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Ten Functions of Arts Management

February 24, 2022 by Andrew Taylor

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Back in November, I posted about Twelve Functions of Arts Management as a first attempt at a list of key/core clusters of action in the arts manager’s toolbox. I received some great feedback and challenges (thanks to you all!) and have been stewing on it since then. And now I’m focused on the Ten Functions […]

#ArtsManaged Video Series

February 17, 2022 by Andrew Taylor

ArtsManaged Video

As I wander the web, I notice only a few basic and foundational resources for arts and cultural managers, or those who aspire to the work. This is particularly true among short-form, video/media resources where people often turn for first-cut insights on a topic or task or career. As one drop in that blue ocean, […]

Four Constraints of Arts Enterprise

December 3, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

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Why is it that some arts initiatives or disciplines tend toward commercial markets, others non-commercial? Some tend toward complex and durable nonprofit organizational forms and some toward episodic projects? Some are independent of major media companies and others deeply dependent? And how and why do some initiatives evolve from one dynamic to another over time […]

Twelve Functions of Arts Management

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

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Ask any arts professional or arts-management academic about the “functions” of arts management and they will likely have a ready list in mind… But I haven’t seen many efforts to capture and sort these functions in more durable and consistent ways.

What is Arts Management?

October 28, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

Floating Book

Way back in 2011, I took a shot at defining what a master’s degree in Arts Administration (aka Arts Management) was about. A decade later, my definition of Arts Management has evolved a bit.

Substrate: The Embodied Brain

October 12, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

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It is strangely common to talk about our brain and our body as separate entities. Or to consider our senses and sensibilities as opposites, at war with each other. And yet, even a cursory exploration of the question exposes an obvious truth: our brain is entirely in and of our body, not just in its […]

Substrate: The Predictive Brain

September 16, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

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It’s common to consider our brains as reactive – receiving sensory information from our bodies and our environments, making sense of that inbound information, and directing our response thereafter. It’s also common to consider that much or even most of this reaction happens at a conscious level – there’s a tiger-like rustling in the weeds, […]

Substrate: The World Beneath the World of Arts Management

September 3, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash

It’s a surprising and sobering truth that, after centuries of scientific inquiry, we only understand a tiny fraction of what makes up our universe. Everything we can see and name and touch – including ourselves, the objects around us, the Earth, the sun, all the other stars, and all the galaxies – adds up to five percent of the mass that evidence suggests is there.

Artful Manager: The Book

June 3, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

Artful Manager: The Book

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of The Artful Manager: Field Notes on the Business of Arts and Culture. This book gathers 50 posts from the first 18 years of The Artful Manager blog.

The STEEP Road Back

March 25, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

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The approaching summer is showing glimpses and glimmers of return to live performance in shared settings. Many theater, dance, and music companies are relaunching or reconfiguring themselves to be outdoors. Others, like The Shed, are threading the needle of audience readiness/reticence, pubic health regulations, and labor union requirements to design indoor performances. And many of […]

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  • Sadia Akram on Chasing beauty without losing balance: “Hey… I am working with a company where we buy 100 posts in 1 month. I want to work with…” Mar 2, 06:56
  • Andrew Taylor on What’s in a name: Arts Management?: “Thanks Ken! Grateful for your insights on this. I agree that it’s like screaming into the wind to decide upon…” Feb 19, 13:41
  • Ken Foster on What’s in a name: Arts Management?: “Hi Andrew. Totally agree with your focus of concern on the “Arts” word rather than the second word. I have…” Feb 17, 13:52
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  • JIm O'Connell on What’s in a name: Arts Management?: “Love this, Andrew! It’s clear that Google has scanned a lot more material since my article in JAMLS (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10632921.2019.1588817) which…” Feb 15, 14:27

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