Managing Arts Organizations

By David Andrew Snider

Book Overview

Things have changed, to say the least. The arts field is resizing, recombining, rethinking. Gone are the days of long term subscribers and reliable audiences. Arts organizations must become more flexible, adaptive, and nimble to survive and thrive in today's world. Arts managers must engage, adapt, and innovate. Great management invites creativity. Vibrant artistry welcomes strong management. Managing Arts Organizations can help.
In Managing Arts Organizations, David Andrew Snider provides a playbook for navigating arts management in this new era and seeks to inspire a new generation of arts managers. Each chapter is focused on a specific topic, with principles, stories, exercises, advice, and best practices related to that topic. The appendix includes eight case studies, each illuminating issues in arts management via a real world scenario or organization. These narratives will enhance the reader's understanding of topics including financial management, marketing, programming, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, and accessibility across multiple disciplines.
An instructor's manual is available for professors who adopt the book as a required textbook.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538160641
• ISBN13: 9781538160640
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"