Meet with Karalee Dawn MacKay to learn how an Arts Management minor can work for you!
Enhance your undergraduate experience and build on your passion for arts and culture while developing management skills!
Whether an artist, dancer, aspiring actor, or a musician, you work hard in honing your craft to prepare for an evolving arts landscape. Deepen your pursuit with an Arts Management Minor.
This minor will give you the basic management skills and critical thinking needed to understand how arts organizations are managed:
Gain practical skills through class projects and during an internship;
Analyze and evaluate models and structures of not-for-profit and for-profit arts organizations;
Understand the importance of internal and external environments as to how they relate to arts organizations;
Comprehend mission, vision, and value statements and their core importance;
Apply assessment and management skills to form and improve the sustainability of arts organizations.
Read the Undergraduate Internship Guide.
Internships are a required, hands-on learning experience that let you put your passion to work by applying the concepts learned in the classroom, while gaining professional experience in managing arts venues.
Eligibility
The Minor in Arts Management is open to all George Mason University majors. In total, students must complete a minimum 18 credits of arts management and arts coursework to receive recognition of their minor upon graduation.
How to apply
Applying is easy and starts with contacting Dr. Karalee Dawn MacKay to set up an advising meeting. During the meeting you will create a course plan to show you what and when to take classes. You will then get approval to complete and submit your minor declaration form.
You must submit the Minor Declaration Form to the Registrar's Office to officially add the Arts Management Minor.
Note: Contact an advisor if you are considering the Accelerated MA in Arts Management, as the minor courses will NOT count towards graduate credit.
Upcoming Information Sessions (Virtual)
Want to learn more about the field of Arts Management? Attend an upcoming virtual Minor Information Session to meet with Arts Management Staff. You will learn about the benefits of an Arts Management Minor, required courses, and how to apply. Clink on the dates below to register.
Can't make the above events? Email the Arts Management Program today to schedule a meeting!
Arts Management professor and Director of Development at the Hylton Center, Eileen Kennedy, joins Arts Management Alumna and Hylton Education Director, Marit Majeske, during the Creative Industries Career and Internship Fair looking for arts management interns.
Courses
The Minor in Arts Management is based on core courses focused on management basics, the role arts play in communities, and applied learning.
Variable credit hour mini-courses allow you to focus on key areas of arts management to better support your individual interests and include:
- Professional Development
- Introduction to Grant Writing
- Technology in the Arts
- International Arts Management
For full listing of minor course offering, see the program catalog.