Lex Leifheit

Bio
Cultural producer, radio host and writer Lex Leifheit has lived in eight U.S. states and traveled the country as a touring actor, experiences that cemented her belief in the importance of art as a community builder. Currently, she oversees all programming of adult classes and events as the Assistant Director of Wesleyan University’s Green Street Arts Center in Middletown, Connecticut. Each Thursday from 4pm to 4:55pm, Leifheit’s weekly radio show, The Art Agenda, highlights national arts trends and cultural opportunities in Connecticut.

Leifheit is Vice-Chair of the Emerging Leaders Council of Americans for the Arts, and a board member for the Middletown Foundation for the Arts. She has performed with Weird Al Yankovic, studied at the Moscow Art Theater and transformed lives through the arts. Leifheit received her Master of Arts Liberal Studies degree (Arts Focus) from Wesleyan University and attended Drake University on full scholarship, where she received a BFA in Theater Performance.

Skills
Ten years of performing, visual and literary arts programming experience; curricula development for all ages; fluent in community arts and arts advocacy; award-winning theater director and published arts writer; experienced fundraiser and teacher.

Previous employers include the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT).

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Contact
leifheit@gmailNOSPAMPLEASE.com (hint: remove part of address)