The Director
Dr. Ruth Bereson, Director
Arts Management Program
University at Buffalo
1025 Clemens Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Email: ub-artsmanagement@buffalo.edu
Telephone: (716) 645-2437
Ruth Bereson is the Director of the Arts Management Program at the University at Buffalo and holds a PhD from the Department of Arts Policy and Management at City University London. She has a diverse background in the fields of arts management, cultural policy and cultural diplomacy and has worked in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA in performing, visual and community arts and profit and not for profit sectors, as well as government.
Dr Bereson is very active in the fields of Arts Management and Cultural Policy. She contributes regularly to diverse fora such as Arts Festivals, workshops for Government Agencies, as organizer of specialized tracks in academic conferences and as convenor of the Cultural Policy and Diplomacy Working Group at the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and lectures. Dr Bereson lectures internationally on subjects such as 'The Underbelly of Cultural Policy Making', 'Why Manage the Arts?', 'The Diplomacy of International Art' and is general editor the UB Arts Management and Policy Occasional Paper Series.
Some publications include: Artistic Integrity and Social Responsibility: You Can't Please Everyone! (Ethos Books, 2001); The Operatic State. Cultural Policy and the Opera House (Routledge 2002); The Realpolitik of Cultural Policy Making, The Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy (2/2004); Advance Australia-Fair or Foul: Observing Australian Arts Policies, The Journal of Arts, Management, Law & Society (Spring, 2005).Exploring the Semantics of Opera: Journal: Monitor ZSA TROPOS, vol. VIII/no. 1-2, 2006 Ed: Vlado Kotnik pp 15-29 Un-Wrapping Christo. Aesthesis International Journal of Art and Aesthetics in Management and Organisational Life, Volume 1/one 2007 University of Essex, Ed: Ian King. UK.
More complete bibliography
Books
Enemies of the Imagination, (forthcoming spring 2011, 250 pages)
SIANA , Multimedia and Alternative Arts Paris, (Book Chapter) Comment penser la gestion des activités artistiques demain, dans le monde des nouvelles technologies ? L'Harmattan 2010 forthcoming
The Operatic State: Cultural Policy and the Opera House, Routledge London, New York, March 2002 (226 pages)
Artistic Integrity and Social Responsibility: You Can’t Please Everyone!, Ethos Books, Singapore, October 2001 (Ed) (64 pages)
L’Artiste et L’entrepreneur, Ed. Norbert Hillaire. Dévoiler Christo Cité du Design Éditions 2008 pp 229- 246 (book chapter)
Edited Series
Bereson, R. and Laufer, R. The question of innovation : can one be pragmatic if one produces the unknown? Special Edition Journal of Arts Management Law and Society (Spring 2010 120 pages forthcoming)
Bereson, R. Ed. The Aesthetic Contract by John Pick Arts Management and Policy Series No. 5 (Spring 2009 85pages)
Bereson, R. Ed. Comparing funding models: conversations at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, 藝術資助模式的比較：2008年香港藝術節座談會的對話February 2008. Arts Management and Policy Series No. 4 University at Buffalo Merrill Press (Spring 2009 155 pages)
Bereson, R. General Ed. A Masters of Business Art? Special Issue Arts Management and Policy Series No. 3 Fall 2007 University at Buffalo Merrill Press (Fall 2007 120 pages)
Bereson, R. Ed. Lying Abroad: A Critical Study of Cultural Diplomacy Arts Management and Policy Series No. 2 Fall 2006 University at Buffalo Merrill Press (Fall 2007 140 pages)
Bereson, R. Ed. Why Manage the Arts? Arts Management and Policy Series No. 1 Fall 2005 University at Buffalo Merrill Press (68 pages)
Refereed Articles
Un-Wrapping Christo. Aesthesis International Journal of Art and Aesthetics in Management and Organisational Life, Volume 1/one 2007 University of Essex, Editor: Ian King. UK,
Ruth Bereson (Author), T Hutchings (Author), A Mers (Author), J Rodenbeck (Author), S Stratton & others (Author), M Daly (Author), E Chodos & K Schneider (Cover Art) Sketches: Organizing Arts May 2007
Exploring the Semantics of Opera: Journal: Monitor ZSA Review of Historical, Social and Other Anthropologies Thematic Issue: “Doing Research on Opera: Epistemologies, Practices, Objects” Place of Publication: Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU Published by: TROPOS – Association for Historical, Social and Other Anthropologies and Cultural Activities
Date of Publication: vol. VIII/no. 1-2, 2006 Edited by: Vlado Kotnik pp 15-29
Christo -- Une étude sur la diplomatie, le business et l’art N. Hillaire (dir.), Actes du colloque international « Arts, entreprises, technologies : quels modèles de développement culturel pour l'Europe », Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis / Conseil Général des Alpes Maritimes / Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, 24-26 novembre 2005
Advance Australia – Fair or Foul? Observing Australian Arts Policies The Journal of Arts Management Law and Society Spring 2005. (pp 49-59)
The Realpolitik of Cultural Policy Making. The Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidskrift 2/2004 (pp 230-243)
Renaissance or Regurgitation? Arts Policy in Singapore 1957-2003 Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management November 2003.
Remains of the Pay. How much will be lost to Britain’s box offices when the new lottery starts to eat into the nation’s disposable incomes? with Pick, J. Arts Management Weekly, No. 261, June 1994.
Isn’t this where we came in? with Pick, J. Arts Management Weekly, No. 253, March 1994.
Refereed Written Presentations:
Fats Domino Is Missing: An Analysis of Arts and Cultural Policy Making in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Fourth International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Vienna, July 2006.
The Ozymandius Syndrome: the Modern Cult of Cultural Policy Making Third International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Montreal, Canada August 2004.
Residing in Your Neighbor’s Camp. The diplomacy of artists, organizations and states Conference on Organising Authenticity: A New Perspective on Artists in Residence The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Bramstrup, Denmark June 2004
Apollo takes Charge: The Coming of Age of the National Arts Council in Singapore 29th Annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference, Ohio State University October 9-11, 2003.
Expanding the Imagination! An Investigation into the Nature of Audience An Interdisciplinary Collaboration. With Genor, M. Seventh International Conference on Arts Management, Milan June 2003.
The Classroom-The Audience: Utilizing the Arts Administrators' Perspective in Preparing Preservice Teachers with Genor M. 84th Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois 2003.
Expanding the Imagination: The Classroom, the Community, the Audience with Genor, M. AACTE Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Theme: The Future of Our Profession: Transcending Traditional Boundaries Round Table Discussion of results from research emanating from the pre-tenure Research Grant January 2003.
An Analysis of Singaporean Arts and Cultural Policy 1957-2001 The Second International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand, January 2002.
The Effective Implementation of Arts Cultural Policy in Singapore with Wee Liang Tong. Sixth International Conference on Arts Management, Brisbane June 2001.
Transmedia Cockroach, The Arts and the Singapore Press. Focas Forum on Contemporary Art & Society Forum Chair. Transcription September 10, The Necessary Stage, Singapore, 2000.
What’s For Sale?: An Analysis of the meaning of ‘Cultural Industries’ and their relation, if any, to the arts. The 18th International Conference of the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism Organization and Culture Pre-modern Legacies for the Post-Modern Millennium, SCOS Conference Athens, 2000.
The Sydney Opera House - Misnomer or Intention? Social Metaphors: Social Texts and Contexts Ninth Biennial Symposium on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region. Complicities: Connections and Divisions Singapore, December 1999.
Cultural Policy and the Opera House October 1999, Singapore, Dept. of English Language and Literature.
Arts and Industry: The Disadvantageous Alliance. AIMAC Fifth International Conference on Arts Management, Helsinki June 1999.
Investigation of the Australian Cultural Identity: The Language of Arts Subvention. AIMAC Fourth International Conference on Arts Management, San Francisco July 1997.
Democracy and the State Opera House: Conflicts and Confusions. (1996) Third International Conference on Arts Management, London, Proceedings 1995.
Cultural Workers in Community Arts: Their Education and Training with Fraser, A, & Moroney, B. Victorian Ministry for the Arts, 1986.
Invitations and Awards
2009
- Advisor for Public Policy Research Institute Hong Kong Polytechnic University for Analysis and Reporting of the Public Engagement ("Consultancy") on the Preparation of the Development Plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
- Awarded by Institut International de Philosophie in Paris co-host of project on Innovation and pragmatics Buffalo May 13-15 2009 with Professor Romain Laufer, Air France Chair of Marketing, HEC Paris
Baldy Annual Research Grant 2009-10 to work on manuscript of Enemies of the Imagination
2008
- Co Track leader: Fourth Art of Management Conference in Banff, Canada Sep 2008 Journeys and their perambulations: inquiries in artworlds and organizations
- Spring 2008 Art of Management Conference Grant awarded by Canadian American Studies Committee
- University of Melbourne, Australia. School of Cultural and Communication. A public lecture Be careful what you wish for and a masterclass on transnational cultural policy, July 2008
- Nurope. Nomadic University for Art, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe. Lecture. The Dangers of International Cultural Policy and Diplomacy. Stockholm 2008
- University of the Arts, Belgrade, Serbia. March 2008. Invited lectures to Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students as well as public lectures on the areas of Research in Arts Management and Cultural Policy and Diplomacy
- Hong Kong Arts Festival Symposium Moderator: session How Should We Fund the Arts? February 2008
2007
- The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations 2007 ARTS SUMMIT Town Meeting: Making the Case, Public Policy and Advocacy and facilitator Session on Next Generation Advocates: Schenectady, NY September 2007
- Nurope. Nomadic University for Art, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe. Guest lecture Diplomacy of International Art. From World Exhibitions to Biennales and Documentas Kassel, Documenta June 2007
- Keynote Lecture SIANA, Multimedia and Alternative Arts Festival, Evry, France, March 2007
- Strategic Policy & Management, Cultural Affairs, Department of Canadian Heritage, Culture Chat for the Executive Team, Culture Chat for the Cultural Affairs policy staff, Ottawa. February 2007
2006
- Groupe ESC Burgundy Business School, Dijon, Paris, Partenariats privés, mécénat et recherche de fonds Private Partnerships, Patronage and Funding in the US, Australia and Singapore, November 2006
- Keynote speaker: Institute of Advanced Studies The University of Western Australia ‘Public Policy and Ethics’ July 2006. The Underbelly of Cultural Policy Making. Part of the Perth Winter Arts Festival http://www.perthwinterartsfestival.com/
- Public Policy Class, Institute of Advanced Studies The University of Western Australia, July 2006
- Guest speaker: University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Department of English. ‘Managing the Arts’ February 2006
- Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in conjunction with Emeritus Prof John Pick. Research in Cultural Policy Making. A proposal for a working group on cultural policy making to be set up through the Baldy Center.
- Guest Discussant. Shenandoah University, Arts Management Roundtable April 2006
- Guest speaker: University of Essex, Management School. ‘Unwrapping Christo’ May 2006
2005
- Guest speaker: Arts, Entreprises & Technologies" Quels modèles de développement culturel pour l’Europe ? Université Nice Sophia Antipolis Pôle Universitaire Saint Jean d'Angély, Nice (France) 24, 25 and 26 November 2005
- Keynote speaker Opera as a Place of Representation: European Opera Houses in the 19th Century Conference within the Project „Oper im Wandel der Gesellschaft” Budapest, October 13-14, 2005
- Track Leader on 21st European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium Unlocking Organisations . Track: Art & Aesthetics and Leadership - of events, projects and institutions June 30 – July 2, 2005 Berlin
2004
- 2003/2004 The Outstanding Teacher Award TC Columbia University
- TC Tokyo Public Seminar The Art of Cultural Diplomacy An overview of an international conference held at TC Columbia in March and April 2004, June 2004
- On-line lecturer for University of South Australia Arts Management MBA Program. Subject: Environment of the Arts 2004
2003
- External Examiner and Member of Doctoral Committee on 12 theses at TC Columbia University 2002-2004
- TC Tokyo Public Seminar An investigation of cultural development in Singapore from 1957 to the present day July 13 2003
- Opponent Stockholm University School of Business for PhD Defense Katja Lindqvist. Exhibition Enterprising. Six Cases of Realisation from Idea to Institution. June 4 2003
- Stockholm Business School. Invited to give two lectures for curatorship program. 1. Exploring Cultural Policy 2. Research in Arts administration. June 3 & 5 2003
- University of South Australia, Arts and Cultural Management Program. Research Seminar for masters and doctoral students in Arts Administration. August 12, 2003
2002
- Lasalle-SIA College for the Arts in Singapore to provide lecture on the role of Monumental State Theatres in Modern States August 8 2002
Conference/Exhibition Organisation
- Heritage Hacking – the Case of the Venice Biennale, Venice June 2009 in conjunction with NUROPE and artistic and Management Staff of the Venice Biennale.
- La question de l'innovation : Comment être pragmatique lorsque l'on produit de l'inconnu? The question of innovation : can one be pragmatic if one produces the unknown? Invited scholars included Romain Laufer, (Professor of Marketing, HEC Paris and member of the College International de Philosophie), Pierre Guillet de Monthoux (Stockholm Business School and Nurope), Bengt Kristensson Uggla Amos Anderson Chair of Philosophy, Culture and Management at the Swedish University in Finland, Åbo Akademi University (Turku) and Nurope, Jean-Francois Bordron, Director (CeReS - Semiotics Research Centre), Universite de Limoges, Armand Hatchuel Management and Design at the Ecole des Mines de Paris in collaboration with Mathias Bejean (CGS-École des Mines-ParisTech) Kevin Mulcahy Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor, LSU T. Sasitharan, Director Theatre Training Research and Practice, Singapore. It took place 14-15 May 2009 at the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy
- Bergman and Nobel: Scandinavian cultural policy and performing arts. Sweden and Finland 2008 in conjunction with NUROPE. Royal Commision Commission for cultural policy, Stockholm philharmonic orchestra, Hong Kong Arts Festival with Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, attended by 60 academics, artists, students over 10 days.
- Local, Regional, National and International Aspects of Arts Management, Gattières, France 2007. with Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, ttended by 40 participants including Artists, Entrepreneurs, Arts Managers, Academics and Students from France and USA.
- Why Manage the Arts? Arts Management Inaugural Seminar Center for the Arts, September 24, 2005. University at Buffalo. Attended by 120 participants comprising Academics, diplomats, cultural organizers, students from Columbia University, and Chicago Art Institute,
- Enterprising Art and Artistic Practice: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates, Project for Central Park, February 2005 Attended by 160 participants and held at TC Columbia and Guggenheim Museum, with participants from the International Curating Management Education, Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden) , Arts and Business entrepreneurs, Academics from NYC universities, Harvard University, Stockholm Business School and Abo Academie, Finland, 80 students, curators, journalists and historians.
- Cultural Diplomacy in Arts and Education 27/28 March and 3/4 April 2004 held at Teachers College Columbia University. 30 speakers including representatives from the US State Department, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Columbia University, the Singaporean Theatre Training and Research Program, The international Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies ( IFAACA), Attended by 160 participants for a 5 day conference
- Artistic Integrity and Social Responsibility. National University of Singapore September 2000. 180 Participants from south east asia, opened by the Minister for Culture, David Lim.
- Organising Committee Member Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference, held in conjunction with NYU, April 2002
External Committee, Advisory and Editorial Board Membership
- Chair’s Scientific Council Director of Research at Advancia Negocia, Paris France, 2008/
- International Council of Museums 2009/
- American Association of Museums 2008/
- The Broadway League of Theatres and Producers 2007/
- Scientific Board Journal, The Centre for Local Government at Laurentian University (Sudbury,Ontario, Canada. Culture and Local Governance/Culture et gouvernance locale (issn 1911-7469) 2007/
- Scientific Committee Multimedia and Alternative Art Festival Paris 2007
- Business appointment Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership (ENRP) 2007/2009
- Steering committee of the Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership (ENRP) Tourism and Culture subcommittee Arts and Economic Prosperity Project 2006/2009
- Convenor, Working Group on Cultural Policy and Diplomacy, The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, 2006/
- Advisory Council of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy 2004/
- European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers 2005/
- Editorial Committee Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management 2002/
- Association of Arts Administration Educators 2001/
University Service
- Advisory Committee, The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, 2008/
- Member, Interdisciplinary Research Fund Cultures and Texts panel 2008/2009
- Member, Faculty Senate Academic Planning Committee 2006/
- Member, Council on International Studies & Programs 2008/