Eastern Michigan University
MA Arts Management Program
MA Arts Management Program
103 Quirk Hall
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
United States
Main Phone: 734/487-1220
Main E-Mail: kstevens@emich.edu
Degree/Credential: Graduate (MA in Arts Management)
Web Site: http://www.emich.edu/public/cta/ted
Program Director: KStevens [link available to AAAE members only]
Program Goals and Objectives
The program was established in 1985 to prepare students for assuming administrative positions with performing and visual arts organizations. It provides students who have considerable experience in the arts with knowledge and understanding of the arts business, its governance, management, marketing and finance. The program includes study in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business to equip students with managerial and aesthetic skills that enable them to assume leadership positions as planners, advocates, administrators and community organizers. Students develop research skills that enable them to gather, organize and analyze information and apply the knowledge to problem solving in a wide variety of circumstances. Emphasis is placed on promoting the interrelated nature of the arts in support of interdisciplinary and collaborative programming that recognizes the relationship of the arts with other areas of human endeavor.Administration of the Program
The program is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication and Theatre Arts. Instruction is provided by faculty from the departments of Fine Art, Music/Dance, Theatre, Journalism and the colleges of Business and Technology. Alumni other leading professionals are regularly employed to offer special classes and workshops.
Program advisors are Ken Stevens and Susan Badger Booth.
Professor Stevens began his career at the University of Cincinnati as a Seasongood Fellow of Public Administration and Rockefeller Fellow of Arts Management. He has produced and managed numerous theatres, commercial and not-for-profit and has served as president of the Michigan Legacy Art Park, a wilderness sculpture park and performance facility located in Northwest Lower Michigan. He is the recipient of the E. Ray Scott Michigan Artist Prize for lifetime contribution to the arts.
Susan Badger Booth is a graduate of Boston University and Columbia University. Since earning her MFA in Arts Management she has served on the faculty of Bowling Green University and managed the Toledo Cultural Arts Center where she lead the successful campaign to restore the historic Valentine Theatre. She has also served as business manager of the masterworks Chorale and development director of Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Since coming to Eastern in 2006 Professor Booth has taken leadership in curriculum development and has provided leadership for the development for a comprehensive community cultural plan.
Curriculum
Arts Administration is a 30-36 credit hour program of study designed to complement the educational and professional experience of each student. Each program of study is multidisciplinary and designed to provide a high level of proficiency in four essential areas.* Arts Administration—Core classes include Arts Management, Law Public Policy and the Arts, Marketing the Arts with additional class work in Arts Advocacy, Event Planning, Grant and Proposal Writing, and Presenting Performances and Exhibits. (Credit for professional experience is awarded through the Co-op education program.)
* Business—Classes in the College of Business include Marketing, Organizational Theory and Behavior, Accounting, Not-for-profit Accounting.
* Communication and Leadership—Students prepare to assume leadership through classes in negotiation skills and organizational communication.
* Scholarly research—includes specific class work and a thesis/terminal project.
The program is designed to serve both the working professional and the traditional full time student with most classes offered in the evenings and on weekends.
Sample of co-op placements and internship—University Musical Society, Purple Rose Theatre, ArtServe Michigan, Oakwood Hospitals, Olimpia Entertainment, Riverside Art Center, VOX Early Music Ensemble, ArtTrain, Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum.
Alumni include—Director of External Relations, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Director, Jackson Community Foundation; Executive Director, ArtTrain; CEO, ArtServe Michigan; Director, Oklahoma Arts Council, Program Director, Broward Center for the Art; Executive Director, Art Works; Company Manager Purple Rose Theatre, Development Director, Pearl Theatre Co. NYC; CEO, Arts Events; Management Detroit, CEO Children’s Dance Foundation, Arts directors, Detroit Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph Health System.
Admissions
Submit application to:Office of Admissions
Graduate Programs
400 Pierce Hall
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.3060
www.emich.edu