Steve Runk, Staff

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Steve Runk, Staff

Arts Administrator

Me in 50 words or less:
I joined the Lewis Center for the Arts as Director of Communications in 2011 and am constantly amazed by the talent and dedication of Princeton students and alumni. We are always looking to keep connected to arts alumni, both pre- and post-creation of the Lewis Center. Prior to Princeton I spent over 25 years working in the arts in the areas of funding, public policy, program development, artist support, accessibility, and marketing/communications, serving for a time as Executive Director of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Pronouns: He/him/his

Department: African American Studies

Bio

Steve Runk has served as Director of Communications at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University since 2011. The Center encompasses the academic programs in Creative Writing, Dance, Music Theater, Theater, and Visual Arts and presents over 100 public performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings, lectures, concerts and special events each year. Prior to the Lewis Center, he served for 20 years on the staff of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the last three years as Executive Director, overseeing this state agency that promotes the arts and provided $16 million in annual public funding to hundreds of artists and arts organizations and projects statewide. During his tenure he served on the nationally award-winning NJ Cultural Access Network, Arts Plan NJ Steering Committee, was a guest lecturer in the Seton Hall University Graduate Arts Administration Program, and served as a grant review panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. He has previously worked at Rutgers University as Assistant Director of the Summer Session and as Arts Development Coordinator and at a large architectural firm as Manager of Marketing Communications. Steve serves as Chair of the board of Young Audiences NJ & Eastern PA and previously served on the boards of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County. Steve earned his BFA in Visual Arts and a BA in Communications magna cum laude from Villanova University and pursued a masters in English at Rutgers University with a concentration in creative writing.

I’d like to share my expertise with:

  • Alumni