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Andrew Taylor on the business of arts & culture

Bill Ivey on arts policy, the Obama transition, and expressive life

April 14, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

As part of the Arts Enterprise course I co-taught last semester with Stephanie Jutt, we had the great pleasure of hosting a public talk by Bill Ivey, director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and transition team leader for […]

Net Present Joy (NPJ)

April 13, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

In the business world, Net Present Value (NPV) has long been an essential calculation when making investment and program decisions. The NPV formula helps managers focus on four essential truths about their financial decisions: It’s the long-term value or cost of a decision that matters, much more than the perceived immediate return; All calculations should […]

More metrics for artistic success

April 12, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

A cluster of theater service organizations in the UK offer an alternative measurement of theatrical success, which they hope counters the current methods of headcounts and box office receipts. The Independent Theatre Council, Society of London Theatre, and Theatrical Management Association — along with the New Economics Foundation — have posted details of the approach […]

Student loan forgiveness for the arts

April 9, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

If you’re working in the nonprofit or public arts, or plan to be, and you’re carrying Federal student loans, it’s a good time to be sure your record-keeping is in order. As a tag-along to the recent health care reform legislation, the Federal government also enhanced its approach to student loans. As a result, there […]

What happens when there are more writers than readers?

April 6, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

Author Jane Hamilton ask a rather probing question toward the end of her radio interview on To the Best of Our Knowledge (you can listen here with your Real player, interview starts at 43:25). The question evolves from a conversation about the crowds of people who want to be writers, but who aren’t well read […]

The rise of the API

April 5, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

You may not be aware of it, but you’re likely highly dependent on APIs, or ”application programming interfaces.” If you monitor your Twitter or Facebook accounts through a desktop or mobile device, if you scan a map to a venue that’s driven by Google Maps, if you check your flight status on your PDA, you’re […]

Spring Break…

March 30, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

It’s the University’s spring break this week, along with my kids’ break. So I’m taking a short recess from blogging to refresh my thinking and revisit my other chores. See you next week!

A futures market for the movies

March 26, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

“The Business” radio show on KCRW offers an interesting inside look at futures markets (you know…pork bellies, heating oil, uranium), and the new opportunities coming soon to buy futures in popular entertainment receipts — more specifically, the movies. The proposed Cantor Exchange, seeking approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a possible launch in […]

The White House wants your copyright thoughts…today…

March 24, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

I’m a bit late to the party and the invitation, but artists, arts organizations, and anyone who might label themselves a ‘creative professional’ should give a moment of thought and a speedy response to this call from the White House: How many jobs depend on the existence of intellectual property?  What are the greatest risks […]

Separate together – the virtual choir

March 23, 2010 by Andrew Taylor

Composer Eric Whitacre and his collaborators offer up a really interesting hybrid of the virtual and the real in the Virtual Choir, combining 185 separate choristers from 12 countries recorded independently, all conducted by the composer (through a prerecorded conductor track on YouTube) and combined into a single performance. Whitacre posted the announcement and instructions […]

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