Advice for arts organisations

This page contains links to research and tips from international arts organisations. If you come across a resource we don’t have listed, let us know by email website@creativenz.govt.nz. 

Video resources 

• Foundation Center, New York
  An archive of video and audio that deals with topics such as "Dialogue with Donors: Arts Funding in a Time of Economic Downturn" and "Economic Storm: Challenges and Opportunities - Changing the Paradigm to Meet Community Needs".
  
• Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, UK
  Video and other resources from the UK Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO).  Robin Osterley, Chief Executive of Making Music, talks about the arts on Making Music's new recession support website.
  
  

Arts organisations - what to do in a recession 

• Audiences London
  Audiences London works with the arts and heritage sectors to increase understanding about audience and visitor needs. They have a feature called 'Riding out the Recession', where you can download their guide on ‘What to do in a Downturn'. The guide has tips, evidence from past downturns, current sectoral trends and predictions for future impacts. Get the guide from Audiences London's website here.

• John Killacky's strategies for the arts
  John Killacky, experienced performing arts curator and director of numerous arts organsations in the United States, provides his list of Survival Strategies for the Arts.

• The Bay Area arts community, San Francisco
  A report from a conference on the economic recession and its impact on the arts community in the San Francisco Area. You can download a pdf (106kb) of the report here, or from their site at the above link.

• Creative choices, UK
  A feature which includes an excellent speech by John Holden called 'The Arts in a Recession' and an extensive report based upon interviews with 42 artists, entrepreneurs, commentators, analysts, policy-makers, policy-sceptics, academics, financiers and citizens. The report is called 'After the Crunch'.

• Australia Council for the Arts
  The Australia Council for the Arts' list of resources on how a financial downturn may prompt arts organisations to re-think their fund-raising tactics.

News article resources

• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11ARTS.html?_r=1
  Discusses books on arts organisations surviving economic downturn, including Michael M. Kaiser's "The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations", (Brandeis University Press) and Reynold Levy's "Yours for the Asking: An Indispensable Guide to Fund-Raising and Management" (John Wiley & Sons).

• http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/k/michael_m_kaiser/index.html
  Articles on Michael M. Kaiser, the 'turnaround king' of international arts organisations.

Best practice resources

• http://www.slideshare.net/Debask/social-media-branding-and-engagement-for-nonprofit-arts-organizations
  A presentation on how arts and non-profit organisations can use the internet and social media. 

• Foundation Center, New York
  Part of Philanthropy Front and Center's 'Transforming Competition into Collaboration: Power of Partnership Series'. 

• International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
  The website of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies. A particularly useful resource is their bi-monthly newsletter, which highlights initiatives internationally. To sign up for the newsletter, click here http://www.ifacca.org/accounts/register/  

Specialist blogs

• http://mashable.com/2009/07/08/community-arts-organizations/
  Emily Goligoski of Federated Media's strategic programs group writes about 'How Community Arts Organizations Are Using Social Media'. 

• http://cecicreative.com/blog/
  A creative marketing agency blog on arts organisations' use of social media.