This paper will first explore the concept of Cognitive Restructuring and the change process, and then use it to analyze the first year of employment of the new Executive Producer of the Utah Shakespeare Festival and the new Director/Curator of the Southern Utah Museum of Art. This unique opportunity presented itself when these two 501(c)(3) arts organizations in the small town of Cedar City, Utah, hired individuals from outside of the community to helm those organizations through a period of great reinvention and transition.
