Fundamentals Of Local Arts Agency Management

"Anchoring the book are eleven tried and true chapters providing principles and best practices for managing and governing community arts organizations; raising funds; and presenting, promoting, and evaluating arts programs. Four new chapters cover fundamentals of personnel management, writing successful funding proposals, advocating effectively for the arts, and maximizing the arts' role in the economic development of communities. Nationally recognized leaders and authors in the community arts field offer historical and contemporary context regarding the role of the arts in community, as well as insights about arts education and cultural access--two important dimensions of local arts agencies' work. Also new are Online Companions to several chapters. Easily accessed Online Companions offer expanded exploration of subject matter; worksheets and other practical tools that can be downloaded and used or adapted; and valuable resource listings that point to organizations, publications, and websites."--From publisher description.

Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.

In the 21st century, there is an enormous need for a basic knowledge of management in the cultural sector. This publication fills the gap between general management theory and cultural praxis. It offers information on the global dimension of art management, digitization of culture, strategy formation in the cultural sector, the structure of a cultural organization, cultural leadership. Casestudies are presented from different parts of the world, rooted in local resources but from a global perspective.