A seminar covering historical and contemporary issues in arts policy focused on moments of economic, political, and social conflict and consensus.
AADM majors only. Overview of the history of the arts and arts organizations in America; major theories of art's production and consumption; and the development of arts administration as a field. HTAA I covers basic concepts in organizational analysis, overview of the structure of arts organizations, an introduction to the principles of good management in the arts, and strategic planning.
AADM majors only. Overview of the history of the arts and arts organizations in America; major theories of art's production and consumption; and the development of arts administration as a field. HTAA II focuses on major systems of funding in comparative perspective, capitalist market dynamics and their impact on the arts, marketing and fundraising, external communications, audience assessment and engagement, community partnerships, and collections and collectors in art markets.
AADM majors only. Overview of the history of the arts and arts organizations in America; major theories of art's production and consumption; and the development of arts administration as a field. HTAA III is a basic introduction to legal issues in the arts (including employment rights and unions, deaccessioning, and intellectual property),public policy and arts advocacy, technology and digital issues in the arts, and the relationship of art to the public good.
Permission required for non-AADM majors. Principal artistic applications of U.S. law in areas drawn from copyright law, unfair competition and trademark law, misappropriation, First Amendment questions, miscellaneous torts including rights of privacy and publicity, defamation, interference with contract, and other problems relating to authenticity of art works.
Permission from professor required for non-AADM majors. An overview of current thinking in the field on finding support and generating funds for cultural initiatives including traditional and non-traditional approaches, funding trend analysis and research, and social entrepreneurship and revenue generation.
This course encompasses a focus on both for and not for profit organizations. It covers the diverse fields of commercial entertainment and visual arts, nonprofit performing and visual arts, as well as service and trade-related organizations in the cultural arts realm.
AADM majors only. From the enduring mandate to track attendance; to formal evaluations of exhibitions, programs, and performances; to independent research that can be presented at professional conferences and published in professional journals, arts administrators work with data throughout their careers. This course serves as an introduction to the collection, cleaning, and analysis of such data, and why they matter. CDA I focuses on paradigms of inquiry, positive and reflexive science, causality and interpretation, case and case selection, and ethics. This course equally serves as a prerequisite to the Capstone Seminar, providing students with sufficient technical training to initiate their own data collection and analysis.
AADM majors only. From the enduring mandate to track attendance; to formal evaluations of exhibitions, programs, and performances; to independent research that can be presented at professional conferences and published in professional journals, arts administrators work with data throughout their careers. This course serves as an introduction to the collection, cleaning, and analysis of such data, and why they matter. This course equally serves as a prerequisite to the Capstone Seminar, providing students with sufficient technical training to initiate their own data collection and analysis. Focus on participatory action research, visual applications of qualitative research, data analysis, and creating a proposal for an integrative thesis project.
AADM majors only. From the enduring mandate to track attendance; to formal evaluations of exhibitions, programs, and performances; to independent research that can be presented at professional conferences and published in professional journals, arts administrators work with data throughout their careers. This course serves as an introduction to the collection, cleaning, and analysis of such data, and why they matter. This course equally serves as a prerequisite to the Capstone Seminar, providing students with sufficient technical training to initiate their own data collection and analysis. Focus on methods of inquiry, including surveys, participant observation, in-depth interviews, text and historical analysis, and digital tools of inquiry.
Permission required. This is a required course that offers professional development sessions and in which students read and critique research and reports on the state of the field, and practices within it. This course must be completed prior to the required internship.
Permission required. Internship arranged with host institutions on an individual basis, taking into account the student’s needs, interests, and capacities and the host’s abilities to integrate those with its operation in an educationally useful manner. Minimum 75 hours. Pre-requisite: Practicum in Arts Administration.
AADM majors only. In this mandatory course, first-year ARAD students will develop a formal proposal for the integrative project for approval, secure an appropriate IP Sponsor, and complete an oral defense of their IP proposal.
Permission from the Program Director required. Independent research in arts administration.
Contemporary issues within arts administration. Topics evolve with the field but can include debates over deaccessioning art, the importance of new markets like China, etc.
Permission from professor required for non-AADM majors. Designed to integrate arts administration course-work from business, law, and the arts. Moves from the financial, cultural, political environment to strategic planning tools to specific arts situations in the creation and implementation of planning objectives.
Box: 78B
Teachers College, Columbia University
413 Zankel
Contact Person: Grace J. Choi
Phone: (212) 678-3268
Email: artsadmin@tc.columbia.edu