Management and the Arts November 10, 2008
Posted by goldblatt in Academy of Ballet, Conservatory of Music, English Department, Theatre Department.trackback
This is essential reading for anyone who wants to be a modern arts producer. An easy-to-read, step-by-step guide to the business of producing art in America. The book offers a thorough foundation of business skills to shepherd any artist into the world of managing an organisation. At the same time, the author maintains a steady recognition of the art world’s glorious peculiarities. Art is not business, rather, business is the vehicle to deliver great art to great audiences. The book is splendidly interactive, with many real news clippings from exciting and relevant current events and a series of assignments for the reader to engage with the concepts.
As the American touchstone in this topic, the book espouses the American system of arts administration, which, like it or not, has pervaded large arts organisations around the world. There is little time spent on those peculiar arts companies from other countries that stray from the American model.
you mean I could’ve just bought a book? rather than spend 2 years getting a master’s degree??
Just kidding, kinda. Sounds like a good overview, and I’m always one for strengthening the business skills of arts managers, especially in a difficult time like what we’re facing now.