Arts organizations - Topics

Accessibility planning for an arts festival starts far too late What happens to a small festival when the headline sponsor leaves Editorial boards reproduce themselves more reliably than any other field Boycotting a biennial punishes the artists it was meant to protect Press trips make music criticism quietly expensive to write honestly Volunteer-run festivals burn through the same twenty people every year Residencies and festivals are not the same thing and artists pay for the confusion Festival programming chases the same twelve names every summer Arts administrators are the least visible and most exhausted part of the sector How arts organizations measure whether a program worked The review copy economy and who can afford to say no What actually counts as a cultural institution for public funding Why queer archives so often live in somebody's apartment Galleries still represent far fewer women and the excuses have not changed How small arts organizations survive on project grants The difference between a public broadcaster and a culture ministry How a cultural foundation sets its grant priorities What happens to an arts organization when its main grant ends How a concert hall plans its season a year in advance What share of arts funding actually comes from private sources Most arts unions were built for employees and struggle with gig workers The trouble with calling an art scene national when most of it works abroad Understudies hold a production together invisibly What collective bargaining looks like for theater technicians The difference between a receiving house and a producing venue Who pays when a show's advance sale misses its target How arts service organizations set their membership dues How load-in times decide which tours a theater can book Why cultural institutions change their governance so slowly How a cultural institution handles a scandal in its leadership When one editor decides what counts as a notable artwork What an artists' union can actually negotiate