The Arts Management Handbook: New Directions for Students and Practitioners

Whether the art form is theater, dance, music, festival, or the visual arts and galleries, the arts manager is the liaison between the artists and their audience. Bringing together the insights of educators and practitioners, this groundbreaker links the fields of management and organizational management with the ongoing evolution in arts management education. It especially focuses on the new directions in arts management as education and practice merge. It uses case studies as both a pedagogical tool and an integrating device. Separate sections cover Performing and Visual Arts Management, Arts Management Education and Careers, and Arts Management: Government, Nonprofits, and Evaluation. The book also includes a chapter on grants and raising money in the arts.

Selected Contents:

1. Introduction: The Field of Arts Management-Challenges and New Directions, Meg Brindle and Constance DeVereaux

Part I. Performing and Visual Arts Management

2. Facilities Management: Arts Facilities-Schedules, Agreements, and Ownership, Patrick Donnelly

3. Theater Production Management Guidebook, Kevin Murray

4. "Doing It All": The New Arts Manager's Guide to Presenting Performances in a Public Venue, Kira Hoffmann

5. An Introduction to Festival Management: Old Ways, New Directions, Juha Iso-Aho

6. Gallery Management, Trudi Van Dyke


Part II. Arts Management: Education and Careers

7. Through, With, and In: The Arts and Education, James E. Modrick

8. Careers and Internships in Arts Management, Meg Brindle

Part III. Arts Management: Government, Nonprofits, and Evaluation

9. Arts and Cultural Policy: What Governments Do (and Don't Do) to Make Arts Happen, Constance DeVereaux

10. Starting a Nonprofit Organization: The Business Side, Kathryn Calafato

11. Fund-Raising and Grant-Writing Basics for Arts Managers, Constance DeVereaux

12. Evaluation in the Arts, David B. Pankratz