About

ELNYA is Emerging Leaders of New York Arts. We are a New York City-based networking and professional development group that explores new ideas, best practices and challenges in the field of arts management. Our membership includes an evolving group of arts administrators in our 20s and 30s who empower ourselves with hands-on leadership opportunities and programming that elevates our field.

ELNYA’s activities vary from casual networking happy hours to content-based panel conversations and peer-to-peer dialogues that we call “Creative Conversations.”  ELNYA also hosts a book club that reads professional and leadership development titles, and this website through which we discuss issues relevant to young arts administrators, announce events, and share relevant opportunities from other organizations.

These core values guide our organizational practices and individual aspirations:

Leadership. We believe leadership is an attitude not destination.  Leaders can have a range of experiences and can act from any role or level within an organization.

Collaboration. What we achieve together is always greater than the sum of our individual contributions.

Innovation. ELNYA believes in nurturing possibility—in learning, questioning, experimenting, exploring, and creative problem solving.

Transparency. We believe that the best way to manage expectations is by clearly and openly sharing information.