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Happening Now

Articles that have caught our attention, blog posts, and updates about our clients, our firm, and the arts, culture and entertainment sector.

City of Beaverton Breaks Ground

AMS was engaged in late 2015 to complete a business planning study to more fully understand the potential operating and financial realities of the proposed

AMS Congratulates Arts Commons

The Calgary City Council approves funding for Arts Commons’ expansion. The Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) is a multi-phased project expected to increase the Arts Commons

AMS Congratulates The Kennedy Center on The Reach

The new complex delivers interactive and behind-the-scenes audience experiences. The Reach, The John F. Kennedy Center’s new facilities are designed to support programming envisioned to

AMS Congratulates Auburn University

The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center opens this weekend! AMS Managing Director Michele Walter and Senior Consultant Melora Cybul will attend the grand

City of Beaverton Breaks Ground

AMS was engaged in late 2015 to complete a business planning study to more fully understand the potential operating and financial realities of the proposed

AMS Congratulates Arts Commons

The Calgary City Council approves funding for Arts Commons’ expansion. The Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) is a multi-phased project expected to increase the Arts Commons

AMS Congratulates The Kennedy Center on The Reach

The new complex delivers interactive and behind-the-scenes audience experiences. The Reach, The John F. Kennedy Center’s new facilities are designed to support programming envisioned to

AMS Congratulates Auburn University

The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center opens this weekend! AMS Managing Director Michele Walter and Senior Consultant Melora Cybul will attend the grand

Publications

We’re pleased and proud when our work can serve not only the success of individual clients, but also the resilience of the larger arts and culture field. This page includes links and listings of some of the long-form articles, chapters, reports, and resources we’ve developed that are available to the public.

Reporting handbook for Performing Arts Centers

Performing arts centers (PACs) have long tracked performance indicators and many have engaged in formal benchmarking for over a decade. Still, until now, the sector has yet to formally address the need for a rigorous, singular source of performance measures and definitions. This manual represents a first effort toward that goal and contains the work and thought of professionals throughout the PAC sector. Performance reporting is crucial to communicating the role and relevancy of Performing

Performing Arts Center Management

AMS President Steven A. Wolff contributed a chapter entitled “The Evolution of the Performing Arts Center: What Does Success Look Like?” to the 2017 Routledge book, Performing Arts Center Management.

The Evolved Performing Arts Centre

In an article for Arts Centre Melbourne’s magazine, Encore, AMS Principal Steven A. Wolff details the evolution of “public value” among a particularly complex group of arts organizations: performing arts centers. Modern performing arts centers like Arts Centre Melbourne which officially opened in 1984 were relatively new concepts that dated back only to the 1960s. But now, they have become highly sophisticated businesses run by expert professional staff and guided by deeply engaged boards.