Consulting Principal

Robert Bailey has been involved in cultural resource planning, management and research since 1972. His arts consulting has brought professional planning, management and coordination to the development of scores of projects. Prior to establishing AMS in 1988, he operated his own arts management consulting firm in Canada and California.

Some recent planning projects that he has directed include: a new performing arts project in Shanghai, China, a cultural facilities master plan for Salt Lake County, feasibility studies and project planning for the Museum of the West in Scottsdale and an arts campus at the University of Virginia, business plans for the Pasadena Kidspace Children's Museum and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon and an arts funding strategy for the City of Long Beach, California.

Bob has a particular wealth of experience in the area of historic preservation and adaptive re-use of buildings for the arts. He is the author of the widely acclaimed ENCORE: Recycling Public Buildings for the Arts, which details historic preservation and renovation projects throughout Canada. He was a contributor to Conversion Frontiers: Military Bases and Other Opportunities for Artists (1997) and is a frequent speaker on arts facility planning at conferences and seminars nationally.

Bob is a graduate of the MBA Program in Arts Administration at York University in Toronto. Upon graduation, he worked in project management positions at the National Ballet of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He was Assistant Director of the York University Arts Administration program from 1974 to 1976. He continues his academic involvement at Sonoma State University, where he lectures on arts planning and management.