Building Better Arts Facilities: Lessons from a U.S. National Study. - Paperback

by Joanna Woronkowicz (Author), D. Carroll Joynes (Author), Norman Bradburn (Author)

This book investigates the planning and management of cultural building projects at the turn of the 20^th century. The authors posit that standard practices often negatively impact individual organizations and the cultural sector as a whole, and highlight better practices for managing and leading cultural building ventures.

Author Biography

Joanna Woronkowicz is an assistant professor of nonprofit management and arts administration in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. She previously served as the Senior Research Officer at the National Endowment for the Arts.

D. Carroll Joynes is a Lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, USA. He co-founded the Cultural Policy Center and served as executive director for its first ten years. With Norman Bradburn, he is currently serving as director of the research project Cultural Infrastructure in the United States.

Norman Bradburn is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the faculties of the University of Chicago's Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, Department of Psychology, Booth School of Business and the College, USA, and a Senior Fellow at NORC, also at the University of Chicago. He is co-director of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Humanities Indicators project and principal investigator of the CPC's Cultural Infrastructure project.