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James Miles' acclaimed TedX Talk focuses on his mission to narrow achievement gaps using the arts as a tool to navigate inequitable educational systems.
our program brings together nationally-renowned faculty in arts leadership with the essential business, management, advocacy, and community engagement skills necessary for you to lead in the arts sector.
Our low student-to-faculty ratio and cohort approach give you direct access to faculty. You begin building your support networks from your first day, making connections with fellow students and active, engaged alumni. You meet a diverse array of arts and cultural colleagues through our events and biannual conference.
from a wide variety of backgrounds, including community art practitioners, curators, designers, development managers, education directors, public artists, and theater directors. Together, you gain the theoretical and practical experience necessary to successfully compete for arts leadership positions nationally and internationally.
is at the core of our program, combined with professional development and complemented by a deep foundation of academic rigor and applied research. Throughout our program, you use your skills and knowledge to build a broad portfolio of practice in the arts sector of your choice to take with you into your arts leadership career.
Throughout the program, you apply coursework learning as a practicing arts leader through your Graduate Management Practicum, working in organizations, interviewing arts practitioners, researching emerging issues within arts and cultural policy, and more. A signature of our program is your capstone Summary Project, where you focus on a topic of interest such as a cultural sector, curatorial, policy, or arts management issue.
A thriving, arts-dense region and a hub for innovation, Seattle is home to a dynamic and historic arts community. With a variety of performance and visual arts centers throughout the city, you will build essential relationships with our community partners, connections that can turn into lifelong careers in arts leadership.
Graduate Admissions Counselor
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(206) 296-5774
Hunthausen Hall
901 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122