Arts Administration

The nature of arts administration and management has changed dramatically over the last decade with policy, funding and restructuring all playing major parts. Following on from the successful first edition, Arts Administration has now been updated to include arts policy under the new UK Ministry of Heritage, the workings of the national lottery and the role of ethnic minority, fringe and community arts. Ten new case studies include a variety of problems commonly encountered in arts administration, such as balancing budgets, marketing, fund raising and programming. Arts administration is presented here in an historical, social and practical context. An essential read for students, those engaged in administering the arts and for anyone concerned with the arts in contemporary society. * What is the role of an arts administrator? * What skills are needed to succeed?Following on from the successful 1st edition, Arts Administration provides a broad introductioon to the role of the arts administrator, highlights many of the pitfalls which can occur, such as conflicting philosophies, financial and legal restraints, and defines the skills which may be employed to overcome them. To provides a balanced view, the authors also discuss the pronciples as well as the practice of arts administration. This edition has been updated to include arts policy formulated by the new Ministry of Heritage, the workings of the national lottery and the role of ethnic minority, fringe and community arts. To give the reader an opportunity to experience a variety of problems commonly encountered in arts administration, ten new case studies are included, ranging from balancing budgets to marketing and from fun raising to programming. An individual question and group work assignment follow each case study and a section pointing out possible solutions to the prtoblems is provided, making the book a particularly healpful teaching aid.Arts administration will be particularly useful for students on arts administration and arts management courses, for those engaged in administering the arts and for anyone concerned with the arts in contemporary society. "Following on from the successful first edition, Arts Administration provides a broad introduction to the role of the arts administrator, highlighting many of the pitfalls which can occur, such as conflicting philosophies, financial and legal restraints, and defines the skills which may be employed to overcome them. The authors also discuss the principles as well as the practice of arts administration." "This edition has been updated to include arts policy formulated by the new Ministry of Heritage, the workings of the national lottery and the role of ethnic minority, fringe and community arts." "To give the reader an opportunity to experience a variety of problems encountered in arts administration, 10 new case studies are included, ranging from balancing budgets to marketing and from fund raising to programming. An individual question and group work assignment follows each case study and a section pointing out possible solutions to the problems is provided, making the book a particularly helpful teaching aid."--Résumé de l'éditeur Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 The arts......Page 27 Arts organizations......Page 38 Development of arts administration systems......Page 50 The context......Page 63 Government intervention: supports and constraints......Page 75 Arts programming......Page 89 Arts marketing......Page 103 Development of arts audiences......Page 118 Arts administration: conclusions......Page 127 Case studies......Page 142 Useful addresses......Page 166 The arts administrator's contacts......Page 179 Training for arts administration......Page 181 Index......Page 184 The arts administrator aims to create an aesthetic contract between an artist and an audience in such a way that the largest possible number of people receive the maximum pleasure and benefit from the art.