A Reader on Audience Development and Cultural Policy

This book brings together, for the first time, twenty-two chapters on arts marketing and audience development. Edited and curated to be accessible to both academics and those working in the cultural sector, the book provides an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the traditions, philosophies and approaches which underpin our ideas about increasing audiences for the arts. Covering a range of topics and international perspectives, it tells the story of how arts marketing and audience development came to be such an important management practice in the cultural sector. This edited volume discusses the relationship of audience development to arts management and cultural policy and outlines the foundational arguments which have led to contemporary debates around everyday creativity and cultural democracy. By providing vital insights from both the theory and practice of arts marketing and audience development, the book will serve as an excellent reference work for researchers. Simultaneously, this book will also be an invaluable read for those working in cultural leadership and arts management roles. The chapters in this book were originally published in various Routledge journals.

Steven Hadley is an academic, consultant and researcher working internationally in arts management, cultural policy, and audience engagement. He is currently a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), and a Visiting Lecturer at Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany). Steven is an Associate Consultant with The Audience Agency, Counterculture and CKI (Denmark). He sits on the Steering Committee of the Cultural Research Network, the Editorial Board of Arts and the Market and is Policy & Reviews Editor for Cultural Trends. Steven has lectured, taught, and delivered training in over thirty countries globally and works as a consultant for a wide range of cultural organizations. His recent published work has focused on cultural democracy and audience engagement.