baff received the [[Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters]] from the Ministry of Culture of France.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2008 |title=Ella Baff |work=Dance Magazine |via=[[Gale (publisher)]] |volume=82 |issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ella Baff |url=https://berkshiremag.com/berkshire-25-2015/ella-baff |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Berkshire Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> She also received the Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals. She has received a honorary doctorate from the [[Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts]] in 2004. In 2015 she received an honorary degree from the [[College of the Holy Cross]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 Honorary Degree Citation |url=https://www.holycross.edu/commencement-2015/2015-honorary-degree-citation |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=College of the Holy Cross |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-20 |title=After 17 Years of Devotion, Ella Baff Exits Jacob's Pillow |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/after-17-years-of-devotio_b_8007134 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> |
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In 2011 Baff accepted the [[National Medal of Arts]] from [[Barack Obama]] on behalf of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Siobhan |date=July 2011 |title=Back to the future: Jacob's Pillow releases archival videos online |work=Dance Magazine |via=[[Gale (publisher)]] |volume=85 |issue=7)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Ceremony |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/26868 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=The White House |language=en}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Ella Baff was executive director of Jacob's Pillow from 1998 until 2015, where she was most known for her work running the annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. She then joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City until 2018.
Education
Baff was born in New York City and grew up there. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976. Following graduation she held multiple jobs including teaching in juvenile prisons and on an island in the Aleutian Islands.[1]
Career
Until 1997 Baff was the director of education and community programming at Cal Performances, an arts organization at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]
Starting in 1998, Baff was the executive and artistic director of Jacob's Pillow,[3] a 225-acre historic site that encompasses an international dance festival, professional school, archives, exhibits, artist residencies, public venues, and education and community programs.Under her leadership, the organization was designated a National Historic Landmark.[4]
In 2015 Baff joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior program officer,[3][5][6] a position she held until 2018.[7]
Baff has been a moderator for the Works & Process series at the Guggenheim Museum. She has served on the board of directors of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) and MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). She is a member of the Advisory Council of the American Friends of the Batsheva Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, designed by Sir David Adjaye, opening in 2023.
Honors and awards
In 2008 Baff received the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the Ministry of Culture of France.[8][9] She also received the Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals. She has received a honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2004. In 2015 she received an honorary degree from the College of the Holy Cross.[10][11]
In 2011 Baff accepted the National Medal of Arts from Barack Obama on behalf of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.[12][13]
References
- ^ Borak, Jeffrey (15 June 2007). "Q&A with Ella Baff". The Berkshire Eagle; Pittsfield, Mass. – via Proquest.
- ^ "New Executive Director For Jacob's Pillow". The New York Times. 1997-11-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ a b Macaulay, Alastair (2015-08-25). "Dance This Week: Ella Baff, Misty Copeland and 'Pearl'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "The Rural We: Ella BaffA quick exit interview with Ella Baff as she takes her bow from Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Mass". Rural Intelligence. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Ella Baff Joins The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for the Arts and Cultural". 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Jacob's Pillow Chief Ella Baff Steps Down to Take Post with Mellon Foundation | The Rogovoy Report". 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Ella Baff to Leave Foundation". 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Ella Baff". Dance Magazine. Vol. 82, no. 2. February 2008 – via Gale (publisher).
- ^ "Ella Baff". Berkshire Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "2015 Honorary Degree Citation". College of the Holy Cross. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "After 17 Years of Devotion, Ella Baff Exits Jacob's Pillow". HuffPost. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Burke, Siobhan (July 2011). "Back to the future: Jacob's Pillow releases archival videos online". Dance Magazine. Vol. 85, no. 7) – via Gale (publisher).
- ^ "The 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Ceremony". The White House. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
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