Welcome From Your Hosts
Welcome to the inaugural society conference.
It is a joy to have each of you in attendance. We are confident that many good things will come
as a result of our meeting together. Thank you for being here.
This process began with a number of educators from across the country meeting at North
Carolina State University in the summer of 2013. Shortly thereafter, they agreed to form an
organization specifically for arts entrepreneurship educators. Over the next two days, we will
experience a number of excellent panel sessions and workshops, hear from our Keynote
Speaker, Douglas Dempster, and have an opportunity to vote upon some very basic matters to
get us through the next year.
Welcome to Dallas. May you meet new, emerging colleagues in the field and become
reacquainted with those you may have known for some time. We are excited about the energy
surrounding this conference and would like to thank you for being here, as it is your
participation making this conference possible.
Sincerely,
Jim Hart (SMU) and Gary D. Beckman (NC State)
Arts Entrepreneurship Conference Schedule
Friday, June 6, 2014
12:00 - 1:30pm
Registration and social
OFAC Taubman Atrium
1:40 - 2:00pm
Opening Remarks
Jim Hart: Welcome, background | Dean Jose Bowen: Welcome | Gary Beckman: Goals and logistics
Room OFAC 1180
2:00-2:20pm
Keynote
Doug Dempster
Room OFAC 1180
2:20-2:30pm
Break
2:30-3:20 pm
Session 1
Introductions, Disciplinary and Sub-disciplinary Pedagogical Commonalities &
Concerns
Jonathan Gangi – facilitator
Room OFAC 1180
A plenary discussion highlighting the unique / common aspects and needs of arts disciplines, courses and
programs in the context of Arts Entrepreneurship education. This is the time to introduce ourselves, share /
suggest resources and brainstorm assignments / projects applicable to the arts entrepreneurship
classroom.
3:20-3:30pm
Break
3:30-4:20pm
Session 2
2A Challenges Establishing Entrepreneurship Programs (panel)
Rachel Roberts| Jonathan Kuuskoski| Nathaniel Zeisler
Room OFAC 2130
Over the past several years, countless institutions have developed courses, programs, and curricula in arts
entrepreneurship. As might be expected, creativity and local circumstances yield diverse approaches
towards arts entrepreneurship education. This panel discussion aims to provide an opportunity to
consider three differing perspectives from developing and managing arts entrepreneurship programs.
Specifically, the panel will discuss the advantages and challenges of incorporating entrepreneurship
curriculum, experiential learning, and program assessments into a continuously evolving “traditional”
arts education.
2B Experiential Learning Through Classroom Games (workshop)
Jim Hart
Room OFAC 1180
In learning to be entrepreneurial, there is no substitute for experience. Many teaching arts
entrepreneurship today understand the importance of experiential learning in the classroom, but struggle
with ways to incorporate such experience into curricula. This workshop offers several games for the
classroom that enable students to gain entrepreneurial skills through hands on experience.
2C The Migrant Creative: From Freelancer to Entrepreneur (workshop)
Laine Goldman
Room OFAC 1060
This workshop is a report on extensive conversations with eleven established U.S. media freelancers across
a diverse multimedia expanse. What emerges is a compelling story that brings an appreciative gaze to the
lives of these project participants as they reframe the migrant creative experience – from one of a
freelancer to a career improviser. This 50-minute workshop will highlight a few of the participants, discuss
the freelance entrepreneurial experience, relate critical lessons learned along the way that promote career
longevity, and explore the migrant creative experience as it relates to media arts.
4:20-4:30
Break
4:30-5:20
Session 3
3A Intentionality in Student-Run Venture Pedagogy (workshop)
Sara Bubenik Theis| Julienne Shields
Room OFAC 2130
Student-run arts entrepreneurship ventures come in many shapes and sizes – even within the same
institution. Millikin University has 5 signature student-run ventures within the Arts Entrepreneurship
program: Blue Connection Retail Art Gallery, Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre, First Step Records, Carriage
House Press, and Blue Satellite Press. This workshop contemplates the various business model canvases for
a variety of student-run businesses and articulates how they are used to integrate coursework theory and
practice with customers, risks and rewards. Additionally, we will share how the canvas can deliberately be
used to assist students in tackling persistent and emergent production and business issues.
3B Art Business & Marketing Canvas (workshop)
Gary Beckman
Room OFAC 1060
The Business Model Canvas is a popular staple both in business schools and incubators across the country.
Used primary to visually and collaboratively articulate business model generation, this tool has not been
adapted to meet the needs of emerging arts entrepreneurs. This workshop explores an adaptation of the
popular Business Model Canvas as an arts business model and marketing strategy generator.
3C Professional Writing Styles for Artist Entrepreneurship: How to Apply College
Writing to the Marketing, Promoting, and Branding of Art (workshop)
Kelly e. Keough
Room OFAC 1180
This workshop demonstrates how the four professional writing styles of narrative, process analysis,
compare and contrast, and persuasion can be used to design and develop an artist website, plus promote,
market, and brand one’s art business through social media. Participants will learn the structure, function,
and application of the styles for the web in order to promote, brand, and market their art or content.
5:20-5:30
Break
5:30-6:20
Session 4
4A Emerging Educator Concerns (panel)
Jason C. White (moderator)| Bailey E. Skiles| Kathryn Brown| Jonathan Gang| TC Thomason
Room OFAC 2130
In a break from tradition, this panel will engage both participants and audience members in a
collaborative discussion on field concerns from emerging arts entrepreneurship educators’ perspectives.
Through critical questioning and reflection, each panel speaker will share field concerns, and both panel
speakers and attendees will be encouraged to suggest solutions.
4B Putting the ‘Art’ in ‘Arts Entrepreneurship’ (workshop)
Michael Ketner
Room OFAC 1060
There are many ways to incorporate the instruction of entrepreneurship into an arts education, as
evidenced by the increasing number of programs and courses at conservatories and universities across the
country. This workshop examines the potential for instruction in entrepreneurship to improve the artistic
abilities of the students while still offering the professional skills needed to succeed in today’s professional
landscape. We examine a number of techniques for the classroom and practical use that link artistic and
entrepreneurial processes and explore how successfully making this connection can lead to growth in both
areas.
4C Scouting the Terrain of Arts Entrepreneurship (panel)
Sonia Manjon| Woong Jo Chang| Sherry Wagner-Henry| Margaret Jane Wyszomirski
Room OFAC 1180
This panel session involves 45 minutes of moderated discussion with 15 minutes for audience Q and A.
Participants will explore two broad topics as they appear and influence the emerging field of arts
entrepreneurship: (1) the roles and interactions of practicum, research, and teaching; and (2) the open
issues of Way (the many types of arts-based entrepreneurship), Space (where encounters and interactions
occur in the field), and Place (the influence of variety in the disciplinary home bases of arts enterprise
programs and curricula on university campuses).
6:30-6:50pm
Session 5
Voting
Abigail Smith
Room Taubman Atrium
7:00pm
Dinner on your own
Gary Beckman| Jim Hart
Hosts will be enjoying dinner at Café Express in Mockingbird Station at the NE corner of US 75 and
Mockingbird. They would love for you to join them.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
8:30-9:00 am
Coffee
Room Taubman Atrium
9:00-9:20am
Morning Remarks & Logistics
Jim Hart
Room OFAC 1180
9:25-10:15am
Session 6
6A Evaluating the Impact of College Arts Entrepreneurship Education (panel)
Kathryn Brown| Jim Hart| Sally Gaskill| Stephen Carradini| Jason C. White| Suzanne Matthews
Room OFAC 1180
As arts entrepreneurship educators continue to define outcomes for the field, there is a growing
need to determine how arts entrepreneurship education is impacting the lives and careers of
alumni. This panel discussion explores the need and possible methodologies for impact evaluation
of college arts entrepreneurship programs, particularly through the observation of alumni
careers.
6B Supporting Arts Entrepreneurship Education with Federal Work Study Funds
(workshop)
Gerald Klickstein
Room OFAC 1060
Arts students, especially those interested in social entrepreneurship, need to learn about the
world of work and the non-profit economy. Unfortunately, internships and service learning
experiences may not be possible for such students as their practice, rehearsal, academic, and oncampus work-study obligations fill their every waking hour. This presentation describes how a
university music school addresses these issues by enabling students with Federal Work-Study
awards to earn their awards by working for off-campus arts organizations. The presenter will
summarize the operation and impacts of the 2-year-old program and show how other educators
can establish similar initiatives.
6C Introducing Arts Entrepreneurship into Traditional Conservatory Training
(panel)
Ken Tabachnick| Jennifer Edwards| Errol Kolosine
Room OFAC 2130
Changes wrought by digital technology and the flowering of a DIY/start-up culture, have wrought
havoc with the industries into which student artists graduate and practice. Having experience
addressing this dilemma in a number of educational settings, we offer our experience in
developing responses that represent a spectrum of approaches. Our discussion includes an
overview of conversations with a variety of institutions determining what skills are needed and
how entrepreneurship fits in their context.
10:25-11:15am
Session 7
Disciplines, Context and Reality: A Discussion and with Directors and
Administrators of Arts Entrepreneurship programs (panel)
Jonathan Gangi (facilitator) | Sonia Manjon| Jeffery C. Nytch| Jonathan Kuuskoski|Rachel
Roberts| Jim Hart| Casey Molino Dunn
Room OFAC 1180
A discussion on various topics including the development, sustainability and challenges of
operating these efforts.
11:25-Noon
Session 8
Closing Session
Gary Beckman | Jim Hart
Room OFAC 1180
Optional Activities/Sites to See/Areas of Interest
Meadows Museum of Art on the SMU Campus
http://www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org/
The Meadows Museum is committed to the advancement of knowledge and understanding of art through the collection
and interpretation of works of the greatest aesthetic and historical importance, as exemplified by the founding
collection of Spanish art.
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/en/Visit/Plan-Your-Museum-Visit.aspx
Dallas Arts District
Located in Dallas’ city center
http://www.thedallasartsdistrict.org/
This website provides an overview of activities in the Dallas Arts District along with an activity calendar
Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.dm-art.org/
Nasher Sculpture Center
http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
Dallas Symphony
https://www.dallassymphony.com/plan-your-visit.aspx
Dallas Opera
http://dallasopera.org/
Crow Collection of Asian Art
http://www.crowcollection.org/
Restaurants, Shopping and Entertainment Near SMU and Hotel Lumen
Snider Plaza Dallas
http://www.sniderplaza.net/stores.html
The link allows you to click on the various restaurants and stores to learn more about their cuisine and offerings.
Indoor Shopping Mall – Northpark Center
http://www.northparkcenter.com/
Upscale shopping mall with a variety of shops and restaurants. A short taxi ride from the hotel. There is a movie theater
in side this mall (Northpark AMC).
Outdoor Shopping and Restaurants – Mockingbird Station
http://www.mockingbirdstation.com/dine
This center has many restaurants and shops. Also a short taxi ride from the hotel. There is also a movie theater (The
Angelika).
Movie Theatres
The Northpark AMC
This is a movie theater located inside of Northpark mall. It plays the most recent movie releases.
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/amc-northpark-15
The Angelika Film Center
This movie theater, located in Mockingbird Station, plays mostly independent and specialty films.
http://angelikafilmcenter.com/angelika_index.asp?hID=7915
Bishop Arts District
The Bishop Arts District is located in an older part of Dallas and is home to over 60 independent boutiques, restaurants,
bars, coffee shops, theatres and galleries.
Tillman’s Roadhouse Restaurant
Cowboy chic, quality roadhouse fare, music and fun in casual, come-as-you-are atmosphere. An altogether Texas
experience.
http://www.tillmansroadhouse.com/
Located in Bishop Arts District
Address:
324 West 7th Street
Dallas, Texas
Emporium Pies
All of the pies are made from scratch, in-house and use primarily organic ingredients. Too full after dinner, grab a slice
of pie to go and take it back to your hotel.
http://emporiumpies.com/
Located in Bishop Arts District
Address:
314 N Bishop
Dallas, Texas 75208
Other Dallas Sites
Sixth Floor Museum
This museum, located in downtown Dallas, depicts the assassination, along with the legacy, of President John F.
Kennedy. It is open on Monday from 12pm – 6pm and Tuesday – Sunday from 10am – 6pm.
http://www.jfk.org/go/home
Dallas Restaurant Recommendations
Lark on the Park
This is a contemporary, urban restaurant located in downtown Dallas. It serves lunch and dinner, along with brunch on
the weekends.
http://www.larkonthepark.com/ie/index.php
Komali’s
This is a contemporary Mexican restaurant is near the West Village in Dallas. It serves dinner but it is closed Mondays.
http://www.komalirestaurant.com/
Peggy Sue’s BBQ
This Texan cuisine is located in Snider Plaza. If you want to try some barbeque, this is the place to go!
http://www.peggysuebbq.com/Home_Page.html
R&D Kitchen
This is a classic American restaurant that has something for everyone. This restaurant is located in Preston Center Plaza.
The Menu: http://www.hillstone.com/pdf_menus/cafeRandD/Cafe_R_and_D_Dallas.pdf
Speaker Bios
Gary Beckman
Gary is Director of Entrepreneurial Studies in the Arts at North Carolina State University where he developed and
administers the University’s Arts Entrepreneurship Minor. Before arriving at NC State, he developed the nation's first
Music Entrepreneurship Minor at the University of South Carolina’s School of Music. Gary also edited the field's first
essay collection, Disciplining the Arts: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context.
His articles on the topic of arts entrepreneurship, leadership education in the arts and Intellectual Entrepreneurship
have appeared in Planning for Higher Education, Arts Education Policy Review and The Journal of Arts Management, Law
and Society and many others. He has also authored chapters for many Edward Elgar Press collected editions and
delivered papers on the philosophical/disciplinary structuring of arts and campus-wide entrepreneurship programs
nationally.
Gary earned a Ph.D. in Musicology from The University of Texas at Austin, a M.A. in Musicology from the University of
New Hampshire and a B.A. in Music from the University of Southern Maine. At UT Austin, he was principle investigator
the first nation-wide study of arts entrepreneurship efforts in higher education.
Sara Bubenik Theis
Sara is an Instructor of Stage Management and Theatre Administration at Millikin University. In addition to her work as
production manager for the department and teacher, Sara is the faculty mentor of Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre,
Millikin’s student run business venture for theatre students. As an Equity stage manager, Sara Bubenik has worked at
Stages St. Louis, Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, National Theatre of the
Deaf, Cleveland Signstage, Porthouse Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and Milwaukee Shakespeare. Prior to arriving at
Millikin, Sara was the production and facilities manager for Imagination Stage, a theatre for young audiences in
Bethesda, Maryland.
Kathryn Brown
Kathryn Brown is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in clarinet performance at the University of South Carolina. Ms.
Brown’s dissertation research examines potential impact evaluation methods to be utilized in the growing field of arts
entrepreneurship education. She will begin designing and teaching interdisciplinary arts entrepreneurship courses at
Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC in fall 2014. Prior to CPCC, Katie taught courses in music
entrepreneurship applied clarinet and clarinet methods at the University of South Carolina and Columbia College. Ms.
Brown received her Master of Music in clarinet performance at the University of Georgia in Athens and her Bachelor of
Music in clarinet performance at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
Stephen Carradini
Carradini is a Ph.D. student in the Communications, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program at North Carolina State
University. His research interests include arts communication, digital media, and multimedia installations. Stephen is
also a practicing music journalist, band manager and musician.
Woong Jo Chang
Dr. Chang is an Assistant Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seattle University, scholar in arts management
and cultural policy as well as an artist and former arts manager. He is published in various journals and chapters in
books, including the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society and Pioneering Minds Worldwide. Since 2007 he has
presented several papers at conferences and forums and continues to conduct research on small arts organizations, arts
entrepreneurship, and the uses of IT in the arts. Dr. Chang co-hosted the 39th International Conference of Social Theory,
Politics, and the Arts, the oldest and most influential academic conference in the field of arts management and cultural
policy, which took place at Seattle University in 2013. He also serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Arts
and Cultural Management.
Dr. Chang teaches undergraduate and graduate students in the Arts Leadership graduate program at Seattle University,
including Fundamentals of Nonprofit Arts Sector and Business of Art, and has advised many graduate Arts Leadership
MFA thesis projects. He holds a BA in Chinese Literature and an MA in Performing Arts from Seoul National University
and received his PhD in Art Education (specialization in Cultural Policy and Arts Administration) from The Ohio State
University.
Douglas Dempster
Douglas Dempster is dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, a public arts college made up of
liberal arts and professional programs in Visual Arts, Design, Music, Dance, Theatre, and Digital Arts, ranging from the BA
to the PhD. The college also includes a large arts presenting program and a campus, public art program.
Dempster is a philosopher by training and disposition who has dedicated his scholarly life to understanding and
advocating for the cognitive and epistemic value of artistic inquiry and creation, his teaching life to enlarging the vision
and ambitions of young artists and performers, and his professional life to reinventing best practices in higher education
for preparing artists to achieve healthy, productive, and prosperous lives in the arts.
Prior to his appointments at the University of Texas, Dempster was on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music as a
teacher of Philosophy, Humanities, Music Theory, Musicology, and Cultural Policy Studies as well as associate director
and dean. He establish the Eastman School’s Arts Leadership Program, orchestral studies program, and the department
of Chamber Music. Dempster was a co-director of the Creative Campus initiative in the early 2000s and has served from
its inception on the advisory board of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project. He currently holds the Marie and
Joseph D. Jamail Senior Regents Professorship and the Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in the Department of Theater and
Dance.
Casey Molino Dunn
Casey Molino Dunn is the Deputy Director of Manhattan School of Music’s Center for Music Entrepreneurship where he
serves on the faculty, produces entrepreneurial workshops, and oversees varied career-advancing services for both
students and alumni. He previously held positions at Eastman and Juilliard plus worked as a performing arts publicist in
NYC. A co-host of the Network of Music Career Development Officers’ annual conference, Casey is also a career advisor
at Chamber Music America’s national conference. Active as a baritone vocalist, actor, and pianist, he has performed as
a Resident Artist with NYC’s Dicapo Opera Theatre, chorister with New York City Opera, and in a regional run of Souvenir.
Currently he is the Director of Music at Chatham, NJ’s Ogden Memorial Presbyterian Church where he founded the
growing “Concerts on Main” series. Casey holds degrees from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
Eastman School of Music.
Jennifer Edwards
Jennifer Edwards is a facilitator and foundering partner with Edwards & Skybetter | Change Agency (E&S), as well as the
founder of JenEd Productions. In the last 2 years, E&S has been engaged by several liberal arts colleges and
conservatories to create and lead courses and seminars on entrepreneurship in addition to helping conservatory
programs envision how entrepreneurial thinking and skills might be integrated into their existing curriculum. Having
been involved with this work, to varying degrees, at Skidmore College, The Juilliard School, The Boston Conservatory,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Southern California, Jennifer is
very interested in sharing her observations and learning from others. She holds an MFA in dance and through JenEd
Productions, creates dance and spoken word pieces, leads seminars on managing stress, and has produced an App and
short film series called Grounded.
Jonathan Gangi
Jonathan Gangi is The Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture’s inaugural Professor in Arts
Entrepreneurship and affiliate faculty member in the School of Music as well as a committee member of the College
Music Society’s Committee on Music Entrepreneurship Education. He recently presented a paper on the topic of Arts
Entrepreneurship education at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference in
January of 2012. Additionally, Gangi is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Rosario Guitar Festival and Competition, a
non-profit corporation.
As a performer, Gangi has been a competition top prize winner (James Stroud Competition - 2007), as well as a guest on
the live television show, Talk of the Town WIS-TV 10, Columbia, SC. He has twice been invited to the 'Classical Minds'
guitar festival in Houston, where, as a member of the teaching faculty he performed both in concert and on the Houston
Public Radio program, The Front Row. Upcoming performances include a guest artist recital at East Carolina University,
among others.
Sally Gaskill
Sally Gaskill directs the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP). Based at the Indiana University Center for
Postsecondary Research, SNAAP is an online survey and data collection project that provides national data on how
artists develop, and allows arts high schools and postsecondary institutions to look at the factors that helped or
hindered the career paths of their alumni, whether they work as artists or pursue other paths. Sally’s three decades of
experience as an arts administrator includes fifteen years as an executive director, leading the arts councils of
Bloomington, Indiana and Rochester, New York as well as the Greater Boston Youth Symphony. Sally managed grantmaking programs for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She
is active in arts advocacy and serves on the board of the Arts Schools Network in addition to performing with Voces
Novae, a chamber choir. Sally received a B.A. in history from Colorado College and an M.A. in arts management from
American University.
Laine Goldman
As a successful and award-winning commercial writing and producing career, Laine entered Ohio University to complete
a dual master's degree in film and telecommunications. Post graduation, Laine continued on the multimedia freelance
path while teaching communications, digital media, oral presentation, and film at Winston-Salem State University as an
Assistant Professor. (2004-2013).
After teaching at both a historically black university and women's college, Laine sees stories and humor as a method to
find common ground. She notes that diversity crosses social and class lines. Extensive overseas travel and study has
deepened her understanding of cultural sensitivities and subtle differences that impact perception. Laine recently
completed her dissertation entitled “The Migrant Creative: U.S. Media Freelancers at the Border of a Changing Work
Culture” in support of her doctorate in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University, Netherlands.
James Hart
James Hart is Director of Arts Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor of Practice at Meadows School of the Arts, where he manages
both the Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship minors and serves as co-chair for the United States Association for Small
Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Entrepreneurship in the Arts special interest group. He is the founder and former dean of
TITAN Teaterakademi (The International Theatre Academy Norway), a full-time accredited conservatory for theatre entrepreneurship
in Oslo, Norway and the first of its kind in Europe. Before founding TITAN, Hart taught classes as a guest lecturer at several institutions,
including the Yale School of Drama, New York University, the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, Tufts University, Fu Ren University in
Taipei, Taiwan and University of Massachusetts at Amherst, among others.
Artistically, he has earned credit and recognition as an actor, director, writer and producer. As an actor, he has played leading roles at
Yale Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dallas Shakespeare Festival and others. He also cofounded the World-wide Art Collective theatre festival in Taichung, Taiwan.
Hart earned his M.F.A. in acting from the Yale School of Drama in 1999 and graduated from SMU with a B.F.A. in theatre in 1996.
Kelly e. Keough
Keough is an assistant professor of Media Communications at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts and earned
an MFA in Screenwriting from The American Film Institute in Los Angeles. During her 12 years in L.A., Kelly worked for
the Oscars, did stand up comedy and was famous for her Hemp Ball Truffles. As a screenwriter/actor/entrepreneur, Kelly
turned a sugar addiction into the TV cooking series called, The Sweet Truth, on Veria in 2006. Still airing in three
countries, it is the first alternative cooking show on cable.
Kelly wrote, "Sugar-free/Gluten-free Baking and Desserts" in 2009 and "The 100 Best Gluten-free Recipes for Your Vegan
Kitchen" in 2011. She was personal chef to Kirstie Alley, Martin Lawrence, Jack Black, and Gene Simmons on TLC’s Family
Jewels. Kelly also launched an online business promoting top health products with her recipes through public speaking,
classes, video, and web content.
At Middlesex Community College, Kelly developed Web Content Creation Entrepreneurship and sees New Media as
expanding the potential of storytelling and business. Her latest project, a romance e-novel is aimed at a female
audience, combines screenwriting, narrative storytelling, video, and social networking in a new media format. Kelly’s
books and screenplays can be found on Amazon.
Michael Ketner
Michael Ketner has enjoyed a varied career in the music field that has included roles as a performer, professor, public
school educator, conductor, and higher education administrator. After receiving degrees from Penn State University and
the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a
Performer’s Certificate in Trombone from the Eastman School of Music. He has also received the Certificate in Nonprofit
Administration from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ketner has held faculty
positions at Mansfield University (PA) and Prairie View A&M University (TX) in addition to performing with ensembles
such as the Rochester Philharmonic and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman
Philharmonia, and the Princeton Festival Orchestra.
Since 2003, he has been the Director of Performance for the Department of Music at the University of Pennsylvania. In
addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Ketner teaches Arts Entrepreneurship at Penn.
Gerald Klickstein
Klickstein directs the Peabody Conservatory's Music Entrepreneurship and Career Center, which helps students and
recent alumni attain artistic and professional success. A veteran guitarist, educator, and career coach with more than 30
years of experience on the concert stage and in higher education, he was a member of the distinguished artist-faculty of
the University of North Carolina School of the Arts from 1992-2012.
As a member of the College Music Society’s committee on Careers Outside the Academy, he collaborates with higher
education faculty across the US to implement programs that equip musicians to thrive in today's economy. He has also
served on the Board of Directors of the American String Teachers Association and was a member of the College Board’s
National Task Force on the Arts in Education.
He presents workshops throughout the US and writes about diverse topics of interest to musicians including artistic
development, career building, creativity, collaboration, entrepreneurship, occupational health, and performance
anxiety.
His book The Musician's Way (Oxford 2009) and its extensive companion website MusiciansWay.com have drawn global
praise for their insightful handling of the issues that today's musicians face. His other writings appear on diverse
websites and in journals such as The Strad, American String Teacher, and Inside Higher Ed. He regularly posts on The
Musician's Way Blog.
Errol Kolosine
Kolosine joined the NYU/Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music as Assistant Professor and Business Area Head in 2010.
While at NYU, he created the ReMu Business Lab and serves as the Director of student capstone projects.
In 1994, Kolosine joined New York-based record label Caroline/Astralwerks after stints in college radio and Florida state
government. Kolosine became General Manager in 1999 and oversaw all elements of the business. His successes boasts
a long list of innovative, top selling, Grammy winning and international artists, including Air, The Beta Band, Beth Orton,
The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, The Ben Folds Five (on Caroline), Caesars, The Kooks, and
many others. He has worked extensively in the areas of soundtracks, licensing, branding, sponsorships and new media
initiatives such as Being John Malkovich, V For Vendetta, Adaptation, Flushed Away and SSX-3. Kolosine also received an
Executive Producer Grammy Nomination for the critically acclaimed soundtrack Six Feet Under.
Since leaving Astralwerks in 2007, Kolosine operates Modern Frequencies that includes Media Director & Futurist for
The Chemical Brothers, managing artists, executive producing and supervising soundtracks (recently to popular NBC
show “Heroes” & as Label Soundtrack Executive on "Rango"); and consulting an array of other artists, soundtracks and
labels.
Jonathan Kuuskoski
Jonathan Kuuskoski currently serves as Director of Entrepreneurship and Community Programs and Assistant Teaching
Professor at the University of Missouri School of Music where he directs Community Music @ Mizzou employing more
than 60 music students and reaches more than 1,500 community members annually. These experiential learning
modules provide the backbone of Mizzou's Music Entrepreneurship program, which includes courses, workshops, and
other career services resources. Kuuskoski has presented research on related topics at the National Conference on
Keyboard Pedagogy, the Annual Conference of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE),
the College Music Society Summit on Music Entrepreneurship and the Music Teachers National Association National
Conference. He also serves as a faculty associate for the UMass-Amherst Arts Extension Service, where he designed and
teaches an online arts entrepreneurship course.
He has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Greece, Norway, and New
Zealand. In 2010 he co-founded New Music Everywhere (NEW MUSE), a professional chamber ensemble based in
Madison, Wisconsin. Kuuskoski holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MM Piano Performance) and
University of North Carolina-Greensboro (MBA and BA Music with Honors).
Sonia BasSheva Mañjon
Dr. Mañjon is the inaugural director of the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise and
Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Education and Policy at The Ohio State University. Before joining OSU, she
was Vice President for Institutional Partnerships, Chief Diversity Officer, and Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre at
Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Dr. Mañjon has more than 25 years of experience in higher education, nonprofit
management, and government administration.
Dr. Mañjon is the former executive director of the Center for Art and Public Life, founding chair of the Community Arts
major, and held the Simpson Endowed Professorship of Community Arts at the California College of the Arts. She
completed numerous projects, video documentaries, and publications, including 100 Families Oakland: Art and Social
Change, a community-wide collaborative program model and its impact, Invisible Identity: Mujeres Dominicana en
California, a video/ photographic installation, presented at the California African American Museum and The Ohio State
University and many others.
Dr. Mañjon earned her PhD in Humanities, Transformative Learning and Change in Human Systems and an MA in
Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, and a BA
in World Arts and Cultures with an emphasis in Dance from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Suzanne Matthews
Matthews is a 2014 graduate of North Carolina State University, where she earned her BA in English along with a minor
in Arts Entrepreneurship. In Spring of 2012 she founded, Soutenu Dancewear, a business that integrates support into
dancewear to better protect dancers' bodies. The company will make its official launch this fall with the release of its
first product. Suzanne hopes to continue running the company and return to school to pursue her MBA.
Jeffrey Nytch
Jeffrey Nytch has built a diverse career as a composer, teacher, performer, arts administrator, and consultant. In
addition to nearly 20 years as a professional musician, he has also run a small business, co-founded a non-profit service
organization in Houston, performed a wide range of repertoire as a vocalist, and served five years as Managing Director
of The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (“PNME ”), one of the nation’s premiere new music ensembles. In 2009 he
joined the faculty of The University of Colorado-Boulder, serving as Director of The Entrepreneurship Center for Music.
Nytch completed a Bachelors degree at Franklin and Marshall College, and earned Masters and Doctoral degrees in
composition from the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University. As a composer he has received numerous grants,
awards and commissions, and his music has been commercially released on the MMC and Koch International Classics
labels. He as also held teaching posts at Carnegie Mellon University, the American Festival for the Arts, and Franklin &
Marshall College.
His publications on arts entrepreneurship have appeared in Artivate: The Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship, The Journal of
Arts Management, Law, and Society, and the Journal of Management Policy & Practice.
Rachel Roberts
Appointed by President Tony Woodcock in 2009 as Founder and Director of NEC's Entrepreneurial Musicianship
department, Rachel Roberts was charged with designing and leading a major new initiative that would equip young
musicians with key extra-musical skills to support their artistic careers. Over the last four years, Rachel has launched a
wide range of experiential programs and curricula, including a signature grant initiative, courses on arts
entrepreneurship, fellowships and creative performance projects.
Prior to joining NEC, Rachel served as the first Director of Strategic Planning Engagement for the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, working on organization-wide strategic and governance objectives. She led the ASO’s grand opening
festivities at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. Rachel arrived at the ASO after completing the League
of American Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellowship program, working with the orchestras in Aspen, Detroit,
South Dakota, and Atlanta.
Rachel studied flute and piano, which led her to pursue a degree in flute performance at the Eastman School of Music.
Through the School’s Arts Leadership Program, she discovered the full range of professional pathways within the music
industry, prompting her to explore a career in orchestra management, beginning as Artistic and Production Assistant
with the Houston Symphony.
Julienne Shields
Shields obtained her B.A in Classics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her M.B.A from Millikin
University. Prior to joining Millikin, she spearheaded the transformation of summer school in Decatur from a traditional
format to a progressive, experiential model. She spent 11 years in the technology industry during which time she worked
for a regional consulting company and owned two technology start-up businesses which shared intellectual property
with the University of Illinois. She lives on a historic farm property east of Decatur with her husband, four children, and
co-manages a non-profit farm for youth to learn about horses and organic farming.
Bailey E. Skiles
Bailey is an MBA student at the George Washington University, focusing on arts entrepreneurship education and
organizational development within the creative industries. As the principal of Penline Consulting, she also works with
media and film production companies on business start-up, operational design and financial management. Prior to
beginning graduate studies, she oversaw event logistics and publication projects for the Center for Advanced Study in
the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington; managed teaching artists with Studio in a School, New York City;
and worked in small business development with artisans in Morocco. Bailey holds a BA in the History of Art (University
of Kansas) and a BS in Business Administration (University of Kansas). As an artist herself, she works primarily in paper
and installation.
Ken Tabachnick
Ken Tabachnick is currently the deputy dean at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where he oversees broad institutional
matters such as: HR, legal, Special Programs, technology in pedagogy, IT, and providing strategic and operational
guidance.
Prior to joining Tisch, he was dean of the School of the Arts at Purchase College, where he oversaw the Conservatories of
Music, Dance, Theatre, and the School of Art+Design. At Purchase, he supervised all operations in the School of the Arts,
including curricular design and strategic planning. In addition to being dean, he has extensive experience in all areas of
the entertainment business.
Before joining academia, Tabachnick was the general manager for New York City Ballet (NYCB), where he was
responsible for all administrative aspects of the largest American dance organization.
Tabachnick earned his J. D. from Fordham Law School in 1996 and was admitted to practice law in New York State and
the Southern and Eastern Districts of the Second Circuit United States Court. From 1997-2004, he maintained a solo
practice in New York City serving a variety of clients, including online ventures, magazines, directors, writers, designers,
and producers. He also served as general counsel for Rising Tide Studios, a publishing and conference company focused
on the internet and its related industries.
TC Thomason
Thomason is a Masters student at The Ohio State University's Department of Arts Education, Administration, and Policy,
TC studies the arts and economic development, creative placemaking, and city and regional planning; with a focus on
people-centric approaches to sustainably revitalizing communities through arts and culture. TC comes to the University
with experience in the banking and financial sector, property renovation and construction, and as the youngest "T" in
Triple T Farms. He is a Russellville Blues Festival board member, a visual artist and writer, frequent concertgoer and
spontaneous day-tripper. He holds a B.S. in Financial Economics from Centre College.
Sherry Wagner-Henry
Sherry is the Director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration, an MBA degree program at the University of WisconsinMadison, located in the Wisconsin School of Business. She is also the director of the Arts Business Initiative, offering
students curriculum, activities and access to research at the nexus of arts and business. Before the Bolz Center, Sherry
was at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where she was most recently director of graduate programs for the
College of Continuing Education and faculty director of their Master of Professional Studies in Arts and Cultural
Leadership (ACL). She created the ACL masters and, within the college, substantially grew the number of professional
masters degrees and certificate programs. Previously, at the University of Minnesota, she was managing director of
University Theatre and Dance production programs, overseeing the general management of three programs crossing
five performance venues. Simultaneously, she was the executive director of the Minnesota Centennial Showboat, a
public/private partnership enterprise between the University of Minnesota, the City of Saint Paul and the Padelford
Riverboat company. In board leadership, she currently serves as the Secretary of the Institute for the United States
Institute for Theatre Technology where she developed and launched the Board Leadership Mentorship Program, which
gives young professionals an opportunity to engage in board service, while developing vital leadership skills.
Jason C. White
As a PhD student in the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, Jason studies Arts Entrepreneurship
Education: specifically pedagogy, curricula and programs associated with the development of skills and knowledge
necessary for the application, sharing and distribution of creative work. Prior to attending The Ohio State University,
Jason worked as a professional actor, a music producer, and as a capacity-building consultant for various community and
cultural organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area. Jason is also a multi-award winning playwright, best known for the
NAACP award winning educational play The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy. Jason comes to The Ohio State
University with a BFA in acting and production (California Institute of the Arts), an M.Ed. in Assessment and Evaluation
(University of Akron) and an MA in Arts Administration (University of Akron).
Margaret Wyszomirski
Professor Wyszomirski is a faculty member of both the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy and the
John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. She has served as staff director for the bipartisan
Independent Commission on the National Endowment for the Arts, as director of the Office of Policy Planning, Research
and Budget at the National Endowment for the Arts, and as director of the Graduate Public Policy Program at
Georgetown University. She joined the faculty of the Federal Executive Institute of the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management in 1988. Professor Wyszomirski has been on national advisory committees for a Foundation Center
analysis of arts funding, for the economic impact study of arts and tourism conducted by the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey, and for the National Center for Charitable Statistics. She was a founding member of the Research
Advisory Committee of the American Council for the Arts, and was chairman of the steering committee for the 1997
American Assembly on "The Arts and the Public Purpose." She is currently chairman of the Research Task Force of the
Center for Arts and Culture in Washington, DC.
Nate Zeisler
Zeisler is passionate about supporting and developing the careers of artists and artistically minded entrepreneurs. He is
building a program that offers a menu of services and training to world-class artists who seek sustainable careers,
through engagement activities in Southern California. As the director of the Adult Studies division and the Community
Engagement program, Zeisler runs a variety of programs that help bring the arts to people living in the Los Angeles
metro area.
In 2004, Zeisler founded the Envision Chamber Consort, an organization dedicated to presenting music as a form of
contemporary communication. Continuing to pursue connections between the business and arts communities, Zeisler
co-founded and led Arts Enterprise, an organization that helps students find sustainable careers in their chosen field.
As an artist, Zeisler served as the assistant professor of bassoon and professor of entrepreneurship at Bowling Green
State University in Ohio. Professionally, Zeisler served as the principal bassoonist of the Ann Arbor Symphony and
performed as second bassoonist with the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit. Zeisler earned his doctorate of musical
arts and master’s degree from the University of Michigan and bachelor’s degree in choral and instrumental education
from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.