1st Taiwan International Colloquium on Arts Management
(Provided by Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship) The newly-established Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship and the Department of Theater Arts jointly organized the 1st Taiwan International Colloquium on Arts Management (TICAM), inviting top scholars from the USA, Australia, and Taiwan to deliver keynote speeches. It was a rare chance TICAM gathered artistic directors of 4 flagship performing art centers and chairs of 4 domestic graduate institutes of arts management in Taiwan to discuss the industry-academia exchange and academic development and establish a new paradigm in the education in arts management in Taiwan.
The TICAM started with opening keynote speeches on arts entrepreneurship by Distinguished Professor Kevin Mulcahy from Louisiana State University, Head of the School of Management of the University of South Australia Ruth Rentschler, and Emeritus Chair Professor Jing-Jyi Wu of NSYSU. The panel discussion on the community engagements of urban cultural hubs saw the participation of the Artistic Director of the Taipei Performing Arts Center Austin Wang, Artistic Director of Miaobei Art Center in Miaoli Chia-Ying Lin, General & Artistic Director of National Taichung Theater Joyce Chiou, and Artistic Director of National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts – Weiwuying in Kaohsiung Wen-Pin Chien, with Executive Director of Lovely Taiwan Foundation Ying-Ping Li as the host. The panel discussion focused on locality, citizens’ participation, social responsibility, public and city character in arts and cultural hubs. The topics discussed ranged from the venue location and management, to cultural governance and regionality – topics seldom discussed in recent years in Taiwan. Professor Wu asked many questions, spurring a lively discussion between the participants of the panel discussion and the audience.
The participants of the panel discussion on the paradigm shift in arts management education in Taiwan: Kuo-Hua Yu – Director of the Graduate Institute for Arts Administration and Management of Taipei National University of the Arts, Jerry H. Hsia – Director of the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts of National Taiwan Normal University, Pao-Ning Yin – Director of the Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy at National Taiwan University of Arts, and Director of the Department of Theater Arts at NSYSU Shang-Ying Chen, with the chairwoman of Performing Arts Network Development Association Kathy Hung as the host, examined closely the relationship between “studying” and “applying” from the industry’s point of view, as well as the development trends in the academia. With the principle of cultivating professionals for the arts industry in mind, the participants engaged in the discussion on professionals’ mobility and interdisciplinary abilities, each contributing with their expertise. Director Kuo-Hua Yu mentioned that NSYSU’s Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship focuses on arts entrepreneurship, combining theory with practice – a recent trend in arts entrepreneurship. It was the point made earlier by Dr. Wu’s in his speech: arts entrepreneurship has already rooted in the arts and culture sector, and the shift from managerialism to the entrepreneurial spirit as the core of arts management education is inevitable.
NSYSU President Ying-Yao Cheng emphasized that NSYSU is a research university with an equal focus on humanities and science that keeps gazing towards the future. He expressed his hope that the Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship will come up with interdisciplinary innovation in arts and culture management, and provide top managers most needed by the sector. The Director of the Provisional Office of the Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship at NSYSU Jasper Hsieh said that the dialogue between the industry and academia will help direct the strategy of the Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship, and in the short term, establish a frequent dialogue between the academia and industry, and in the longer term, establish a platform for the dialogue on arts management and cultural policy in collaboration with domestic universities and art and culture organizations. This international colloquium let the participants exchange knowledge in arts management and enhanced the international visibility of the arts and culture groups and professional management in Taiwan. It also allowed NSYSU to fulfill its social responsibility as a research university.
(Edited by Public Affairs Division)
The TICAM started with opening keynote speeches on arts entrepreneurship by Distinguished Professor Kevin Mulcahy from Louisiana State University, Head of the School of Management of the University of South Australia Ruth Rentschler, and Emeritus Chair Professor Jing-Jyi Wu of NSYSU. The panel discussion on the community engagements of urban cultural hubs saw the participation of the Artistic Director of the Taipei Performing Arts Center Austin Wang, Artistic Director of Miaobei Art Center in Miaoli Chia-Ying Lin, General & Artistic Director of National Taichung Theater Joyce Chiou, and Artistic Director of National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts – Weiwuying in Kaohsiung Wen-Pin Chien, with Executive Director of Lovely Taiwan Foundation Ying-Ping Li as the host. The panel discussion focused on locality, citizens’ participation, social responsibility, public and city character in arts and cultural hubs. The topics discussed ranged from the venue location and management, to cultural governance and regionality – topics seldom discussed in recent years in Taiwan. Professor Wu asked many questions, spurring a lively discussion between the participants of the panel discussion and the audience.
The participants of the panel discussion on the paradigm shift in arts management education in Taiwan: Kuo-Hua Yu – Director of the Graduate Institute for Arts Administration and Management of Taipei National University of the Arts, Jerry H. Hsia – Director of the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts of National Taiwan Normal University, Pao-Ning Yin – Director of the Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy at National Taiwan University of Arts, and Director of the Department of Theater Arts at NSYSU Shang-Ying Chen, with the chairwoman of Performing Arts Network Development Association Kathy Hung as the host, examined closely the relationship between “studying” and “applying” from the industry’s point of view, as well as the development trends in the academia. With the principle of cultivating professionals for the arts industry in mind, the participants engaged in the discussion on professionals’ mobility and interdisciplinary abilities, each contributing with their expertise. Director Kuo-Hua Yu mentioned that NSYSU’s Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship focuses on arts entrepreneurship, combining theory with practice – a recent trend in arts entrepreneurship. It was the point made earlier by Dr. Wu’s in his speech: arts entrepreneurship has already rooted in the arts and culture sector, and the shift from managerialism to the entrepreneurial spirit as the core of arts management education is inevitable.
NSYSU President Ying-Yao Cheng emphasized that NSYSU is a research university with an equal focus on humanities and science that keeps gazing towards the future. He expressed his hope that the Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship will come up with interdisciplinary innovation in arts and culture management, and provide top managers most needed by the sector. The Director of the Provisional Office of the Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship at NSYSU Jasper Hsieh said that the dialogue between the industry and academia will help direct the strategy of the Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship, and in the short term, establish a frequent dialogue between the academia and industry, and in the longer term, establish a platform for the dialogue on arts management and cultural policy in collaboration with domestic universities and art and culture organizations. This international colloquium let the participants exchange knowledge in arts management and enhanced the international visibility of the arts and culture groups and professional management in Taiwan. It also allowed NSYSU to fulfill its social responsibility as a research university.
(Edited by Public Affairs Division)
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