ARTS 311 - Advanced Arts Management

3 Credit(s)

This course focuses on current concerns and issues facing nonprofit visual and performing arts organizations. Classes consist of discussions based on case studies and readings, presentations by arts professionals, visits to arts organizations in the region, and problem solving to better understand the complex points of view that shape the arts industry today. Included are such topics as balancing the demand to develop audiences with the need to maintain excellence in programming; issues pertaining to financial stability, fundraising initiatives, and earned income sources; controversial programming and its public relations implications; staff and board responsibilities and relationships; diversification of personnel and programming; and managing capital campaigns and designing new facilities.
Prerequisite(s): ARTS 111 or permission of instructor.