In June 2004, I was one of twenty-three participants in a leadership roundtable on a particularly compelling and complex topic. Co-sponsored by the Getty Leadership Institute and National Arts Strategies, and held at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the convening brought together fascinating folks from the nonprofit and for-profit side of cultural enterprise to search for key differences and common ground. The event was titled: 'Managing the Creative -- Engaging New Audiences: A dialogue between for-profit and nonprofit leaders in the arts and … [Read more...]

NOTE: I wrote this opinion piece on philanthropy and communications technology projects for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, where it was published in the March 7, 2002 issue. I include it here because it still rings true with the barriers and habits I continue to see among foundation-funded technology projects and other funded initiatives. -- Andrew Taylor We are all creatures of habit, so it should be no surprise that the philanthropic organizations we create are much the same way. Sometimes, however, the decisions of habit can lead us in … [Read more...]

The following text was part of a plenary panel at the 2003 Social Theory, Politics & the Arts conference in Columbus, Ohio, on October 9. Each panelist was asked for a ten-minute history and status report on their area of specialization (from sociology, to cultural policy, to economics, and so on). My assignment was arts administration—the management of primarily nonprofit and public arts and cultural organizations. A longer version of these remarks will appear in a future issue of theJournal of Arts Management, Law and Society. Social Theory, … [Read more...]