Do you yearn to work with major arts and nonprofit organizations such as the Walker Art Center, the Children’s Theater Company, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, or Ordway Center for Performing Arts?

Or perhaps you dream of putting your talents to work at the Smithsonian Institution, Arts Midwest, or Minnesota Citizens for the Arts ?

Our Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management graduates—people like Justin Christy—are working in exciting jobs with these and other leading arts organizations.

It could be you.

"With its integrated curriculum of classroom and field work, the program provided me with a complete set of skills for taking on the challenges faced by today's arts manager. I've gained essential skills in grant writing, nonprofit accounting, audience development, and artistic program management, and gained confidence as a writer and speaker within my workplace and the community at large."

Justin Christy, Communications Manager
Department of Theatre Arts & Dance
University of Minnesota

Alumnus from Arts and Cultural Management have gone on to work with many respected organizations such as:

• Guthrie Theatre
• Bloomington Art Center
• Minneapolis Convention Center
• COMPAS
• Minnesota Orchestra
• Cornucopia Art Center
• FORECAST Public Artworks
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design
• Interact Center for Performing and Visual Arts
• Latte Da Theatre
• MacPhail Center for the Performing Arts
• Milkweed Editions
• Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company
• Minnesota State Arts Board
• Mu Performing Arts
• Museum of the African Diaspora
• O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
• Minnesota Opera
• Minnesota Fringe Festival
• University of Michigan, University Musical Society
• The Loft
• University of Minnesota, Dept. of Theatre Arts and Dance
• Young Audiences of Minnesota

Whether you are already on staff with an arts organization, or you would like to be, consider the nationally recognized Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management program of Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Click on a link to learn more—it’s your future.

Graduates of the Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management should expect to be able to:

1. Research and articulate the key issues, environmental situations, and past and future trends facing the arts and culture industry.
    
2. Apply ethical, innovative, and effectual practices to lead and advance the culture industry.
    
3. Communicate information respectfully and effectively to a variety of groups in a range of situations.
    
4. Develop intercultural competence in interpersonal and leadership situations.
    
5. Integrate a global cultural perspective into decision-making.
    
6. Create and implement resource development and financial management strategies.
    
7. Manage and assess organizational operations and planning.
    
8. Outline and analyze community relations, outreach, and marketing activities.
    
9. Evaluate cultural policy and legal environments for socially responsible cultural management.
    
10. Continue life-long learning to facilitate personal growth and organizational change.
     

    In the Saint Mary’s Arts and Cultural Management master's degree program, you'll learn from active arts administrators both in the classroom and in the field. The richness of the Twin Cities community provides a nearly unimaginable range of possibilities for your academic study and future career in the arts.

    The Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management at Saint Mary’s University- It’s the opportunity of a lifetime!