Innovative Pedagogy in Cultural Management Education

Cultural management education continues to evolve to meet the needs of the arts industry. Highlighting examples of innovative pedagogical practices, this book brings together an array of academic and practical expertise into cutting-edge teaching methods, emerging trends, and best practices from around the world.

The volume begins with a conceptual framework for understanding the cultural enterprise. Subsequently, the chapters examine the disconnect between academic programs and professional practice; research on teaching foundational courses; creativity as a leadership imperative; interdisciplinary curriculum development; Universal Design for Learning; critical access as fundamental practice; emotional intelligence; essential competencies for cultural leaders; cultural diplomacy; arts marketing reconceptualized through audience engagement; fundraising instruction via case study methodology; arts emergency preparedness; the preservation of popular music as intangible heritage; and a reimagined approach to data literacy in arts administration. The chapters may be read sequentially, as they chart a discipline discovering its contemporary form, or selectively.

Replete with practical strategies for curriculum development, assessment techniques, and experiential learning opportunities, this book is value reading for researchers and faculty engaged with arts administration, creative and cultural industries and higher education more broadly.

Anthony Rhine is Clinical Associate Professor of Management Department at Pace University’s Lubin School of Business, where he teaches organizational behavior, managing creativity, and arts and entertainment management.

Richard Maloney is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Performing Arts Administration graduate program at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. He teaches courses in performing arts administration, cultural and creative industries, research methods, and cultural policy.

Jay Pension is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance in the departments of Entrepreneurship and Leadership, and Theatre and Drama.