Hosted by China Arts Administration Education Association, and CAFA, organized by Department of Arts Administration of School of Humanities in CAFA, the 8th Annual Conference of China Arts Administration Education Association was grandly inaugurated at the Auditorium of CAFA Art Museum in CAFA. The annual conference was presided over by Prof. Yu Ding, Gao Hong, Secretary of Party Committee of CAFA, Liu Guiqin, Deputy Director of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Zhu Di, Deputy Director of Department of Arts, Ministry of Culture, Prof. Zhang Zhaoxia, Executive Vice President of China Arts Administration Education Association, Xie Dajing, President of China Arts Administration Education Association successively delivered a speech, and expected and believed that the development of Chinese arts management discipline would make a greater contribution to the development of Chinese arts.

It was the section of keynote address after the end of opening ceremony, themed “New Decade: Disciplinary Orientation and Plan of Arts Administration for the Future”. In face of the macro background of China currently develop and revitalize cultural industry, to deepening reform of cultural system, inviting domestic and foreign 24 well-known scholars and industrial leaders gathering in Beijing, deeply discussing focuses in the current art market and arts management.

The seminar was divided into three keynote sections: “The Boundary of Art and Industrial Development”, “Arts Administration Professional Plan and Disciplinary Arrangement”, “Cultural Impetus of Arts Administration Disciplinary”, annual conference was unfolded in the form of experts’ forum, scholars’ salon. The conference aims at providing a platform to exchange views and information to the teachers and students of arts administration major of colleges across the nation on the basis of heritage of previous annual conferences of arts administration education. Meanwhile, it discusses with international renowned experts of arts management and excellent industrial practitioners, drawing on collective wisdom and absorbing all useful ideas, making a reasonable plan and prospect for the future development of arts administration industry.

China Arts Administration Education Association was initiated and established by CAFA together with 15 colleges in 2006, and the first annual conference was held in CAFA of the year, under the joint efforts of CAFA and other colleges, it has become the leader of Chinese arts administration education going toward standardization. As the sponsor and executive director of the association, it is significant for CAFA to host the annual conference of China Arts Administration Education Association once again on the 10th anniversary of founding Department of Arts Administration.

The annual conference was composed of a series of activities, including keynote seminars, 2013 National Students Artistic Creative Entrepreneurial Projects Competition Finals and standing council members meeting, etc. entrepreneurial projects finals was held on November 30, 2013, and 21 teams from 19 colleges across the nation participated in the contest.

In addition, as one of the important academic activities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of establishment of Department of Arts Administration, CAFA, “Arts and the Brain – Arts Administration Thinking: International Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of Department of Arts Administration, CAFA” was successfully held in CAFA on November 27, 2013. It provides an exchanging platform for domestic and foreign art managers. Established 8 years ago, China Arts Administration Education Association also continues to actively promote the construction and development of Chinese arts administration disciplinary construction.

Schedule of keynote seminars of the 8th Annual Conference of China Arts Administration Education Association

Date: November 29, 2013 Friday

Venue: Auditorium in CAFA Art Museum

First section: 10:00 – 11:00 am

Moderator: Lin Yi, Professor of School of Arts, Peking University

Fran?ois Colbert, Professor of marketing at HEC Montréal, where he holds the Carmelle and Rémi Marcoux Chair in Arts Management and heads the diploma program in Arts Management

“AIMAC and research in arts management”

Zhang Zhaoxia, Director of the Department of Art Communication, Beijing Dance Academy

“Individual Creation vs Public Participation – Industrial Boundary of Dance and Though of Management Countermeasures”

Yu Jiangang, Director of Department of International Cultural Exchange, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Director of Academy Office, Associate Professor

“Academy and Group Institution Reform and Opera Market Road”

Klaus Siebenhaar, Director of School of Culture and Media Management of Berlin Freedom University, Professor

“Creativity is not Art and Industry is not Culture. Some necessary remarks from an European perspective”

Second section: 11:20 am - 12:25 pm

Moderator: Tian Chuanliu, Dean of College of Arts and Culture in Shandong University of Arts, Professor

Zhang Xinjian, Visiting Professor of Department of Arts Administration, School of Humanities, CAFA

“Search for the Best Intersection of Artistic Scholarship and Market”

Luca Zan, Director of the Postgraduate Program of Management and Innovation Organization of Culture and the Arts – Bologna University, Professor

“Art and Cultural Industries: Handle with care! A short note from an European perspective”

Yu Bo, Chairman of Shangba (Beijing) Culture Co., Ltd., founder of Shang 8 Cultural Industrial Park, deputy dean of Green Printing and Packaging Research Institute in Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication

“Cross-border Integration Bring Industrial Development”

Wang Congcong, Director of Department of Arts Management at the School of Arts, Central Academy of Cultural Administration

“Expand the Boundary of Art under the Industrial Environment”

Date: November 29, 2013 Friday

Time: 14:00 - 16:45 pm

Venue: Auditorium in CAFA Art Museum

First section: 14:00 - 15:00 pm

Moderator: Zhang Beili, Director of Department of Arts Management, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Professor

Xie Dajing, President of China Arts Administration Education Association, former vice president of China Conservatory and the dean of the Department of Arts Management

“Take Chinese Cultural and Art Development as a Blueprint, to Create a Professional Disciplinary System with a Reasonable Structure and Arrangement”

Yu Ding, vice president of the School of Humanities, CAFA, Professor

“The Core Idea and Future Disciplinary Development of Arts Administration Education”

Huang Yunjin, Director of Department of Arts Administration in Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Associate Professor

“Facing the Future – Arts Administration Training Mode of Shanghai Conservatory of Music Case Studies”

Wu Mingdi, Deputy Dean of School of Fine Arts in Capital Normal University, Professor

“Strategy and Practice Used by Higher Education to Directly Face With Art Market”

Second section: 15:15 - 16:45 pm

Moderator: Zhang Wei, Director of Department of Cultural Communication and Management of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Professor

Zhang Li, Director of Department of Public Course Teaching, Guangxi Arts Institute, Associate Professor

“Arts Management Professional Dilemmas and Breakthroughs in Local Colleges”

Sun Wei, Associate Professor of Department of Cultural Communication and Management of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts

“On Arts Administration Disciplinary Construction and Development – Draw on the Exploration of North American Educational Model”

Yang Xianyi, Director of Department of Arts and Design, Wuhan University of Technology, Professor

“Balance System Research of Design and Arts Administration”

Ma Weixing, Director of Department of Arts of the Conservatory of Music, Harbin Normal University, Professor

“New Thinking of Colleges Arts Administration Course Construction”

Date: December 1, 2013 Sunday

Venue: Auditorium in CAFA

First section: 9:00 - 10:00 am

Moderator: Dong Feng (Deputy Dean of School of Humanities, Nanjing University of Arts, Associate Professor

Li Puwen, Dean of School of Humanities, Guangxi Arts Institute, Professor

“Levels of Arts Management and Core of Arts Management Education”

Zhao Yue, Associate Professor of Department of Arts Administration, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

“Arts Administration Education with a Socio-ecological Perspective – Taking Xinghai Conservatory of Music as an Example”

Wu Yangbo, Lecturer of Department of Arts Management, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

“Cultural Values ??and Intangible Assets - Taking Art Museum as an Example”

Deng Fangfang, Lecturer of School of Humanities, Nanjing University of Arts

“Develop the Audience of Art Institute”

Second section: 10:15 - 11:15 am

Moderator: Zhang Zhaoxia, Director of the Department of Art Communication, Beijing Dance Academy, Professor

Bao Xiaoguang, Deputy Dean of School of Literary Capital Normal University, Director of Cultural Industry, Professor

“Disciplinary Integration in Cultural Industrial Management Professional Construction”

Han Xiaoyan, Director of Department of International Exchange, Central Academy of Cultural Administration

“Cultural Duty of Arts Administrator”

Pan Yong, Co-founder and CEO of Beijing Tsing Kwai Park Cultural Development Co., Ltd

“Provide Professional Services for Excellent Arts – Take Domestic and Foreign Art Institutes of Different Scale as Examples, on Arts Administration Pays an Important Role in Culture and Art”

Lin Yi, Professor of the School of Arts, Peking University

“Artistic Innovation with a Managers Perspective”

?Translated by Chen Peihua and edited by Sue/CAFA ART INFO.