July-August 2019
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For students who love the arts but are also<br />
interested in business, studying arts<br />
management may be the perfect way to blend<br />
their passions. An arts management program<br />
teaches such disparate topics as grant writing,<br />
fundraising, accounting and arts finance, with<br />
concentrations in one or more forms of visual<br />
or performing arts. Graduates go on to work<br />
in a range of settings, from museums, art<br />
galleries and opera houses to digital streaming<br />
start-ups and dance companies. They may<br />
even go on to represent famous artists.<br />
Arts management is a global industry, and<br />
there are several institutions to study it in the<br />
United States. Undergraduate applicants can<br />
consider the College of Charleston in South<br />
Carolina; for graduate school, students can<br />
consider American University in Washington,<br />
D.C.<br />
Photographs courtesy College of Charleston<br />
Southern hospitality<br />
“Charleston is an international tourist<br />
destination and a city steeped in arts, history<br />
and culture,” says Karen Chandler, director of<br />
the program at the College of Charleston. “A<br />
U.S. degree in arts management is a good<br />
investment for prospective Indian students as<br />
it will equip them with the arts, business and<br />
managerial skills required to manage nonprofit<br />
and for-profit arts and cultural<br />
institutions in the United States, India and<br />
throughout the world. Students will also learn<br />
how to manage, promote and raise funds for<br />
performing and visual artists.”<br />
Students from about 61 countries attend the<br />
College of Charleston. All freshman international<br />
students are considered for meritbased<br />
scholarships.<br />
Undergraduate students at the College of<br />
Charleston may minor or major in arts<br />
management. They may also opt for a<br />
concentration in music industry. The college<br />
even has a student-run record label, called<br />
1770 Records. The undergraduate program<br />
may be combined with any other degree as a<br />
double major or minor.<br />
When undergraduates complete their<br />
studies, they go on to jobs like performing arts<br />
event management, production, marketing and<br />
development, as well as museum curation and<br />
artist management.<br />
Students say the university’s location at the<br />
center of a national arts hub allows them to<br />
directly engage with the arts community<br />
through internships, volunteering, guest<br />
speakers and other perks.<br />
Work-study is available for students,<br />
allowing them to get paid as they gain job<br />
experience working on campus. All students<br />
in the program complete an arts-oriented<br />
internship as part of their requirements.<br />
“Internships are often completed in arts and<br />
cultural institutions in Charleston, though<br />
students have also completed them in other<br />
U.S. cities,” says Chandler. These include<br />
institutions like the John F. Kennedy Center<br />
for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.,<br />
and arenas like Madison Square Garden in<br />
TED EYTAN/Courtesy Flickr<br />
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