Overview
Our aim is to provide MA Arts Management students with:
• Advanced understanding of the subject of Arts Management
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the most up-to-date theories and discourses in Arts Management and how these are influencing practice
• Knowledge of international trends in cultural policy and how they are affecting, and affected by, the practice of Arts Management
• Essential practical skills relating to Arts Management, particularly strategic planning, financial management, business planning and engaging audiences
• A sophisticated level of critical and divergent thinking and expression
• Skills appropriate to self-directed study and independent research
• Awareness of different research methodologies and their application to the work of arts managers
• Further developed wider intellectual and transferable skills, consistent with creative thought and independent learning.
Course Details
This MA is suitable for a range of participants; early and mid-career arts managers, who wish to develop their practice and understanding of the background, theories and principles of arts and cultural management, will find this degree invaluable. While there is a focus on the publicly subsidised arts sector, the MA does serve as a strong and valuable route for graduates who are interested in creating their own cultural ventures for self-employment.
The majority of students will take on an independent research project during the course.
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Learning and teaching
Module sessions will involve a mixture of lectures, discussion and team-based work as well as meetings with professional arts managers, artists and cultural policymakers.
Arts Management highlights
Industry Links
• We connect directly with a range of theatre companies, festivals, venues, local and central government bodies and arts development agencies to ensure that students are meeting, hearing from, and working with, professionals and policymakers.
World Class Facilities
• Queen's offers students access to state of the art facilities: from the film studio, the Queen's Film Theatre, the Brian Friel Theatre, the Sonic Arts Research Centre and the Naughton Gallery.
Student Experience
• Belfast and Northern Ireland are home to arts organisations leading in areas of community engagement. Lecturers work closely with students to ensure that their involvement with the modules and assessments on the Programme connect directly with their personal learning needs. We provide a welcoming environment for both local and international students. Students are supported and encouraged to socialise and attend local arts events together. We take intercultural education very seriously on the MA in Arts Management and believe that students on the MA can learn from one another as well as from their tutors and lecturers on the course. Students have a unique opportunity to meet and work with artists studying on other MA pathways in the School.