Arts and Cultural Leadership

You’ll need a 2:1 degree in a relevant subject such as:

advertising

art design

business

communication

education

film

fine art

history

history of art

human geography

humanities

HR

journalism

management

marketing

media

politics

psychology

public relations (PR)

sociology

The MA Arts and Cultural Leadership, is an innovative one-year programme. Through engaging with diverse industry partners, and exploring concepts and creative practices, you will understand and shape the role of arts and culture as a creative andcritical change-making and futures-making practice.

You'll examine international decolonial, intersectional and emerging perspectives on arts and cultural leadership to probe: ethical decision-making, marketing and fundraising practices; tools to unpack power, governance and organising; audience engagement and participation, project management and evaluation; the role of arts and culture in advancing discourse and action in social and environmental justice; creative health and wellbeing

The course is balanced between collaborating with external partners and working independently to pursue questions and methodologies relevant for your research and career specialisms. Based in a vibrant and creative art school environment, you will have access to digital resources to develop academic and professional skills.

Through the Option module, you will be able to make interdisciplinary connections and extend your specialism.

Highlights:

Critically and creatively explore the possibilities of ‘arts and cultural leadership’ through the programme’s values of social justice, sustainability, and equity and belonging; Examine a diverse range of arts and cultural ideas, debates, practices and organisations (formal, informal, emerging); Learn from and with cutting-edge researchers and practitioners, including the teaching team who are leading international, decolonial, intersectional and emerging perspectives on arts and cultural leadership; Engage with the University's John Hansard Gallery and Turner Sims concert hall; Co-design a live project with an exciting range of UK and international partners and collaborators; Undertake study visits to reflect on arts and cultural leadership issues and best practices in different live contexts.