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Art/s Admins Who?

Art Administrators “create, develop, facilitate, and evaluate arts and cultural programs and organizations.”
– Association of Arts Administration Educators

“Any arts administrator worth their salt should be able to sell a ticket, plan an invasion, make brunch, conn a ship, design a brochure, write a sonnet, balance the books, build a wall, carry a tune, comfort the board, take orders, give orders, ignore orders, implement orders, act alone, be a team player, solve equations, analyze data, give an elevator pitch, program a computer, herd cats, and look fabulous doing it.  Specialization is for suckers.”

–  ArtsHacker.com

I’m documenting art administrator voices in my podcast, Art/s Admins, Who?  This project is supported by the Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise.  Click the image on the right column on this blog to hear us out.

I’m always collecting literature on WHO art administrators are.  If you have a great resource you are willing to share, please fill out the form below.  Thanks in advance!

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Hi, my name is Erin Hoppe (hop-E).  I am a PhD student in art admin, education, and cultural policy @ OSU. I read, write, make, and question things that break down barriers in the creative sector. I have 15 years of experience as an arts administrator – those people who make theatres, galleries, and festivals come to life, build community, and promote creativity. I came into education later in life but am now passionate about teaching in higher education and offering professional development for practitioners. I’m more theory than practice right now and every fact is an interpretation and art is a power structure. I believe multiple truths exist and endeavor to bring some of them to light in research efforts with other creative sector stakeholders. We are all some kind of Other, so let go of dichotomies. I accept uncertainty, temporality, and power, and explore them for social justice efforts.