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Honors Capstone Project - Worthington

This guide has been created to assist students completing their Honors Pathway in HNR445 with Professor Worthington in Spring 2025.

Suggested Book Resources

Need to get familiar with arts management and fundraising? Books can be a great help in introducing you to terminology and strategies. Here are a couple in our collections that might be of interest or help to answer questions you may have:

Articles & Other Reports

The following articles are examples of some of the types of sources that you can find in our library resources searching for articles that can help you with your project.

Benoit-Bryan, D. J. (2025, January 14). Meet audiences where they are. American Theatre. https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/14/meet-audiences-where-they-are/

Carnegie, E., & Drencheva, A. (2019). Mission-driven arts organisations and initiatives: Surviving and thriving locally in a time of ruptureArts and the Market9(2), 178–187. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAM-10-2019-0031

Chang, A., & Liu, M. T. (2018). What to say to patrons about buying tickets again? Modelling a modern relationship for traditional performing artsJournal of Creative Communications13(3), 167–184. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973258618792789

Fristoe, A., & Longacre, W. (2024). Art + Information + Conversation = Social Change: A Model for Financially Viable TheaterInternational Journal of Arts Management27(1), 69–77.

Miller, S. (2024). The other side of summerAmerican Theatre Magazine40(4), 23–28.

Pierson, A. (2024). What streams may comeAmerican Theatre Magazine40(4), 11.

Pompe, J., Tamburri, L., & Munn, J. (2020). Marketing strategies for performing arts audiences: Characteristics of ticket purchasers. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 32(5), 453–464. https://doi.org/10.1080/10495142.2019.1589631

Welch, S. (2023). Arts groups still working to lure back audiences; Creative approaches pay in COVID’s wake. Crain’s Detroit Business, 39(13), 1-.