Nine Years, One Commitment: A Reflection on Leaving ARTogether
Written by Leva Zand After nine years as Founder and Executive Director of ARTogether, I will be stepping down on June 30, 2026. I’ve been sitting with how to write this, and I keep coming back to the same feeling: gratitude, and a quiet, steady sense of rightness. Why I Started ARTogether was born in early 2017, in the turbulent aftermath of the US election. I came to the United States from Iran as a refugee in 2003. My professional life had been spent working on women’s leadership and gender issues across the Middle East and North Africa. But that