Picture of Felix Arocho

On August 30, Félix M. Arocho was appointed as the new Director of the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture.
 
An integral part of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College / CUNY since 1982, the Hostos Center is recognized nationally as a leader in Latino/a/x and African-based programming and is dedicated to the development of emerging artists and the creation of new work.
 
Prior to his new role, Arocho worked at the Center for twenty years, where his duties included planning events and performances, developing budgets, raising funds, negotiating contracts, and overseeing finances to bring events to diverse audiences.
 
“It is a pleasure to welcome Felix to his new role as Director of the Hostos Center for Arts and Culture,” said Hostos President Daisy Cocco De Filippis. “He brings to the job his knowledge of the institution and what the Center means to the community.”
 
Arocho joined Hostos in 2001 as Theater Manager & Campus Space Coordinator, working under the Arts Center’s founding director Wallace I. Edgecombe. During this time, he helped expand activities by marketing the Center’s two theaters and art gallery to new and returning customers, oversaw the Box Office, Front of House, Audience Relations and convened the College’s former Campus Space Committee.
 
"I am thrilled to enter this new role at Hostos. I look forward to working with the College and the talented team of the Arts Center to expand on past accomplishments by engaging and including our students, faculty, staff and the greater community to the culture and arts programming relevant and meaningful to their lives," remarked Arocho of his appointment. 
 
He was promoted to Performing Arts Manager in 2014. He prepared the Arts Center’s first operating budget, booked the theaters to high-profile users, such as NBC/Universal, Billy Crystal and Victor Manuelle, and handled the day-to-day operations of the Arts Center, including its finances, artist relations, payroll, and contracts.

“I know Felix will continue to lead with the same passion and commitment he has demonstrated over these many years and look forward to the new cultural works we will achieve with him as Director,” President Cocco De Filippis added. “His commitment to the Center – and to Hostos – is palpable.”
 
About The Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
 
An integral part of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York since 1982, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, includes two state-of- the-art theaters of 900 and 367 seats each, a black box experimental theater, and a museum-grade art gallery, is a resource for students and faculty in addition to serving the cultural needs of South Bronx residents and neighboring communities.
 
Recognized nationally as a leader in Latin and African-based programming, the Hostos Center creates performing and visual arts forums in which the diverse cultural heritages of its audiences are celebrated and cultivated.
 
In meeting that objective, the Center is dedicated to the development of emerging artists and the creation of new work.

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture