2011-02-11
Grants for Arts Projects to support the new edition of our Fundamentals of Arts Management!
Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that a grant of $20,000 has been awarded to support the creation of the 6th edition of The Fundamentals of Arts Management, the Arts Extension Services signature book used by 45% of the colleges and universities that teach arts management courses. The project is one of 1,057 recommended for a grant as part of the federal agencys first round of fiscal year 2011 grants. In total, the Arts Endowment will distribute $26.68 million to support projects nationwide.
Founded in 1973, Arts Extension Service (AES) is a national arts service organization housed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a mission to develop the arts in communities and community through the arts with professional education for arts managers, artists and civic leaders.An independent agency of the federal government, the NEA advances artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman said, I continue to be impressed with the creative, innovative, and excellent projects brought forward by arts organizations across the country. Our grantees are not only furthering their art forms but also enhancing their neighborhoods by making them more vibrant, livable, and fun."
"This grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will enable the Arts Extension Service the opportunity to update The Fundamentals of Arts Management, a field-tested publication that offers local arts agency professionals the essential guidance they need to successfully operate their organizations," said Maren Brown, Director of the Arts Extension Service. "Recent research demonstrates that nearly half of our nations local arts agencies are volunteer run, and this greatly impacts their ability to respond to and deliver the services so essential to the communities they serve. Volunteers rarely receive the guidance and training they need to operate their organizations effectively. The Fundamentals book offers local arts agency professionals a starting point, providing step-by-step guidance, worksheets and accessible language that explain how to manage and govern their local arts agency and arts nonprofit organization. The text also serves new entrants to the field from other sectors, as well as those who are moving into new positions of responsibility.
"This grant will allow us to update ten chapters, including Marketing, Fundraising, Strategic Planning, Board Development, and Program Evaluation, plus add two new chapters, Greening the Arts Organization and Arts Policy," said Dee Boyle-Clapp, Program Coordinator of the Arts Extension Service. "Our faculty members are leaders in their field and bring their expertise to their work on the chapters that they will write and utilize in their work with local arts agencies and with our students. For example, Dr. Craig Dreeszen, Florence, MA is a national leader in strategic planning and community cultural planning, having completed hundreds of plans throughout the nation. His work with local arts agencies stretches back over thirty years, and he has created cultural plans for a long list of Local Arts Agencies and their regions. His experience as well as his passion for the latest scholarship of the field, is reflected in his chapter on strategic planning.
More information: www.artsextensionservice.org
5th edition of the Book: http://www.artsmanagement.net/index.php?module=books&func=display&bkid=788
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