arts/axis consulting is a loose-knit network of exceptional professionals — web specialists, database designers, financial experts, researchers, academics, graphic designers, and others — drawn together by project to suit the specific needs of each client.

The network and the selection are managed by the firm's founder and president, Andrew Taylor, who also directs the Bolz Center for Arts Administration, an MBA degree program and research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A published author on arts administration issues and a frequent speaker at national arts conferences, Taylor has served as an operations, communications, and management advisor to major arts organizations such as American Ballet Theatre, the International Society for the Performing Arts, the League of Historic American Theatres, the Center for Arts & Culture, and the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA), among others. He also helped develop the operating plan and pro forma for Madison's $205-million arts district.

Taylor is the author of The Artful Manager, a leading weblog on the business of arts and culture, hosted by ArtsJournal.com.

He also co-authored Masters of Music: Interviews with Berklee Greats from Berklee Press, and specializes on the implications of communications technology on the management, marketing, and support of the lively arts.

To experience the joys of governance, he serves on the board of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, and on the executive committee of the UW-Madison Arts Institute, among other organizations.