Business Issues in the Arts

Business Issues in the Arts is a text designed to address some of the most prescient business issues that nonprofit 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.

Introduction: How to Use This Book 1. Understanding Nonprofit Organizations Jen Budney 2. Nonprofit Startups in the Arts Hannah Grannemann 3. Board Governance in the Arts Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension 4. Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Cultural Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities Antonio C. Cuyler 5. Conversational Budgets and Financial Management In the Arts Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension 6. Intellectual Property and Licensing and the Arts Elaine Hendriks Smith 7. Unions and Contracts in the Arts Julia Atkins 8. Negotiations in the Arts Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension 9. The Engagement Edge Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension 10. Rural and Regional Arts Organizations Elise Lael Kieffer 11. Partnerships and Collaborations in the Arts Yifan Xu 12. Human Resource Law in the Arts Brea M. Heidelberg 13. Agents and Agencies in the Arts Julia Atkins 14. OSHA, ADA, and Other Government Mandates Elise Lael Kieffer