On June 9th AMS Principal Steven Wolff will join industry colleagues Randy Cohen, Americans for the Arts; Arthur Cohen, La Placa Cohen; Sunil Iyengar, NEA; and Jill Sonke, Center for the Arts in Medicine, University of Florida College of the Arts in AFTA’s “COVID-19 Research Round-Up” convention session. The discussion will center around the most …
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Podcast: Return or Transformation
In Patternmakers’ Theory of Creativity series, supported by Creative Victoria, AMS Principal Steven Wolff discusses the essential transformation of anchor arts and cultural institutions as their role within the communities they hope to serve continues to evolve. As “metrics of success” change, these institutions must be deeply entangled with community vitality. In the on ongoing …
AMS Welcomes New Fellow Anna Zheng
AMS is pleased to welcome our third Fellow in our Pathways to Consulting Fellowship, Anna Zheng. Anna’s term begins in April and will end in June. Anna is currently a rising senior at Yale University studying Economics and Russian & East European Studies. Prior to Yale, she studied classical ballet at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy …
AMS Congratulates Bari Newport and Miami’s GableStage
Bari Newport, currently Producing Director at Penobscot Theatre in Maine, has been named the new Producing Artistic Director of GableStage. As long-time strategic counsel to GableStage and with its deep roots in the South Florida community, AMS recently lead the search for new artistic leadership for the theater in the wake of its visionary leader …
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AMS Congratulates CAPA and Shubert New Haven, New Executive Director, Anthony McDonald
The AMS team is pleased to congratulate incoming Executive Director, Anthony McDonald on his new role. AMS Planning & Research facilitated a search process for the next Executive Director of the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, a partner of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA). Working with a transition committee of Shubert Theatre …
AMS Principal Steven Wolff Delivers Keynote at Ro.ME Museum Exhibition
On Thanksgiving Day, AMS Principal Steven Wolff remotely delivered a keynote address, “Reimagining Return – New Models post-COVID?” to the third edition of the Ro.Me Museum Exhibition. The address, entitled “Recovery…or Transformation?” exemplified the theme of the ‘digital transition’ that the museum industry has embarked on since the onset of social gathering limitations imposed by …
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AMS Welcomes New Fellow Gregory Keng Strasser
AMS is pleased to welcome our new fellow, Gregory Keng Strasser. Gregory’s term with AMS will begin in October and close at the end of December. In addition to Gregory’s fellowship with AMS, he helps lead the 2020 Helen Hayes award winning theatre, 4615 Theatre Company, as its producing director. He has also served as …
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AIANY Summer Series Conversation: Sorting Through What’s Next for Our Cultural Facilities
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 …
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 …