Careers in arts management
A career in Arts Management has been called “the difference between making a living and making a life.” Students who graduate with an arts management major or minor are qualified to seek employment in theaters, museums, galleries, orchestras, arts councils or performing arts centers. Graduates of the program are working in arts organizations around Wisconsin and around the country.
Some of the businesses that hire arts managers include:
- Museums
- Arts councils
- Symphony orchestras
- Musical organizations
- Theater companies
- Event promoters
- College theatre and music departments
- Film companies
- Booking agencies
- Galleries
- Community centers
- Festivals
- Historical organizations
- Dance companies
- Comedy troupes
- Arts advocacy organizations
- Public radio
- Public television
- Economic development organizations
- Choirs
- Touring companies
- Music schools
- Opera companies
- Community theaters
- Performing arts centers
