The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Development of Theatre and Performance in Britain 1945-1995. Regional Spaces, National Stages: Performance beyond London 1945-2010. This symposium at the University of Reading at 17th Sept 2010 will analyse the role of performance outside London in Britain's theatrical ecology.

Theatre Management: Producing and Managing the Performing Arts delivers a broad, comprehensive, wide-angle view of theatre and performing arts management, based on the premise that all of the performing arts share the same core issues: producing or presenting artistically satisfying works in accord with their missions, finding and keeping an audience, providing for the financial and creative well-being of an organization or production, and maintaining good personnel and public relations.

In connection with her forthcoming book about the issue, consultant and researcher Dr Anne-Marie Quigg is seeking performing arts employees who have had experience of any aspect of workplace bullying.

Arts Management is anything but a mere amalgamation of the world of the arts and the world of business management; it is the confrontation of two opposing methodologies, one being a field of human creativity that produces something new that did not exist before, the other one diving into the existing world of business practices, in order to improve their efficiency.

Our current episode takes on a controversial questionhow important is a graduate degree in our field? Andrew Taylor of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration at UW Madison shares his thoughts on this thorny issue. Panelists Ron Evans, Matt Campbell, and Maris Smith join the conversation on advantages and disadvantages to getting a graduate degree on the path to a career in the arts.

Arts Manager, the web platform for Russian arts managers, has made an interview with Marco Mancuso, the creator and director of the «Digicult» project, covering issues of digital culture on the internet and project management.

"In his first year, President Barack Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades - despite a few stumbles.

Though still far less than arts advocates contend is needed, they have high hopes this president could transform cultural policy, funding and arts education for years to come.

Why do we need cultural producers? What are our tasks in different European countries? How will our future look like? These are the kinds of questions we want to discuss with you at "To Culture with Love. Management" (TCWL.M). Our workshop is about the professions, the future and the diversity of cultural producers and arts managers in Europe.

Brno, February 11-14th 2010

Tthe Marcel Hicter Association, based in Brussels (Belgium), open the application process for the European Diploma in cultural project management 2010-2011.

Culture Business, the international meeting point for arts sponsorship professionals, is hosting its second event, on 10 December 2009 at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris. What is Culture Business for ? 200 professionals from all over Europe and the United States formed the first international network of sponsorship and culture experts. CultureBusiness was a meeting point between cultural institutions and sponsoring companies sharing their expectations and constructing a new dialogue based on listening to and respecting each other's values.

The report aims to answer questions on cultural management and the state of the field. Does management of culture and the arts differ significantly from traditional business management? What is the role of science in cultural management? In the emphasis on business and practice by many cultural managers, are arts and culture left too far behind? How do research and theory fit into training, and in the work of cultural managers in the field?

The global recession is expected to reduce revenues for cultural enterprises by approximately $3.1 billion in 2009".

This is one of the findings of "The Effect of the Global Economic Recession on Canada's Creative Economy in 2009", a report prepared by The Conference Board of Canada for the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) that measures the impact of the current recession on the cultural sector.

Are Managers doing everything wrong these days? A plea for goal-oriented leadership and sensible management, written on the centennial of Peter F. Druckers birth in 1909.

Our society has changeddramaticallyover the past few decades. We talk about it all the time in the context of business (flattening), government and politics (opening), and community (connecting). But what about arts, humanities, and culture?

LOS ANGELESNovember 23, 2009MySpace Music, the premier online music community and leading independent music agency Merlin today announced a comprehensive global agreement for Merlins member labels to participate in MySpace Music.

The addition of the Merlin repertoire, representing 10% of the global music market, to MySpace Musics existing catalogue will create one of the largest independent music offerings on the web.

It`s the third time, the Institute für Kulturkonzepte, based in Vienna and Hamburg, publish "An Anatomy of Ars Management" in their range of specialist books on arts management including articles in English and German. This year the articles are much influenced by the development of arts management and relate to important trends in even this area.The motivation therefore are the anniversaries of both institutes: The Institut für Kulturkonzepte in Vienna is celebrating its 15th year since its founding, whilst the Institut für Kulturkonzepte in Hamburg has reached the five-year milestone.

This major event...involving the collaboration between artists and poets... is consistent with UNESCOs principle objective as regards the promotion of intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity. It will no doubt contribute to emphasizing the unique role of the arts as a means of dialogue, communication and understanding... giving its aim of promoting ethical values through artistic expression and creativity...

Cities innovate when people mix and mingle, sharing and combining ideas from different vantage points and traditions. That mixing takes place on and in shared infrastructures and spaces that bring people together.

UKIP Media & Events has just published its latest Auditoria Magazine, which has been switched into an annual publication. Auditoria annual is circulated to 12,000 readers worldwide, bringing together the views and ideas of leading experts in the area of entertainment-venue design, operations and technologies. Auditoria caters to those in the business of operating theatres and performing arts centres, concert halls, convention centres, and cinemas, covering subject areas ranging from security, ticketing, seating to lighting.