Authors: Reynold Levy
Of course, performing art is part and parcel of a larger economy and of leadership and management themes that operate elsewhere. As Stephen Sondheim reminds us in
Sunday in the Park with George
:
. . . Art isn’t easy
Even when you’re hot
Advancing art is easy
Financing it is not
A vision’s just a vision
If it’s only in your head
If no one gets to see it
It’s as good as dead
It has to come to light
Bringing art to light is the stuff of raising funds, selling tickets, controlling costs, and promoting productivity. Very useful guides to all of these challenges can be found in this book selection. Leadership and management observations abound, including how best to recruit first-class talent and how best to motivate and monitor superior performance.
Part of my service at Lincoln Center coincided with America’s most significant and prolonged economic downturn since the Great Depression. Americans are angry with how this deep recession came to pass and with their view of the winners and losers. They are upset at Wall Street and view its leaders as indifferent to the plight of those on Main Street. Their trust in government at all levels and in corporations hovers at all-time lows. Their perception of paralysis in politics and cronyism in the marketplace is not favorable. It is in this setting that matters of governance and accountability in the nonprofit sector assume major prominence. Very thoughtful guidance on how the third sector can retain the confidence of its donors and customers can be found among the entries below.
The role of a nonprofit university, hospital, museum, performing arts center, social service organization, think tank, or advocacy outfit is vital to the health of our democracy. These institutions and the professionals and volunteers drawn to them offer important contributions to America’s economic competitiveness. In number and quality, our NGOs know no equal in the world, nor does the size and scope of American private philanthropy. In their recognition of these realities and their favorable impact on our citizens and our community, selections from this bibliography will serve the reader well.
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Mark Morris
. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993.
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. New York: PublicAffairs, 2000.
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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
. New York: Hyperion, 2006.
Anderson, Maxwell.
Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio
. New York: Whitney Museum of the Arts, 2003.
Andringa, Robert C., and Ted W. Engstrom.
Nonprofit Board Answer Book: Practical Guidelines for Board Members and Chief Executives
. Washington, DC: The National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1997.
Arrillaga-Andreessen, Laura.
Giving 2
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. Washington, DC: Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1998.
Ballon, Hilary, and Kenneth Jackson.
Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York
. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007.
Banfield, Edward C.
The Democratic Muse: Visual Arts and the Public Interest
. New York: Basic Books, 1984.
Barenboim, Daniel.
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. London: Verso, 2008.
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. New York: Henry Holt, 2006.
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. New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1966.
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. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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. New York: W. W. Norton, 1991.
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. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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. New York: The Bloomsbury Press, 2008.
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. London: Faber and Faber, 2004.
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Stage Blood
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. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
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. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
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. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011.
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. New York: Random House, 2004.
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Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts
. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2004.
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. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
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Life’s a Pitch: What the World’s Best Sales People Can Teach Us All
. New York: Penguin, 2012.
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The Responsibilities of Wealth
. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1992.
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Corporate Philanthropy at the Crossroads
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
Burton, Katherine.
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. New York: Bloomberg News, 2007.
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Trustee Responsibility for Academic Affairs
. Washington, DC: Association of Governing Boards, 1984.
Chait, Richard P., Thomas P. Holland, and Barbara E. Taylor.
The Effective Board of Trustees
. New York: URJ Press, 1993.
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Improving the Performance of Governing Boards
. Phoenix, AZ: American Council in Education, 1996.
Cherbo, Joni M., and Margaret J. Wyszomirski.
The Public Life of the Arts in America
. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Cherbo, Joni Maya, Ruth Ann Steward, and Jane Wyszomirski.
Understanding the Arts and Creative Sector in the United States
. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Clinton, Bill.
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Clotfelter, Charles T.
Federal Tax Policy and Charitable Giving
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
———, ed.
Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector?
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Clotfelter, Charles T., et al.
Economic Challenges in Higher Education
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Clotfelter, Charles T., and Thomas Ehrlich.
Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in a Changing America
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
Cohan, William D.
House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
. New York: Doubleday, 2009.
Cook, Philip J., and Robert H. Frank.
The Winners Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.
Coopers & Lybrand.
London: World City Moving into the 21st Century
. London: Itsmo Publications, 1991.
Crimmins, James C., and Maryh Kiel.
Enterprise in the Nonprofit Sector
. New York: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1983.
Croyden, Margaret.
Conversations with Peter Brook: 1970–2000
. New York: Faber & Faber, 2003.
Cullman, Lewis.
Can’t Take It with You: The Art of Making and Giving Money
. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
Damon, William, and Susan Verducci.
Taking Philanthropy Seriously: Beyond Noble Intentions to Responsible Giving
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.
David, Joshua, and Robert Hammond.
High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky
. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
DiMaggio, Paul J., ed.
Nonprofit Enterprise in the Arts: Studies in Mission and Constraint
. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Donoghue, Denis.
The Arts Without Mystery
. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983.
Drucker, Peter F.
Managing a Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices
. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.
Endlich, Lisa.
Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success
. New York: Touchstone, 1999.
Eyre, Richard.
National Service: Diary of a Decade at the National Theatre
. London: Bloomsbury Publications, 2003.
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Utopia and Other Places: Memoir of a Young Director
. London: Bloomsbury Publications, 1993.
Feld, Alan L., et al.
Patrons Despite Themselves: Taxpayers and Arts Policy—A Twentieth Century Fund Report
. New York: New York University, 1983.
Feldstein, Martin, ed.
The Economist of Art Museums
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Fiedler, Johanna.
Molto Agitato: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Opera
. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Findlater, Richard, ed.
At the Royal Court: 25 Years of the English Stage Company
. New York: Grove Press, 1981.
Fisher, Roger, and William Ury.
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Fleishman, Joel L.
The Foundation: Great American Secret
. New York: PublicAffairs, 2007.
Fleming, Renee.
The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Florida, Richard.
Cities and the Creative Class
. New York: Routledge, 2005.
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The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent
. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.
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The Great Reset
. New York: Harper, 2010.
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The Rise of the Creative Class
. New York: Perseus Books, 2002.
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Who’s Your City?
New York: Basic Books, 2008.
Fram, Eugene H., and Robert F. Pearse.
The High-Performance Nonprofit: A Management Guide for Boards and Executives
. Milwaukee, WI: Family Service America, 1992.
Freund, Gerald.
Narcissism and Philanthropy: Ideas and Talent Denied
. New York: Viking, 1996.
Friedman, Carolyn S., and Karen B. Hopkins.
Successful Fundraising for Arts and Cultural Organizations
. Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 1997.
Frohnmayer, John.
Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior
. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Froman, Kyle.
In the Wings: Behind the Scenes at the New York City Ballet
. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Gale, Robert L.
The Committee on Trustees
. Washington, DC: Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1996.
Galway, Sir James.
The Man with the Golden Flute
. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.