AMS Seeks a Part-time Digitization Assistant
Looking for part-time work to get you through the winter? AMS is hiring a part-time digitization assistant to support its knowledge management functions. This is
AMS Welcomes Fellow Zoe Briscoe
Please join the AMS team in welcoming our newest Lynette A. Turner Pathways to Consulting Fellow Zoe Briscoe. Zoe will be joining our team from
Interested in Learning More About Immersive Entertainment?
On Sunday, January 12, 2025, AMS Managing Director Jon Faris will moderate a panel discussion at APAP NYC 2025 Conference entitled “Immersive Programming : It’s
As we welcome 2025, we would like to celebrate all that happened in 2024.
This past year, we celebrated the groundbreakings of the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay, in Wisconsin, and the University of New Mexico’s Center for
AMS Welcomes Fellow Twi McCallum
AMS is pleased to welcome our newest Lynette A. Turner Pathways to Consulting Fellow Twi McCallum. Twi will be joining our team from October 28th
AMS Promotes Jon Faris to Managing Director
AMS is pleased to announce that as of September 1, 2024, Jon Faris will transition into the role of Managing Director at AMS Planning &
AMS Congratulates Women’s Leadership Center
The team at AMS Planning & Research was thrilled to celebrate our client’s groundbreaking ceremony in Wisconsin last week! With congratulations to Ann Drake and
AMS Welcomes Fellow James Young
AMS is pleased to welcome our newest Lynette A. Turner Pathways to Consulting Fellow James Young. James will be joining our team from July 22nd
Publications
We’re pleased and proud when our work can serve not only the success of individual clients, but also the resilience of the larger arts and culture field. This page includes links and listings of some of the long-form articles, chapters, reports, and resources we’ve developed that are available to the public.
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 and thought of professionals throughout the PAC sector. Performance reporting is crucial to communicating the role and relevancy of Performing
Performing Arts Center Management
AMS President Steven A. Wolff contributed a chapter entitled “The Evolution of the Performing Arts Center: What Does Success Look Like?” to the 2017 Routledge book, Performing Arts Center Management.
The Evolved Performing Arts Centre
In an article for Arts Centre Melbourne’s magazine, Encore, AMS Principal Steven A. Wolff details the evolution of “public value” among a particularly complex group of arts organizations: performing arts centers. Modern performing arts centers like Arts Centre Melbourne which officially opened in 1984 were relatively new concepts that dated back only to the 1960s. But now, they have become highly sophisticated businesses run by expert professional staff and guided by deeply engaged boards.
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
Performing Arts Center Management
AMS President Steven A. Wolff contributed a chapter entitled “The Evolution of the Performing Arts Center: What Does Success Look Like?” to the 2017 Routledge
The Evolved Performing Arts Centre
In an article for Arts Centre Melbourne’s magazine, Encore, AMS Principal Steven A. Wolff details the evolution of “public value” among a particularly complex group
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