Performing Arts Administration 

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Other guides of interest:

http://nyu.libguides.com/Theatre

http://nyu.libguides.com/EducationalTheatre

Miriam and Harold Steinberg Reading Room

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

After you've checked the Bobst Library materials be sure to stop by this reading room.  Though quite small, the Arts Administration Collection contains comprehensive information on all aspects of the administration and management of performing arts organizations. Special emphasis is placed on financial management, particularly funding and grant-seeking at an individual and institutional level. Other areas of interest include arts services organizations, forming and running nonprofit organizations publicity, special tax considerations, arts centers and arts councils, general entertainment law and copyright.

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Once you've answered these questions you're ready to locate books or select a database to locate journal articles:

Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey features top findings from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation's largest and most representative periodic study of adult participation in arts events and activities, conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

examines developments in the growth, distribution, and finances of America’s nonprofit theater system since 1990.

1990-2005 is the first nationwide look at artists' demographic and employment patterns in the 21st century. Artists in the Workforce analyzes working artist trends, gathering new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau to provide a comprehensive overview of this workforce segment and its maturation over the past 30 years, along with detailed information on specific artist occupations.