In June, the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee organized a panel to discuss preparing our cultural facilities for the future. The panel, including AMS Principal Steven Wolff along with Steven A. Adelman, V.P., Event Safety Alliance; Founder, Adelman Law Group; Heather McAvoy, ASTC, Principal, Schuler Shook; Delia Nevola, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Steinberg Hart, and moderated …
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A Symphony of Confusion: Sorting Through What’s Next for Our Cultural Facilities
AMS Principal Steven Wolff joins a panel of industry colleagues to discuss how we can design and plan cultural facilities in the short-term pandemic-era and long term as our notions of health and safety evolve. To date, the first round of post-COVID-19 reopening guidelines for cultural and performing arts facilities have focused on process. Most …
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AMS Analytics launches partnership with WolfBrown’s Audience Outlook Monitor to serve performing arts centers
Monitoring audience concerns and readiness to return will be key to managing our sector’s successful return to operation. This longitudinal study is designed to complement, not duplicate other efforts. The key difference is a dedicated PAC cohort effort versus either national panel studies or individual organization efforts. The survey is designed to provide an opportunity …
COVID 19 – How AMS is responding
It is certainly a difficult and complicated time in the arts, culture and entertainment space. AMS Planning & Research and AMS Analytics are committed to being vigilant and doing our share to help. Our first concern is, of course, our AMS team and their families. Already accustomed to remote working with a distributed team, and …
AMS welcomes first Pathways to Consulting fellow!
AMS is delighted to announce our first Expanding Pathways to Consulting fellow, Renée Cox. Renée is a 2015 graduate of Howard University with a degree in Advertising. She’s currently an MFA candidate at UConn studying Arts Administration. Launched following extensive field consultation by Lynette Turner, a long-time senior associate with AMS, this first-in-the-field program is …
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Reporting handbook for Performing Arts Centers
Performing arts centers (PACs) have long tracked performance indicators and many have engaged in formal benchmarking for over a decade. Still, until now, the sector has yet to formally address the need for a rigorous, singular source of performance measures and definitions. This manual represents a first effort toward that goal and contains the work …
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Performing Arts Center Standard Reporting Handbook now available
We’re very excited to share the news that the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) has published the first handbook for performance reporting for Performing Arts Centers, a collaboration between AMS Analytics and the IAVM Research Committee. Performing arts centers (PACs) have long tracked performance indicators and many have engaged in formal benchmarking for over …
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Promotions at AMS
It is with great pleasure that AMS announces the promotions of Melora Cybul to the position of Project Manager and Meg Friedman to the position of Senior Consultant. Since joining the AMS team in 2015, Melora has worked on over 40 projects in facilities and business planning, operations assessment, program design, and industry research. She …
Lansing Arts Commission Accepts PAC Plan
AMS’s final recommendations for the implementation of a performing arts center in Lansing, MI have been passed to the Mayor for further action. AMS was engaged by the City to assess the opportunity for the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and the Capital City Film Festival to be year-round players in programming a potential new venue, along …
AMS Expanding Pathways to Consulting Fellowship
AMS Planning & Research Launches Arts Management Consulting Fellowship Engaging participants of Color AMS is seeking qualified candidates of color for fellowships in our Southport, Connecticut office. This effort is being undertaken to help support and escalate involvement of individuals from groups that have been underrepresented in the arts and culture consulting field. Fellowships are …
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