Artists on Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography

Brilliant artists share stories on artistic life and business, full of lessons we can all learn about living a creative life. Featuring the voices of thirty artists and arts workers, Artists on Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography provides first-hand accounts of creative administration in action. The book pairs big topics with actionable tactics, addressing themes like equity, activism, design thinking, leadership, collaboration, family, ethics, and care. Provocative, candid essays and interviews expand our view of what creativity and leadership can be, as each chapter closes with experiments for the reader to try and adapt to their own thinking, work, and life. Artists on Creative Administration emerged from the National Center for Choreography-Akron's acclaimed Creative Administration Research program. As editor, Tonya Lockyer shares: "This book is for anyone looking for paths forward; for anyone who believes we are in an exceptional moment of change-change is happening and needs to happen."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629222828
• ISBN13: 9781629222820
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"