Adrian Ellis: The Impact of Globalization on the Non Profit Cultural Sector

The Arts Administration Graduate Student Assocation presented "The Impact of Globalization on the Cultural Sector" with Adrian Ellis, founder, owner and managing partner of AEA Consulting.  The lecture is presented in partnership with The LeBow College of Business and the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design on Tuesday, May 22 at 6pm in Bossone Auditorium.  The event was a great success and over 175 people from the Philadelphia community attended.

Adrian Ellis, one of today's foremost thinkers on cultural management, spoke about the impact of globalization on non profit cultural institutions in the United States and Europe.  Globalization is a short hand expression for the effects of the accelerated and increased global circulation of capital, goods, services, people and ideas that has resulted from technological advances and diminished regulation. It is having a profound impact on the social, economic and cultural fabric of nations throughout the world. 

After reviewing examples of how globalization is affecting several arts organizations around the world - including The British Museum, The Guggenheim Foundation, V & A, Centre Pompidou, MFA Boston, The Louvre, and The High Museum - Ellis makes several conclusions about the current state of affairs for non profits.  He describes the world's profound and accelerating social and economic transformation; he points out that it is unsurprising that cultural organizations are affected by wider social and economic change.  Ellis recommends that cultural organizations react to the changes in their environments "cautiously and deliberately."

Ellis has worked extensively in the cultural sector throughout his career.  As the owner, founder and managing partner of AEA Consulting, a firm that specializes in strategic operations and facilities planning for the cultural sector, Ellis has advises highly regarded institutions such as the British Council, The Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The Frick Collection, Jazz at Lincoln Center, National Gallery- London, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pew Charitable Trusts,and The William Penn Foundation.

If you missed this year's AAGA Speaker Event, please feel free to review Adrian Ellis' Power Point presentation and pod cast provided by Drexel University's School of Education on both the AAGA website and the Artsline Blog.

- This article was written for the Spring 2007 issue of Artsline by Elizabeth Piercey who is the Artsline Editor and a current student in Drexel University's Arts Administration Graduate Program.

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