Notre Dame Names Performing Arts Director

The University of Notre Dame has appointed Ted Barron executive director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Barron has served in the position on an interim basis since last fall when then-executive director Anna Thompson left the position.

Barron has also been appointed the Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He has served as senior associate director of the center since 2010 and teaches courses on film history at Notre Dame.

"It has been a great privilege to serve as interim executive director for the past academic year, and I am humbled at the opportunity to now assume this permanent role," said Barron. "I have been fortunate to work with an outstanding team at DPAC for the past six years and look forward to deepening our connections with our campus partners in our shared efforts to celebrate and elevate the arts at Notre Dame. This is an exciting moment in the center’s history to reintroduce the value of the arts both on campus and in the greater community."

Vice President and Associate Provost Maura Ryan said Barron is a "passionate advocate for the arts, a talented administrator and a natural collaborator." Before joining Notre Dame, Barron served as senior programmer of the Harvard Film Archive at Harvard University.