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Howard George Ashley (July 6, 1925 - September 9, 1991) was an arts administrator who worked with many of the leading figures of the New York avant-garde performance world. Some of the artists for whom Ashley helped create press campaigns were Richard Foreman, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Robert Ashley, Trisha Brown, David Gordon, Lucinda Childs, Molissa Fenley, Karole Armitage and the Mabou Mines company.
Howard George Ashley was born in Morrisville, Vermont. He was in the Army in 1944-45 and was imprisoned by the Germans.
Before joining Artservices, where he was responsible for publicity for all the clients, he was an administrator of Robert Wilson's Byrd Hoffman Foundation for seven years, including one year as its president. During that period, he was also a dancer and actor in all of Wilson's productions. As a tour manager, he led Wilson's troupe on five tours to South America, Europe and the Middle East. From 1961-69 he was secretary and treasurer of the Bread and Puppet Theater, in which he also performed as a puppeteer.
Ashley died on September 9, 1991, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Manhattan. He was 66 years old. He died of AIDS, said Rosemary Quinn of Performing Artservices, an arts management organization he joined 13 years before. He was survived by his wife, Anne, and his son, David, both of Brighton, Mass.
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