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Financial Challenges of New Media Art in Contemporary Arts Institutions

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2017, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Theatre Arts-Arts Administration.
The ever-changing nature of New Media art provides a unique set of challenges for art institutions. As technological tools and social interactions and routines continue to evolve, New Media art will use technology that continues to evolve and, ultimately, become obsolete. As a result, arts institutions, such as galleries and museums, struggle with funding. Furthermore, maintenance of New Media art’s technological medium in its original form over long periods of time can become a museum conservationist’s nightmare. Installation and presentation must some how be accomplished even as software and hardware becomes obsolete, hard to find, and therefore costly and difficult to fix and maintain. The cost of maintenance will continue to grow as increasingly rare in spite of being in demand. This makes investment to individuals and foundations increasingly difficult, because the art form’s dynamic nature results in high costs without guaranteed longevity and the categorization of New Media is often misunderstood. Non- profit arts organizations need to seek none traditional funding methods and partnerships as difficulties increase.
James Slowaik (Advisor)
Elisa Garagarella, Ph.D. (Other)
Michael Seiler, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
108 p.

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  • Dunfee, M. C. (2017). Financial Challenges of New Media Art in Contemporary Arts Institutions [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1487646333901318

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dunfee, Melissa. Financial Challenges of New Media Art in Contemporary Arts Institutions. 2017. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1487646333901318.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dunfee, Melissa. "Financial Challenges of New Media Art in Contemporary Arts Institutions." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1487646333901318

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)