Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre is a true success story. The Walnut has found continued success at building the world's largest subscription base and generating repeat income, all while staying on message. Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard (formerly of Canada's Citadel Theatre and Atlanta's Alliance Theatre) and Managing Director Mark Sylvester have recognized the need to reward frequent ticket-buyers first and not erode earning potential by giving better benefits to occasional theatre patrons...

In this report, Barbara Soren explores the characteristics of educational and meaningful online experiences and evaluates a number of virtual museum exhibits based on their ability to engage online visitors.

The AbaF Awards honour Australia's best relationships between the private sector and the arts. 2005 is the fifth year of the AbaF Awards.

RIP-OFF Ireland has reached the opera house. Wexford Festival is hiring an eastern European orchestra because it says that the local equivalent is 150,000 more expensive.
While the government last week established Culture Ireland, an agency to promote Irish art overseas, one of the countrys premier cultural events is now outsourcing its music to Poland and its singing to Prague.
In a memo last year to the Arts Council, which provides almost 1m funding to Wexford each year, the festival said it wouldnt be using RTEs National Symphony Orchestra because of the cost...

Each financial cycle museum Webmasters struggle to justify their budget requests. Whenever statistical reports are circulated someone asks, "How do we compare?" When exploring the benefits of a new function, Web teams ask themselves "Is it worth the investment?" Answers to these questions are hard to come by.
To help fill this void in our knowledge about museums' use of the Web, Archives & Museum Informatics (the producers of the Museums and the Web conference) are launching what we hope will be an regular survey of Museums and the Web.
Please respond by March 15, 2005.

Leadership is an integral part of any organizations long-term success. ...

Since the 1960s cinema attendance has been on the decline in all West European countries. ...

The proposition is that arts marketing should be conceived of as a dedicated field of endeavour so that consumers immersion in the artistic experience occurs even in the case of a difficult art work.

This study examines one aspect of economic reform the privatization of public museums...

This article examines the accounting fraud that took place at Live Entertainment Canada, Incorporated (Livent), between its founding in 1993 and its bankruptcy in 1998.

This study analyses the knowledge-creation process in the TARU artist training project, focusing on how different conceptions of knowledge affect the learning process and how the learning process can be nurtured.

In the City of Halle (Saale), a university city with a rich cultural scene and tradition, an excellent place to live and to spend leisure hours, a city which in 2006 will celebrate its 1200th anniversary, the position of head of the Händel-Haus (with the title Director) within the Department of Culture and Education will be filled from November 1, 2005.

Market'eum 2005 will deliver a forum and actual insights in the development in the field of museum marketing. Market'eum 2005 on the one hand will give a status quo, and will on the other hand inspire the participants with new ideas and opinions.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC) offers a ten-month comprehensive arts management fellowship program...

As part of its strategy to strengthen the capacities of cultural actors in developing countries, the Global Alliance is developing a programme to support and create a network of festivals and cultural events in countries from the African, Carribean and Pacific region (ACP).

Case-Study of the Museum Directors of the Russian North

Compton Verney and The Foundling Museum have been shortlisted for the UKs prestigious Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 2005.

ARSIS is an art and cultural policy magazine published by the Arts Council of Finland, providing information about art promotion, the preparation of art promotion measures in the public administration, and their impact. ARSIS has a circulation of 4000 and is published quarterly: two larger theme issues and two bulletins. The first theme issue for 2004 presents new arts council members (in Finnish) and second international cooperation of the arts councils and media art (in English).

ARTSPACE leads Auckland's contemporary art scene, presenting cutting edge work from New Zealand and International artists. We present approximately ten exhibitions a year, with additional space and contacts to support performances, screenings and lectures. Over our 17 year history, ARTSPACE has been led by five different directors. We are seeking a Director with a passionate and strong perspective on contemporary art, and a desire to address the changing conditions of art practice.