Business Issues in the Arts

319 Pages·2022·3.632 MB·English

by  Anthony Rhine, Jay Pension

Business Issues
in  the  Arts
Business Issues in the Arts is a text designed to address some of
the most prescient business issues that nonproft arts organizations
face today. This text is not a how-to but an in-depth dive into fourteen
topics and their associated theories to augment learning in arts
administration programs.
With contributions from leading academics in arts administration,
the book guides readers through an exploration of those topics which
have been found by practitioners to be most vital and least explored.
Chapters include numerous case examples to illustrate business theory
in the artistic and creative environment. The academic contributors
themselves each come with both professional backgrounds and
research experience, and they are each introduced at the start of their
chapters, allowing for a collection of voices to navigate through some
oftentimes challenging topics.
This book is designed for an advanced undergraduate course or
a stand-alone graduate course on the intersection of business and
management and the cultural and creative industries, especially those
focusing on business issues in the arts.
Anthony Rhine is Professor of Management and Management Science
at Pace University’s Lubin School of Business in New York City. He
previously worked as a theatre executive, running multi-million-dollar
and Tony-nominated theatre companies.
Jay Pension teaches theatre and arts administration at Florida
State University. He has worked as a theatre producer on over 100
productions in Boston and New York City.
Discovering the Creative Industries
Series Editor: Ruth Rentschler
The creative and cultural industries account for a signifcant
share of the global economy. Gaining and maintaining
employment and work in this sector is a challenge and chances
of success are enhanced by ongoing professional development.
This series provides a range of relatively short, student-
centred books which blend industry and educational expertise
with cultural sector practice. Books in the series provide applied
introductions to the core elements of the creative industries. In
sum, the series provides essential reading for those studying to
enter the creative industries as well as those seeking to enhance
their career via executive education.
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Business Issues in the Arts
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“I highly recommend Business Issues in the Arts by Jay Pension
and Anthony S. Rhine because it’s a one-stop shop resource for
Arts Administration and Management students, practitioners,
educators, researchers, and others. The book speaks to the most
important business issues facing nonproft arts organizations
today. It covers all the business issues, from human resources in
the arts to unions and start-ups, that one would need to have a
full grasp of leading a nonproft arts organization.”
Amanda Alexander, Associate Professor and Assistant
Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of
Texas Arlington, USA.

Business Issues
in the Arts
Edited by
Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension
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First published 2023
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003207535
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Contents
Foreword ix
List of Contributors xii
Introduction: How to Use This Book 1
1 Understanding Nonproft Organizations 5
JE N BUDNEY
2 Nonproft Startups in the Arts 33
H AN NA H GR AN N EM AN N
3 Board Governance in the Arts 59
A NT HON Y R H I N E A ND JAY PENSION
4 Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI)
in Cultural Organizations: Challenges and
Opportunities 83
ANTON IO C. CUYLER
5 Conversational Budgets and
Financial Management in the Arts 105
A NT HON Y R H I N E A ND JAY PENSION
6 Intellectual Property and
Licensing and the Arts 127
EL A IN E HE N DR IK S SM IT H
7 Unions and Contracts in the Arts 145
J U LI A ATK INS
8 Negotiations in the Arts 163
A NT HON Y R H I N E A ND JAY PENSION
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9 The Engagement Edge 183
A N T HON Y R HI N E A N D JAY PE N SION
10 Rural and Regional Arts Organizations 201
E LI SE LAE L K IEF F E R
11 Partnerships and Collaborations in the Arts 217
Y IFAN XU
12 Human Resource Law in the Arts 243
BREA M . HE I D EL BER G
13 Agents and Agencies in the Arts 263
J U LI A ATK INS
14 OSHA, ADA, and Other Government Mandates 279
E LI SE LAE L K IEF F E R
Index 295
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Foreword
The arts, entertainment, and cultural management felds have
grown rapidly as an academic pursuit. This academic advance
is due, no doubt, to a growing need to professionalize processes
within arts and cultural organizations. In addition, a growing
body of research and theory has developed in the last few
decades, indicating the managerial and leadership processes
studied and identifed in areas other than arts, entertainment,
and cultural management, do not operate as effectively
in creative enterprises as they do for our industrialized
business cousins. However, arts administration researchers
have been narrowing the gap between what works outside
of arts management and how it can be adjusted, tweaked, or
improved to work in our creative processes. This research is,
ultimately, the reason this book exists. Many brilliant people
have contributed to this growth and new understanding. We are
grateful to all those who developed the foundation upon which
all our work now occurs.
No book is put together by just its authors. There are always
countless people who provide time, effort, support, or more in
the process.
We need to thank our editor Terry Clague at Routledge.
Creating a book such as this, with a collection of different topics
requiring different approaches and different voices, can be a
rather complex process. However, Terry has been so amenable,
willing to hear our thoughts and ideas, open to approaches,
and supportive when we need a little pat on the back. He and
Routledge are the perfect partners!
Our contributors, all of whom participated in our research
into the most vital topics we needed to include in this book,
have been incredible. They have all worked under a very tight
timeframe, incorporated edits and suggestions expeditiously
and with a staunchly intellectual eye, and remained positive and
encouraging throughout the process. Their contributions in the
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