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Our purpose is to help arts and culture leaders, institutions, and the sector adapt and change to realize ventures that are effective, resilient, and vital. Our team’s experience, deep industry knowledge, and thorough research will bolster your aspirations and enable confident decisions to create a lasting impact.

Our Solutions

AMS Planning & Research is a consulting practice that for 30 years has been deeply committed to helping clients thrive in the arts, culture, and entertainment sectors.

Performance Analytics by AMS is a proprietary software platform built to help performing arts center leaders make better decisions through analytics, comparative metrics and executive convenings.

Arts Intelligence by AMS is your source for definitive writing about people and places in the cultural arts sector and serves as home to the Green Room Zine, a quarterly e-magazine featuring interviews, articles and more.

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Our Track Record

30+ Years Of Experience

in service to arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations and performance venues

1,200 Clients

including producers and presenters, venues, foundations, government agencies, and citizen committees

$12 Billion In Capital

deployed by organizations, cities, and agencies that developed arts facilities around the world with our support

15+ Years Of Benchmarking Data

including operations, facility utilization, activity, and economic performance that represents the largest dataset of its kind

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