In order to solve problems and perform tasks of cultural policy, government needs various theoretical specialty and rich experiences in the field. Aesthetics, philosophy of arts, sociology of arts, psychology of arts, cultural studies, cultural econom...
In order to solve problems and perform tasks of cultural policy, government needs various theoretical specialty and rich experiences in the field. Aesthetics, philosophy of arts, sociology of arts, psychology of arts, cultural studies, cultural economics etc. have been involved in cultural policy. The field of arts management was introduced in Korea ten years ago. Since then the field the has focused on introducing foreign theories and case studies, because most of scholars majored in arts management studied abroad and didn’t have experiences in the field. How does the arts management contribute to innovate cultural policy in Korea? In order to answer this question, I reviewed tasks of cultural policy in Korea and suggested roles of the arts management in practice. Also I limited scopes of cultural policy to arts policy because scopes of cultural policy vary in accordance with concept of culture. Ministry of Culture & Tourism published five-year comprehension arts developing the plan called ‘Power of Arts-Arts Policy of Korea in the New Era’. It contains all tasks of arts policy in Korea systematically. Many artists, theorists, critics participated in the course of planning. I reviewed this plan and suggested the roles of the arts management according to it. The plan has four objectives ; to level up citizen’s participation in the arts, to level up creativity of the arts, to level up financial stability of the arts, to make system of arts administration open. In order to achieve theses objectives, the arts management needs to suggest government the theoretical and practical solutions as follows. 1. to level up citizen’s participation in the arts 1-1. study of arts consumers & participants 1-2. study of obstacles of access 2. to level up creativity of the arts 2-1. study of the rational management of arts facilities & arts groups 2-2. study of the support system of arts 3. to level up financial stability of the arts 3-1. study of the financial resources of the arts especially in the regions 3-2. study of how to educate arts management specialists 3-3. study of the arts market 4. to make system of arts administration open 4-1. study of how to increase the effectiveness of arts support institutions 4-2. study of how to development of the private and the business funding 4-3. study of how to evaluate arts policy 4-4. study of the tax system of the arts