Adrienne Bryant Godwin

Adrienne Bryant Godwin has led the artistic programming for the Center for the Arts in Fairfax and the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas since 2018. Her curatorial vision has expanded the impact of both venues' through deepened engagement efforts, most notably through the Mason Artist-in-Residence program, established in 2019.

Adrienne came to George Mason University with a wealth of experience working for both presenting organizations as well as artist-led ensembles. From 2011 - 2018 she was the Founding Executive Director of Dance Heginbotham, NYC-based contemporary dance company for whom she still serves as a Board Member. Adrienne was integral in navigating the company’s rapid growth, supporting exciting artistic achievements while creating a solid organizational structure to support Artistic Director John Heginbotham's creative vision. Company highlights include presentations and commissions from prestigious institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; a six week tour to Southeast Asia with DanceMotion USA, a program of the U.S. State Department; and diverse collaborators with artists such as Alarm Will Sound, Brooklyn Rider, Joshua Bell, and Maira Kalman, among others.

Prior to her work with Dance Heginbotham, she was the Assistant Director of Programming and Audience Development at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University (2011 - 2013) and the Company Manager of the Mark Morris Dance Group (2005 - 2010). Adrienne got her start as an intern at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2005, and made additional contributions to the field through two years of service on Dance/NYC’s Jr. Committee, as a consultant for independent artists and projects, and as a grant panelist for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Arts Fairfax, and the Virginia Commission on the Arts. Adrienne was a 2010-11 Arts Management Fellow in the DeVos Institute at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and received her Master's Degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management in 2017 from Baruch College in New York. Originally from Alabama, Adrienne graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University with a major in French and minors in Dance and Philosophy.

Degrees

• MPA, Public Administration, Baruch College in New York
• BA, French, Dance, Philosophy, Barnard College of Columbia University