Correspondents
Arts Management Network provides a team of currently about 40 correspondents from nearly all cultural and geographical areas, which function as a network of experts. In a win-win-situation, a correspondent of Arts Management Network gets benefits like an email address, free access to conferences or review copies. Meetings especially for the correspondents from Central Europe are taking place annually in order to talk within the team, but also to meet arts professionals and look behind the scenes of outstanding cultural organizations. To see the list of correspondents from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, please switch to the German Website
| Mario Zetzsche studied Culture and Management (B.A.) till 2005 at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz (FH) and at the Unesco Chair for Culture Policy and Culture Management at the Vilnius Acadamy of Fine Arts in Lithuania. He got his Master degree (M.A.) 2007 in Arts and Media Management from the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga. In 2006 he has been awarded with the Alfred Toepfer Fellowship for Cultural Innovation. With this grant he works for the State Agency "The New Three Brothers" as Collection Manager for the Latvian Contemporary Art Museum. Email: mz (at) artsmanagement.net |
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Ulla-Alexandra Mattl, born in Finland, holds a Diploma in Photography and an MA in Finno-Ugric Languages from the Universities of Vienna, Helsinki and the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. After several years "European experience" in Brussels (working for the European Commission and for the Austrian Cultural Forum in Brussels) she completed an MA in Arts Management at CityUniversity in London. She is now working as a Freelance Arts and Project Manager as well as a Research Analyst. Her main interests lie in international cultural co-operation and comparative cultural policy as well as events- and project management. She joined the network in 2005. |
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| Ronnie Dissentshik is a business consultant specializing in feasibility studies, valuations and turnarounds. He was recruited to help turnaround the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 1989. In the end of 1999 he prevented the shutdown of The Israel Chamber Orchestra. As a result of the success of these projects, he is considered today a pioneer in cultural management in Israel but still dips from time to time in the business world. In addition to advising the City of Jerusalem on cultural management he just completed a new strategy and planning for The Underground Prisoners Museum in Jerusalem. He is a member of the Board of Alut the National Association for Autistic Children where he initiated major strategic plan. Email: rd (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| Zenaida des Aubris is Consultant for International Cultural Events. Born in Argentina, she has over 25 years experience in management and production of classical music in the United States, Europe and Asia. After her Masters in Sociology, she joined the San Francisco Opera in 1977. Then she went on to become the personal manager of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1980-1988) and Lorin Maazel (1993-1997). In 1997/98 Zenaida des Aubris was General Project Manager of Puccini\'s "Turandot in the Forbidden City", Beijing, China. 2002-2004 she was general and artistic director of the new Hangzhou Grand Theater in China, as well as being involved in the inauguration of the new Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain during 2005-2006. Email: zda (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| Maike Bosselmann Maike is working as PR Manager at Way To Blue in Madrid, representing a range of leading film, DVD, music, gaming and TV clients. She graduated in Arts and Media Management from Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler" Berlin and holds an MA in Contemporary European Studies/ Euromasters from the University of Bath, Sciences-Po Paris and Universidad Carlos III Madrid. She is Correspondent specialized in Film. Email: mb (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| James Abruzzo serves as Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Nonprofit Practice, in the New Jersey office of DHR International. He has over 25 years of experience as a consultant to nonprofit organizations. Mr. Abruzzo is also Co-Director and Co-Founder of The Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leadership at Rutgers Business School. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Abruzzo served on the graduate faculty of Columbia University and continues to lecture frequently at other major business schools in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of Jobs in Arts and Media Management (ACA Publications, NY). Mr. Abruzzo holds a Masters and a BA from Brooklyn College and a MS from Queens College. Website: www.abruzzoassociates.com Email: ja (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| Britta Faust-Burak worked as Director of Development and Administration at International Arts & Artists (IA&A) in Washington, D.C., the producer of the largest number of touring art exhibits in the U.S. There she managed institutional development for IA&A, and supervised all activities in the areas of finance, HR and office management. She joined IA&A after completing her master’s degree at the Institute of Arts Management in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in combination with an exchange semester at Carnegie Mellon University. Her experience includes work in corporate sponsorship and event management in Luxembourg and Germany. Prior to pursuing a career in arts management, Britta earned a German-French MBA from Regensburg University and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Bordeaux/France, and spent several years as a business consultant with Ernst & Young. In addition to her native German, Britta is also fluent in English, and French. She is currently living in New York City. Email: bf (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| Suzanne Cermack Celentano, MFA, is listed as a theatre and movement educator in the 2006 edition of Who\'s Who in the World. She has taught arts management, theatre and dance throughout the United States, at the College of Charleston, St. Louis University and The American University. Her text, Theatre Management: A Successful Guide to Producing Plays on Commercial and Nonprofit Stages, was co-authored with Kevin Marshall and has been used by producers and college theatre departments throughout the world. For the Arts Management Network, she is a correspondent in the field of performing arts management for both arts organizations and individual artists, where she shares her administrative experiences in arts management as well as her artistic experiences as a professional modern dancer, actor and playwright. Email: sc (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| Raymond T. Grant, the former executive director of Robert Redford’s Sundance, served as artistic director of the 2002 Olympic Arts Festival and managing director of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee (SLOC.) Prior to joining the Salt Lake Olympic Committee, he headed the performing arts and film area of a division of the Walt Disney Company - The Disney Institute and was Director of the Tisch Center for the Arts in New York City. He consultants and writes on cultural programming and development. A native New Yorker, Grant is a music education graduate of the University of Kansas (BME) and holds a Master degree in Arts Administration from New York University. Email: rg (at) artsmanagement.net |
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| Since 2001, Scott McKinnon is a Business Officer at the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) in Toronto, Canada, specializing in tax credits for the film, television and digital media cultural industries. He is currently completing a Masters of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration at Ryerson University with an Arts & Culture focus. Scott has a Bachelors degree in Film from Simon Fraser University, and more than 10 years experience in sales and marketing of intellectual property and cultural material. |  |
