Consultants live in a nether world between practitioners (arts managers, public officials and, yes, occasionally even artists) and academics. The latter are Keynes' scribblers', whose hypotheses and hunches and, on rare occasions, full blown theories we reduce to the pat shorthand of our trade: concepts such as Baumol's cost disease, creative clusters, social capital.

The UK's Museums Association recently published the results of the first comprehensive survey on museum sector salaries in 15 years...

China's cultural sector is growing rapidly in size and scope and sophistication in parallel with that country's staggering pace of economic development...

THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SEEKS FULL-TIME, TENURE-TRACK COLLEAGUES
with a commitment to excellence in teaching, and to innovative work or research in their field...

Museums operate in a leisure environment in which there is increasing competition for audiences. Among their competitors are hallmark events such as annual arts festivals and sporting finals and mega events such as the Olympic Games, which consume media attention, siphon away sponsorship funds and attract large audiences...

A recent study by the RAND organization proposes a new model of audience development in which potential audience members are segmented into three groups: participating, inclined to participate and disinclined to participate...

Arts organizations utilize conventional, linear, stepwise forms of marketing. Much of what is implemented is at best an inefficient form of marketing and at worst an inappropriate way of securing visitor numbers, making profit from merchandising and encouraging repeat visits...

This paper identifies the need for functional programming with regard to the construction or renovation of a cultural building, preferably before design begins.

New York Citys Museum of Modern Art, or MoMA, possesses one of the richest collections of modern art in the world. It has a staff of 600, including some of the worlds top specialists in their respective fields, and an annual budget of $85 million....

When Richard Florida took the mainstage at last year's Americans for the Arts conference in Portland, Oregon, the woman next to me - we had never met - leaned in with an immediate response...

Business investment in the arts in 2002/3 increases to £120 million

Individual Giving figure climbs to £256 million

This study explores the cost and policy models adapted by US arts museums in arriving at pricing structures for delivering imaging and rights services. It examines the new market realities and opportunities cultural institutions face due to the transition to digital collections.

In the post-apartheid world of South Africa, little money has been available for the arts. Business and Arts South Africa is now trying to bring together the business world and the art world.

On 26 and 27 November 2004, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin will become the highly symbolic backdrop for the Berlin Conference A Soul for Europe. Arts Management Network will taking part on this event.

In November 9th 2004, the AKS organizes a congress at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft. Company executives and directors of cultural institutions will discuss arts sponsorship in the area of conflict between social responsability and marketing tool. Arts Management Network will taking part on this important event.

The Max Planck Society invites applications from outstanding young scientists in all fields of research pursued by the Max Planck Society for group leader positions (W2; approximately equivalent to associate professor without tenure).

With Lille 2004, European Capital of Culture in full swing, Espace Culture of the University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille(USTL) will organize an international conference: "PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURE" at the Aéronef in, the heart of the city of Lille, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th November 2004...

National Museum of Women in the Arts Library and Research Center (LRC):

Position: Project Coordinator/Researcher for Database of Women Artists

Two years-full time (40 hours/week)
Competitive salary and benefits

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission invites applications for its 2005-2006 Scholars in Residence Program, including applications for collaborative residencies...

Beautiful and culturally rich New Mexico set the scene for this year's Annual Conference of the Visitor Studies Association (VSA)...