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The Artful Manager seeks a new set of metaphors for the administrative leaders of arts and culture. There is a need for business thinking, to be sure, with an intensity and deftness we have only begun to understand. But there is also an energy beyond money and markets that the artful manager must channel. What if, in the end, the arts organization is not a problem to be managed, but an instrument to be played?

South-South.info has as aim to offer a general view of the main contexts of exchange for contemporary dance in the countries of the southern part of the planet, including information on the principal festivals, spaces, articulators, publications, etc. With this initiative we intend to stimulate and facilitate international exchange, cooperation and circulation of artists and ideas from South to South.

The Dance Guild of Nigeria is a legal equity set up with the aim of promoting, protecting and projecting the image, aspirations and welfare of the Nigeria dance practitioner and the affiliate dance company.

Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA), a non-profit, tax-exempt, member-supported service organization, promotes excellence in dance on camera and public awareness of the artform through its annual Dance on Camera Festival, Dance Film Lab, publications, grants, and workshops. Its many partners help to bring its touring programs to a wide public. Dance on camera is a collaborative art, one that fuses the ageless art of dance and the century old art of film. DFA aims to impart that spirit of collaboration to the world and to encourage a keen awareness of the magical ways to interpret time, space, and energy.

African Arts is devoted to the study and discussion of traditional, contemporary, and popular African arts and expressive cultures. Since 1967, African Arts readers have enjoyed high-quality visual depictions, cutting-edge explorations of theory and practice, and critical dialogue. Each issue features a core of peer-reviewed scholarly articles concerning the world's second largest continent and its diasporas, and provides a host of resources - book and museum exhibition reviews, exhibition previews, features on collections, artist portfolios, dialogue and editorial columns. The journal promotes investigation of the connections between the arts and anthropology, history, language, literature, politics, religion, and sociology.

May 5 to 6 2008 Barbados' National Cultural Foundation hosted the Caribbean International Conference on the Cultural and Creative Industries in order to stimulate discussion at the level of policy, programming and successful case studies.

ADAD is a (UK) national organisation that supports the practice and appreciation of dance of the African Diaspora. We want dance of the African Diaspora to be visible and valued as part of the British cultural experience.

ISPA is a not-for-profit international organization (founded 1949) of over 600 executives and directors of concert and performance halls, festivals, performing companies, and artist competitions; government cultural officials; artists' managers; and other interested parties with a professional involvement in the performing arts from more than 50 countries in every region of the world, and in every arts discipline.\n\nThe purpose of ISPA is to develop, nurture, energize and educate an international network of arts leaders and professionals who are dedicated to advancing the field of the performing arts.

So many mysteries when it comes to AMC's The Walking Dead. How did the zombie apocalypse begin? Why is everyone infected? Are there any safe areas left? Also, how is it that crossbow-wielding badass Daryl Dixon never manages to run out of arrows? We went straight to the source for answers and asked the man who plays Dixon, Norman Reedus, for an explanation.

Kohls has long been concentrating on preparing custom made and tailored stitched wardrobes an attires to add elegance to little prince and princesses across nations. But now the corporation has started to explore and affect almost all aspects of human living. One great innovation and perhaps the great start is stocking a range of kitchen appliances, table decor accessories from bobby flay that would add range and class to your modern lifestyles. Their range of cutlery, serve wear, gadgets and utensils would surely add elegance to your modular kitchen. For all those candie's and sweet pie's just stepping to college, to mark their impression among their pals and peers, kohls now offers exclusive teen blazers, jackets, denim's and flirty dresses from Candie's, the trusted brand in women fashion wear and accessories.

Pro Bono Legal Services for the Arts Lawyers for the Creative Arts provides free legal service  to all areas of the arts- the visual, performing, entertainment, literary, arts education and more. We help individuals as well as for-profit and not-for-profit organizations with business issues, contracts, copyrights, trademarks and many other legal areas. 

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention 

The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation was founded as a catalyst for growth within the state's burgeoning cultural economy. Its primary mission is to support the development and enhancement of the unique cultural industries of Louisiana.

We are the national service organization for professional dance. We believe that dance is essential to a healthy society, demonstrating the infinite possibilities for human expression and potential, and facilitating communication within and across cultures. Dance/USA sustains and advances professional dance by addressing the needs, concerns, and interests of artists, administrators and organizations. By providing services and national leadership, Dance/USA enhances the infrastructure for dance creation, education and dissemination.

Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative is a program designed to provide planning assistance and consulting to struggling arts organizations throughout the United States. Open to non-profit 501(c)(3) performing arts organizations, the program will provide counsel from Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and the Kennedy Center executive staff in the areas of fundraising, building more effective Boards of Trustees, budgeting, marketing, technology, and other areas pertinent to maintaining a vital performing arts organization during a troubled economy.

The Canadian Dance Assembly (CDA) is a national arts service organization dedicated to serving the professional dance community in Canada.\n\nThe CDA exists to facilitate the dynamic exchange of information relevant to Canadian professional dance of all forms and aesthetics.\n\nWe strive to cultivate a strong national voice for Canadian professional dance and to support the development of resources for this field of artistic expression.

The International Federation of Actors (FIA) is an international non-governmental organisation representing performers' trade unions, guilds and associations around the world. It voices the professional concerns and interests of actors (in film, television, radio, theatre and live performance), broadcast professionals, dancers, singers, variety and circus artists and others, with the exception of musicians and visual artists.

The Arterial Network is an informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa.

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

The International Theatre Institute (ITI), an international non-governmental organization (NGO) was founded in Prague in 1948 by UNESCO and the international theatre community. A worldwide network, ITI aims "to promote international exchange of knowledge and practice in theatre arts (drama, dance, music theatre) in order to consolidate peace and solidarity between peoples, to deepen mutual understanding and increase creative co-operation between all people in the theatre arts".