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Arts Administration
Visiting Associate Professor: David C. Howson, Arthur Zankel Director of Arts Administration
Currently in development as a minor, students in the arts administration program will learn the importance of leadership roles that arts executives play in the non-profit arts fields of music, dance, theater and visual arts. Combining artistic sensibility with business acumen, the program will examine the foundations of non-profit arts organizations including mission development, board governance, marketing and new media, fundraising and philanthropy, non-profit organizational structure as well as other areas essential to the operation of a non-profit arts organization. Other types of arts organizations may also studied including commercial enterprises and Broadway. It is anticipated that the minor will consist of a combination of courses in Arts Administration as well as from other departments including Art, Art History, Management & Business, Music, Dance and Theater.
AA 201. FOUNDATIONS OF ARTS ADMINISTRATION 3 An introduction to the foundations of arts administration combining artistic sensibility with business acumen. By following current news and trends in the arts, students apply classroom learning to real-time experience. This course offers students insight into a variety of arts organizations as well as experimental, presenting and non-traditional forms of organizations. Topics include organizational structure, and board dynamics, marketing and audience development, philanthropy and fundraising, labor relations, and legal issues. The focus is primarily on non-profit arts organizations, but Broadway will also be discussed. Non-liberal arts. D. Howson
