national arts marketing project
2008 Workshops

Randall Bourscheidt
President, Alliance for the Arts, ,

Randall Bourscheidt has more than 20 years of experience in arts management. He was deputy commissioner of cultural affairs for New York City and served as chairman of the advisory commission. As president of the Alliance for the Arts for over a decade, Mr. Bourscheidt has organized a series of studies on the economic impact of arts in the New York region, published the NYC Culture Catalog and the Kids Culture Catalog, and initiated the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS. He serves on many committees and councils for the performing arts and arts preservation. He has written and edited numerous publications, including The Economic Impact of the Arts on New York State and New York City.

Mr. Bourscheidt is now working with the New York's Cultural Affairs Department and with Commissioner Schuyler Chapin, former dean of Columbia's School of the Arts, to build a large database covering every aspect of the business of nonprofit cultural organizations as well as every public program they offer. Mr. Bourscheidt also worked with the National Arts Journalism Program to present a recent conference on cultural funding entitled Who Pays for the Arts?

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