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Master of Arts Management
Master of Arts Management
Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises
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Master of Arts Management Program
 

Why Carnegie Mellon?


Special three-semester,
12-month program
for applicants with three or more years of work experience!

The arts enable us to look honestly at ourselves and our society. The arts cause us to think, to feel, and to reexamine. They can bring out our best and expose our worst qualities. A world without art is a world without culture, without heart, without passion, without creativity. Maintaining and strengthening our cultural institutions, therefore, is one of the most important ways you can serve the public good. But you know this already. You have a passion for the arts, and now you want to turn that passion into a career in arts management. You already know that you want to lead an opera company or a theater, run a gallery, administer a grants program, educate and help youth through the arts, or otherwise manage an arts organization.

Carnegie Mellon University is synonymous with visionary, world-class education. From the engineers in the Robotics Institute to the drama majors at the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon is an international leader, consistently defining new standards in the academic and professional spheres. The Master of Arts Management Program draws from the comparative advantages of two of Carnegie Mellon's greatest strengths - the College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management (Heinz School). As the only arts management program in the country that combines resources from these fields, the MAM Program immerses students in the environment in which arts organizations exist.

So what is the next step? For many, it is to attend a premier graduate program to learn the skills needed to effectively lead and mold arts organizations in the 21st century. The Master of Arts Management (MAM) degree from Carnegie Mellon University offers you many advantages and opportunities that your undergraduate education and/or learning on the job cannot:
  • You will learn arts management more quickly through this program; what you discover and experience in just two years of school would take six or more years to learn on the job.
  • You may not be able to begin a professional career at the level you want without first having an arts management degree, especially if your undergraduate degree did not include any business or technical coursework.
  • You will understand not only the practical applications of arts management but also the theory. And, through internships, apprenticeships, and the systems synthesis project, you'll have the opportunity to apply the skills and theory you've learned.
  • Our curriculum teaches you management, technical and other skills that are vital tools for leading and improving arts organizations. If these skills are not being practiced at your job, you will need to acquire them here if you want to implement them.

You won't get the skills for your career in a business school, where the focus is on management in the corporate world. You won't acquire the management skills in an arts school, either, where the focus is on the arts. Rather, you will develop these skills in a program that integrates both worlds -- Carnegie Mellon University's Master of Arts Management Program.



The Institute for Management of Creative Enterprises is a member of

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the Association of Arts Administration Educators

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