2007-01-16

Bridging the Generation Gap in Arts and Culture Leadership

This is the second of two articles on the generational transitioning of leadership in the arts. The first article, Boomers, XY's and the Making of a Generational Shift in Arts Management, sets the stage by outlining the similarities and differences in style, education and perspective that define arts and culture leaders from the Baby Boom and Generations X and Y (XY's). It further explores how this generational overlap can affect the ways in which they work together in the field of arts management.

The article's overlying premise is that through acknowledgement and acceptance of the generational diversity in our own ranks, both emerging and established leaders can work together to ensure a strong future for our nonprofit arts and cultural institutions. This second article focuses on some of the ways in which arts institutions, community arts groups, and the people who lead them may take the first steps to bridge the divide with mutually beneficial results.

Complete Article: http://aad.uoregon.edu/culturework/culturework36.html

An article by Victoria J. Saunders, in: CultureWork, eMagazine of the University of Oregon's Arts Administration Program