Policy and Practice (of art and culture) Around the Globe
Editors‐in‐Chief: Rebecca Hernandez and Ania Szremski
Associate Editors: Paige K. Johnston, Philip Nadasdy, Elissa Papendick, Becca Schlossberg
“When our shaky, if giddily profitable, financial infrastructure shattered around us in 2007, the art world (like any other sector) soberly realized that business as usual was no longer possible. Non‐profits closed their doors within months, museums began hysterically deaccessioning collections, capital campaigns floundered mid‐stream and certain art fairs began to teeter on the brink of disappearance. In our first issue of e‐merge, we interviewed the key players of Art Chicago in the midst of this economic turmoil, keenly aware that the definition of that nebulous job title “arts administrator” would only grow increasingly uncertain as the art world continued to shift and adapt to these new economic realities.
In this issue of e‐merge, our contributors (all of whom are current MAAAP students or recent alums) take us across the globe, exploring cultural policy and institutional issues as they relate to the rapidly shifting political realities of the past 20 years.”