My MMIAM Journey

Our fall course schedule is here! Check out the things we’ll be studying. What’s your reaction? What looks most interesting to you? Comment below!

Cultural Entrepreneurship

Introduces the process of startup entrepreneurship and presents a number of tools that can be useful as a support in the different phases of the business planning process. Covers governance and strategy issues (i.e., assembling teams, board-executive relationships, and organizational structure) that accompany the growth of arts and cultural organizations from their birth to their decision of going international.

Comparative International Cultural Policy

Overview of policy models, analysis, and practices of the cultural sector in its different areas (heritage, visual and performing arts, etc.) and countries. Students analyze historical and theoretical backgrounds of cultural policy; cultural policies in practice (stylized facts and geographical and political divergences at local, national, and international levels); cultural policies and their socio-economic impact; culture, diversity, and development; cultural access and arts education; and stimulation of the supply of art.

International Law and the Arts

Analysis of the legal implications of managing arts institutions. Topics include organizational structures and tax implications; contracts and negotiating strategies; copyright and trademark ownership, licensing, and use; royalties and artists’ economic rights; the rights and limitations of free expression; and the international treaties, laws, regulations, and policies that impact arts and culture.

Fundraising in the Arts

Examination and mastery of strategies for raising funds in the private and public sectors. Includes the process of researching, preparing, and managing individual and corporate gifts as well as foundation and government grants.

Nonprofit Arts Budgeting and Financial Management

The financial and operational management of nonprofit arts organizations, with an emphasis on the budget as a reflection of the art form, as a means of fiscal prediction and control, and as a vehicle of communication among staff, trustees, and the organization’s other stakeholders.