Veronique Le Melle

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Veronique Le Melle, a leader with 30 years of experience, was named Executive Director of Artpace San Antonio (Texas) in september of 2015. Le Melle assumed her position on January 18, of 2016. Since 2009, Le Melle has led the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), a 45-year-old performing and visual arts complex that supports working artists to create, perform, and exhibit new works; builds new audiences; and connects art to community. As President and CEO, Le Melle led the BCA through notable expansions in visual, performing and public art programming, highlighting Boston’s vibrant South End. During her tenure, Le Melle raised the profile of the BCA in the city of Boston, rebuilding and establishing relationships with neighborhood organizations and city lawmakers. Under her leadership the BCA instituted an eclectic dance residency program, worked collaboratively within the Boston arts community to advance the needs of Boston’s artists, and developed a strong community of campus creatives. Le Melle championed the organization’s existing professional development and residency programs and focused on being responsive not only to the artists it serves but also to the community within which it resides. Previous to her position in Boston, Le Melle served as Executive Director of the Louisiana Division of the Arts, a job she began in 2005, right before Hurricane Katrina. In this role, she successfully finalized and implemented a statewide strategic cultural plan, restructured the state’s grants program and created the structure and mission for Louisiana’s first private cultural foundation, the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation. Her professional experience in public service also includes her tenure as the Director of Cultural Affairs and Tourism for Queens, New York for Borough President Helen Marshall. In this position her charge was to support and advise both the established Queens cultural institutions and new community-based arts groups who were providing vital services within their neighborhoods.