Arts Management
Major • Minor
Arts Management
Arts Management
Pursue your passion for the arts with the management and leadership skills that make art happen.
Department co-chair:
Maria Guralnik
Maria Guralnik
Department co-chair:
Jordan Shue
Jordan Shue
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Make Art Happen
If you’re an artist who wants to understand the business side of arts and entertainment or envision a career empowering artists in the creative industries, then this program is right for you. Students in Arts Management have a broad range of interests but share the desire to make art happen.
Alumni pursue a wide variety of careers across arts and entertainment entities, including dance and theater companies, galleries and museums, civic and community arts centers, festival and concert venues, and the music and recording industry.
Choose Your Own Path
Choose to concentrate on the Music Industry or Performing Arts, or explore various creative industries as part of the generalized major. Our curriculum exposes students to a range of business models, managerial approaches, and practices common across arts enterprises in the nonprofit and commercial sectors. Students interested in visual arts management are also encouraged to explore the Museum Studies minor.
Fast track your way to a graduate degree in Arts and Cultural Management with our 4+1 program, expected to launch in 2026, which allows you to complete your BA and MA in 5 years.
Gain Hands-On Preparation
We emphasize collaborating, mixing disciplines, and gaining skills through a variety of experiences to mimic the industry environments that lie ahead. We build hands-on learning into the program through projects, fieldwork, and at least one required internship.
Work With Accomplished Faculty
Our diverse and accomplished faculty represent a range of industry experience and expertise including non-profit performing arts management and entrepreneurship, arts in education, art law, and museology.
Collaborate Across Campus
Our campus is home to four conservatories that serve as a professional training ground for artists in the visual, performing, and theatre arts. The arts scene here always buzzes with performances and creatives looking to collaborate. You’ll find opportunities right on campus to put your education into action.
Explore NYC Arts and Entertainment
Our Westchester County location is flush with opportunities for internships and career experiences in the surrounding area and in New York City—only a short commute or train ride away.
Contact Us
To learn more, reach out to Department Chair Jordan Shue with questions or to request a consultation. You can also email the department.
class highlights
Museum Visitor Research
Evaluating visitor experiences at New York City's New Museum.
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Visual Arts Collaboration
Exhibition Practice and Management class and Visual Arts MFA students.
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The 2023 Startup Competition Awards $5,000 in Prizes
The Economics Program’s Shark Tank-style event invites entrepreneurs to judge the inventive ideas of students from all majors.
Symara Sarai ’19 Named Outstanding Breakout Choreographer
The Bessie Award category honors an artist who has made an exceptional leap in their career.
Crossover Goals: Pollinator Garden Signage
The interpretive signs in the Purchase Native Pollinator Garden resulted from collaboration between environmental studies, arts management, and graphic design.
