Stewart Ikeda

Stewart Ikeda (he/him) is Director of Public Relations & Strategic Partnerships at The Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, MA, where he has provided marketing and communications leadership during a period of major expansion since 2019. Stewart has decades of marcomm experience with organizations in industries ranging from publishing and recruitment to education and travel. Also an experienced editor, book author, public speaker, and former professor of English and Asian American Studies, he has managed national magazines and award-winning web publications (The Black Collegian, Diversity Employers), is author of a novel, What the Scarecrow Said (HarperCollins), and is a widely published writer of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. A fourth-generation multiracial Japanese American yonsei, he is currently part of the AAPI Arts & Culture Collaborative hosted by the Asian Community Fund at The Boston Foundation. He lives in Arlington, MA, where he is an active advocate for the arts, co-chair of the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture, and member of the Semiquincentennial Committee.