Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1: Overview -- 1. Arts and Leadership: An Overview -- What Do We Understand by the Arts and Its Place/Role? -- The Arts and the Environment -- What Is Understood about Leadership? -- Leadership and Management -- Leadership and Context -- Leadership: A Positive or Negative Force? -- Shared Leadership Models -- Other Ways of Framing Leadership -- Final Comment -- Notes -- References -- 2. Culture and Arts Leadership -- Culture -- Leadership and Culture -- Arts, Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Policy -- Culture and the Future -- Final Comment -- References -- 3. Women and Arts Leadership -- Leadership and Gender -- Women in the Arts -- Music -- Visual Arts -- Dance -- Theater -- Women and Literature -- Women and Film -- Final Comment -- Notes -- References -- PART 2: The Application of Arts Leadership -- 4. Artforms, Arts Organizations and Arts Leadership -- Arts Organizations -- The Governance of Arts Organizations -- The Leadership and Management of Arts Organizations -- Artists and Artforms -- Artforms and Leadership -- Final Comment -- Notes -- References -- 5. The Individual and Arts Leadership -- The Power of Art and Artists -- Arts Leaders and Leadership -- Contemporary Approaches to Arts Leadership -- Do Artists See Themselves as Leaders? -- Other Ways of Seeing Arts Leadership -- Can Arts Leadership Be Seen to Have a Broader Influence? -- Final Comment -- Note -- References -- 6. Collaborative Approaches and Arts Leadership -- Understandings of Collaborative Leadership -- Collaborative Leadership and Art Organizations -- Artistic Leadership and Artistic Collaboration -- Artistic Collaboration and the Audience -- Final Comment -- Notes -- References -- PART 3: Other Influencers and Changes