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The arts enable us to look honestly at ourselves and our society. The
arts cause us to think, to feel, and to reexamine. They can bring
out our best and expose our worst qualities. A world without art is
a world without culture, without heart, without passion, without creativity.
Maintaining and strengthening our cultural institutions, therefore,
is one of the most important ways you can serve the public good. But
you know this already. You have a passion for the arts, and now you
want to turn that passion into a career in arts management. You already
know that you want to lead an opera company or a theater, run a gallery,
administer a grants program, educate and help youth through the arts,
or otherwise manage an arts organization.
Carnegie Mellon University is synonymous with visionary, world-class education. From the engineers in the Robotics Institute to the drama majors at the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon is an international leader, consistently defining new standards in the academic and professional spheres. The Master of Arts Management Program draws from the comparative advantages of two of Carnegie Mellon's greatest strengths - the College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management (Heinz School). As the only arts management program in the country that combines resources from these fields, the MAM Program immerses students in the environment in which arts organizations exist. |
So what is the next step? For many, it is to attend a premier graduate program
to learn the skills needed to effectively lead and mold arts organizations in
the 21st century. The Master of Arts Management (MAM) degree from Carnegie Mellon
University offers you many advantages and opportunities that your undergraduate
education and/or learning on the job cannot:
- You will learn arts management more quickly through this program; what you
discover and experience in just two years of school would take six or more
years to learn on the job.
- You may not be able to begin a professional career at the level you want
without first having an arts management degree, especially if your undergraduate
degree did not include any business or technical coursework.
- You will understand not only the practical applications of arts management
but also the theory. And, through internships, apprenticeships, and the systems
synthesis project, you'll have the opportunity to apply the skills and theory
you've learned.
- Our curriculum teaches you management, technical and other skills that are
vital tools for leading and improving arts organizations. If these skills
are not being practiced at your job, you will need to acquire them here if
you want to implement them.
You won't get the skills for your career in a business school, where the focus
is on management in the corporate world. You won't acquire the management
skills in an arts school, either, where the focus is on the arts.
Rather, you will develop these skills in a program that integrates
both worlds -- Carnegie Mellon University's Master of Arts Management
Program.
The Institute for Management of Creative Enterprises is a member of |  | the Association of Arts Administration Educators |
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