Melanie Coleman

Melanie Coleman is a passionate arts advocate and administrator that seeks to create more accessible and safer spaces for artistic expression across several disciplines. She received her B.F.A as an Arts Administration major, Film & TV and Strategic, Legal, and Management Communications double minor from the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University. She hails all the way from Birmingham, Alabama. Melanie boasts comprehensive involvement in theatre, film, and general entertainment. She’s worked with companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Octet Productions, BET, the Discovery Channel, and several others. What Melanie has most enjoyed is working full time coordinating and line producing events & productions for the Social Impact Programming department and running Millennium Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Currently in the process of building and expanding her own production company committed to reducing and refining the administrative burden associated with the creative journey, Melanie hopes to assist artists with increasing their creative impact.

What drew you to the M.A. in Arts Politics:

"We never fully arrive." This is something that has been reinforced in my life time and time again. I believe it is crucial to be a life long learner. Pursing APP is a reminder that there is always more to learn, more work to do, and deeper depths to go. This program is enabling my effort to focus on the artistic journey rather than pursuing a specific destination. I feel the need to evolve as a creative and challenge everything that I've learned so far. I'm confident that this program will aid in accomplishing that goal.