Longtime Arts Council Staff Member Dek Ingraham to Join Shady Side Academy and Hillman Center for Performing Arts
June 24, 2021 – The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council announces today that longtime staff member and arts administrator Dek Ingraham will be leaving the Arts Council at this end of this month to pursue exciting new opportunities locally.
Ingraham, who currently serves as the manager of individual giving and special projects at the Arts Council, will join the Hillman Center for Performing Arts as their new executive director, as well as Shady Side Academy Senior School as the performing arts chair.
"This news is bittersweet," said Mitch Swain, CEO of the Arts Council. "Dek has been an integral part of the Arts Council team since 2008. I look forward to seeing the great things that he will undoubtedly accomplish in his new roles."
Arts Council members might recognize Ingraham as the production lead of its annual meetings and convenings. He also led the development and launch of the Artsburgh.org events website, which originally launched in 2012, as well as the Art on the Walls program with Artist Relations Manager Christiane Leach.
Most recently, Ingraham led the 2020 campaign that helped to raise more than $68,000 for the Emergency Fund for Artists during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please join us in wishing Dek Ingraham all the best in his new positions! If you'd like to reach out to Dek in the future, you can contact him at dek@dekingrahamtheatre.com.