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International Symposium
the last week of May 2025 in Doha, Qatar
optional add-on cultural immersion in the United Arab Emirates
Itinerary and registration information appears above, on this webpage.
61st Annual Conference
Tuesday, October 14 - Thursday, October 16, 2025
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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ICFAD’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
The International Council for Arts Deans (ICFAD), a multinational alliance of deans, directors and chairs, and other arts executives, provides leadership opportunities for members and advocacy for the arts in higher education. This has been ICFAD’s primary mission since its founding in 1964, with goals of mentoring new administrators and attracting additional international members.
The ICFAD Board of Directors, in applying this mission, believe that arts and creative industries, through practice, exhibition, performance, and scholarship, have a responsibility to actively create a diverse and inclusive artistic and educational community that reflects the people we serve, now and in the future—a shared culture of equity and belonging where everyone feels empowered to realize and live their full, authentic selves as a valued and contributing member.
The ICFAD Board of Directors believe that the arts in our educational institutions should express diverse viewpoints that work towards building diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging among the students, faculty, staff, and leadership at our universities and in our schools and colleges. We accept as our top priority the imperative of confronting racism, homophobia, sexism, ageism, classism, and all other forms of social oppression and bigotry in our country and the world. As the Board, we dignify and respect the individual; we advance the practice of inclusiveness and acceptance of differing cultures, philosophies, identities, religions, and ways of life; and, we actively encourage our members to address these critical issues in this organization, their home institutions, and communities.
Furthermore, we acknowledge the historical, cultural, and social struggles to embrace diversity in this nation and the world, higher education, the arts, and this organization. We recognize that arts executives are in a unique position to identify and implement positive change in education and our communities through the arts. ICFAD therefore pledges to take actions to facilitate socially conscious change for this organization; to celebrate the full range of diverse experiences and accomplishments that its members bring to the world for arts and creative industries; to continue addressing all forms of social oppression and bigotry through thoughtful programming and shared resources; and to recognize our privileged and complicated past while growing a more diverse and inclusive organization that fully represents our society today, with a fervent commitment to build a more equitable and just tomorrow.
