User:Purpledaisy28/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Arts administration

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because growing up in school, not a lot of emphasis was placed on students getting involved with the arts and instead a lot of students were told to focus on the sciences and other STEM programs. I thought it would be interesting to learn more about the administration side of the arts world and how place such as theaters and art museums operate behind the scenes. My first impression of the article relates more to how it is organized and the way the information flows from one topic to the next. I think the article is structured well and the information is presented in an order that makes sense as a reader.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section: the lead section of this article is detailed well enough that a reader can read either the first sentence or entire paragraph to understand what Arts Administration is. However, this particular section does not really describe what can be found in the rest of the article. Overall, a reader could get an idea of what arts administration is from reading the lead section.

Content: the content of the article includes what looks to be the most important topics in relation to arts administration and focuses not only on the role of arts administrators but also details topics such as advocacy, government funding, and academic programs relating to arts administration.

Tone and Balance: the article is written from an unbiased, straight-forward point-of-view that presents the reader with factual descriptions of the various aspects of art administration.

Sources and References: each of the sources and references linked at the bottom of the article are relevant and up to date. I also clicked through a few of the links to ensure the sources existed and were legitimate. However, many of the references and sources as well as the information presented is for one specific area of the world. If more information was gathered regarding arts administration from across the globe, this article could improve many ways including perspectives and success of the specific industry.

Overall Impressions: overall, I feel that the article is clearly laid out and concise in its presentation of the information. The sources and references allow reader to look more into the different topics mentioned throughout the article. The academic programs section I found to be the most interesting because it describes various opportunities for people to find programs for arts administration and programs related to it. I think that keeping the information up to date and as relevant as possible is the most critical part to this article as well as including more information from different parts of the globe to give a wider perspective of arts administration.