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The Gatekeeping Function in the Performing Arts: From Impresario to Showcase Conferences

McIntosh, Gretchen Duchon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354677152

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2012, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Arts Policy and Administration.
The arts service organization showcase conference operates as an arts marketplace bringing together artist and presenters as well as performing other functions for the field. The functions involved in the implementation of the showcase conference involve gates that artists must go through to be connected to presenters. The operation of these gates and the functions associated with the processes involved in a showcase conference position the arts service organizations as gatekeepers to the arts performance industry. Through a case study of three of these arts service organizations within a geographically delineated hierarchy, this paper identifies and explores the function of gatekeeping at showcase conferences within the performing arts field. Also explored is the shift from individual impresario to organization as intermediary within the context of the arts marketplace. Brief histories of the arts service organizations are provided to add to the less than robust historical archive of such organizations. The gatekeeping function of showcase conferences is investigated in different contexts to understand how each of the three organizations use the conference to facilitate the transactional relationship between artist and presenter as well as to investigate the utility of such functions continuing to take place. This research is explored through the concept of isomorphism, identifying and analyzing how the organizations select artists for inclusion in showcase conferences.
Margaret Wyszomirski (Advisor)
Wayne Lawson (Other)
70 p.
Arts Management
gatekeeping; showcase conference; isomorphism

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  • McIntosh, G. D. (2012). The Gatekeeping Function in the Performing Arts: From Impresario to Showcase Conferences [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354677152

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McIntosh, Gretchen. The Gatekeeping Function in the Performing Arts: From Impresario to Showcase Conferences. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354677152.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McIntosh, Gretchen. "The Gatekeeping Function in the Performing Arts: From Impresario to Showcase Conferences." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354677152

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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