Arts Management

About

The course is meant to be a stimulating and intriguing introduction to the themes of art management through a glimpse into art debates, elements of project management, analysis and visits to different institutions and their management different approaches and a final practical workshop that will put together the competences gained during the course.

It is designed to bring the student in direct contact with different models of institutional and more experimental culture and art management through on site visits and to understand the different skills needed to plan a project from writing to budgeting.

Course leader

IED Florence

Target group

The course is intended for students who have competence or basic professional expertise in the area of study and are interested in developing their professional skills. Participants must be keen to explore arts and culture spaces, events and trends.

Course aim

The course is based mainly on learning by doing methodology. The knowledge proposed covers different areas form a theoretical one to a managerial one and always involves the student in a dialogic and active participation in class to stimulate an experiential and collective experience where his/her voice can be expressed.

The class activity will closely relate with a programme of visits to different institutions that will permit a direct contact and observation to the different management possibilities in the public and private sector, in the more structured organizations as well as in the more experimental ones. The last part of the course is dedicated to an event design workshop to give the possibility to test the skills learned.

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