{"id":2138,"date":"2019-12-08T17:08:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/managementandthearts.com\/5e\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2019-12-08T17:08:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:08:12","slug":"management-and-the-arts-5e-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/managementandthearts.com\/5e\/blog\/management-and-the-arts-5e-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Management and the Arts 5e – December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Small Theatre-Big City. A City of Culture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month I found two articles that focus on how the arts make the places we live more enjoyable and fulfilling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small\nTheatres – Big Impacts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll New York\u2019s a Stage\u201d<\/a> is a useful resource around which discussions could be organized on how small theatres function in urban centers. Each of the eight sections of the report provides learning opportunities for students interested in gaining a better understanding of how theatres overcome the many obstacles they face (e.g., finding venues, high costs, raising funds, etc.). For example, the section on \u201cCultural impacts\u201d focuses on artists and the development of neighborhood arts centers. The nature of the work environment these theatres create is also of interest (e.g., 9,000 non-salaried workers). These \u201cincubator spaces\u201d provide excellent proving grounds for aspiring theatre managers and future leaders to learn and gain experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A City of\nCulture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article about the UK city of Hull and its yearlong\nmassive programming effort (2800 events) could be a centerpiece for a discussion\nrelated to the topic of creative place-making. Arts programming can promote\neconomic activity, but in this case, the City of Culture had goals to engage members\nof the community as volunteers and to improve health and wellbeing. The expected\noutcomes could be discussed from the point of view of what criteria are essential\nfor assessing the success of such ambitious initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also several videos about the city of Hull festivities on YouTube<\/a>, which provide examples of the scope of the programming. The Hull promotional bid video made in 2013<\/a> also might be worth viewing and discussing. There is also a short fact-sheet available that offers more details on the European Capitals of Culture<\/a>. Lastly, it so happens there is a chapter in my new book that is about the city of Hull. I provided a link at the end of the excerpt below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks again for being a subscriber to the Management and the Arts<\/em> blog. Have a great holiday and have a happy new year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Byrnes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NYC\u2019s Small\nTheaters Have Limited Budgets but Great Cultural Influence<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By Eileen Cunniffe, November 25, 2019, Nonprofit Quarterly<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results of a study released last week by the mayor\u2019s\noffice in New York City make a strong case for the impact of the city\u2019s \u201csmall\nvenue theaters\u201d\u2014some 748 Off- and Off-Off-Broadway companies, most of which are\nnonprofit organizations. As NPQ\u2019s Rob Meiksins noted last year, New York\u2019s\nnonprofit theater world has a proud history, stretching back over 100 years.\nAmong the findings of the city\u2019s report, All New York\u2019s a Stage: NYC Small\nTheater Industry Cultural and Economic Impact Study, noted in the New York\nTimes, are that these theaters \u201chave an outsize cultural influence, often\nnurturing risky work, and reaching a wider audience with more affordable\ntickets.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study shows that New York\u2019s non-Broadway theaters\n\u201care responsible for $584 million in direct annual economic output\u201d and an\nestimated $1.3 billion in \u201cdirect, indirect, and induced benefits.\u201d The Times\narticle points out that some of Broadway\u2019s most celebrated plays in recent\nyears were first presented by small-venue theaters: <\/em>Hadestown (New York\nTheater Workshop), <\/em>The Band\u2019s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company), <\/em>Hamilton\n(Public Theater), and <\/em>Fairview (Soho Rep).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full article may be found at this link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/nonprofitquarterly.org\/nycs-small-theaters-have-limited-budgets-but-great-cultural-influence\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a free copy of the sixty-page \u201cAll New York\u2019s a Stage\u201d please\ngo to this link: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/assets\/mome\/pdf\/mome-small-theater-study-2019.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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City of\nCulture \u2018changed Hull\u2019s image for the better\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
An evaluation says the programme brought \u201cprofound but\nsomewhat fragile\u201d changes to Hull\u2019s economy, community and cultural sector.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

By Adele Redmond, ArtsProfessional<\/a>, 11\/28\/2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hull\u2019s 2017 City of Culture programme turbo-charged the\nlocal economy and \u201cchallenged the worst images of the city\u201d \u2013 but was not\nenough to establish the area as a world-class visitor destination, an\nevaluation has found.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as many European Cities of Culture \u201ctook advantage\nof the limelight to redraw their symbolic geography and propose themselves as a\npoint of connection between different worlds\u201d, the University of Hull\u2019s\nCulture, Place and Policy Institute found that Hull was able to redeem its\nreputation as a \u2018crap town\u2019 at the end of the M62.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through \u201cunprecedented levels of coverage for the city\nand its arts, culture and heritage offer\u201d and the refurbishment of the city\ncentre, Hull \u201cquestioned whether its poor reputation had ever been a fair\njudgement\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full article may be found at this link: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.artsprofessional.co.uk\/news\/city-culture-changed-hulls-image-better<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE:<\/strong> For a more comprehensive view of the Hull 2017 City of Culture,<\/strong> please read Ch. 17 in The Routledge Companion to Arts Management<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. In Nigel Morpeth\u2019s chapter entitled \u201cThe Role of Volunteers in Fostering Social Inclusion in a UK City of Culture,\u201d he explores \u201cwhether volunteers created a sense of social inclusion by helping fellow residents to encounter new experiences in the visual arts and help foster the broad benefits of cultural participation as a force for social good in the city.\u201d (p249) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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