Welcome

Welcome to the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts' 2009 Arts Management Conferences website.

Our first conference in 2009 was held on Monday 9th February; a Graduates' Conference enabling LIPA students to meet several successful predecessors, discussing many problems affecting the arts economy.  It also allowed the undergraduates to gain insights into 'life after LIPA' and how the graduates approached the task of finding employment.

The next conference is Contemporary Issues in Arts Management, from Monday 23rd March to Friday 27th March.

Like so much of the economy in 2009, many arts organisations find themselves in financial difficulties, questioning the traditions of policy and direction. This is reflected in the arguments of the eclectic conference papers – from the future of the broadcasting industry, ecologically sustainable frameworks, the response of European Capitals of Culture to the credit crunch, new branding in the music industry, product placement in independent television, secondary ticket markets, the Cultural Olympiad 2012, Gay culture in Liverpool, celebrities and charity, digitisation and arts organisations, to fan relationship management. The papers explore, ask and answer many new questions that are facing arts managers in commercial and non-profit organisations today.

The Conference papers have often been ignited by discussions and conversations with experienced practitioners who have given lectures or masterclasses in 2008-09. We are most grateful to them all, for sharing their knowledge, wisdom, connections, expertise and valuable insights into their career paths:

  • Anthony Field CBE FCA, theatre producer; LIPA Council member

  • John Causebrook, theatre producer; LIPA Council member

  • Thelma Holt CBE, theatre producer; LIPA Companion

  • Tomas Schoenberg, General Manager, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd; LIPA Council member

  • Ann Harrison, music lawyer; LIPA Companion

  • Jon Webster, founder, Mercury Music Prize, convenor Music Managers Forum; LIPA Associate

  • Dr Janet Price, trustee and former chair, North West Disability Arts Forum

  • Barbara Kirby, North West Vision

  • Amy Buscombe, radio researcher, lately BBC producer

  • Brian Hanlon, theatre designer

  • Kevin Jones, partner, Nonconform

 

  • Joan Burnett, Customer Services Manager, FACT Liverpool

  • Paul Holliday, Theatre Manager, Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton

  • Geoffrey Brown, Director, Euclid

  • Nick Birkinshaw, Arts in Regeneration, Liverpool

  • Christine Bacon, Director, Actors for Human Rights, Ice and Fire Theatre

  • Chris Carey, Economist, MCPS/PRS Alliance

  • Jonanthan Deamer, Sentric Music, Liverpool; LIPA graduate 2008

  • Adam Burgan, Programme Manager, Severn Theatre Shrewsbury; LIPA graduate, 2003

  • Julie Morgan, Marketing Manager, SJM Concerts, Manchester; LIPA graduate, 2002

  • Oliver Tuercke, International Executive, Performing Rights Society; LIPA graduate, 2007

  • Vanessa Richardson, Industry Manager, Google ; LIPA graduate, 2001

  • Heather Knight, General Manager, Worldwide Dance UK

  • Melanie Harris, freelance television producer, Crosslab Productions

  • Richard Andrews, Consultant to Society of London Theatre and author Writing a Musical, The London Theatre Guide, Editor theatrenet.com

  • Brian Message, Music Manager, Radiohead, Faithless, Kate Nash

  • Sam Jones, General Manager, O2 Academy, Liverpool

  • Kevin McManus, Sector Director, Merseyside ACME

  • Dawn Farrow, Client Account Director, AKA – theatre marketing and promotion agency, London

Thanks are also due to the full-time lecturers, Maria Barrett, Jeremy Grice, Dave Pichilingi, John Reynolds and Phil Saxe.

LIPA presents thirty four arts managers-in-the-making: you are all ready to provide new and practical ways to approach and solve problems in our industries. Good luck with your job interviews, and may you all have great success in collaborating with your artists and managing your organisations creatively, at the leading-edge!  

 

PAUL ILES, Programme Leader