Course Description

•  ACA350 Arts and Cultural Administration: Practice and Innovation

  The culminating course in the Arts and Cultural program builds upon the foundations of the introductory course. This course examines the interrelations between fundraising, budgeting and reporting, areas of intellectual property and employment, program evaluation and governmental relations, board relations and organizational development. The course is broadly construed address issues in performing arts, festival management, arts and cultural education, equity and social justice, and arts leadership. (3 credits) Spring
  

• Prerequisites: ACA200 or instructor permission
  

Course Structure

• The course follows a seminar model with significant participation by the enrolled students.
  The required texts provide the spine for the course - students will be assigned library research to discover other articles addressing the week's topic.
• Course meetings times and location might be adjusted to accommodation guest speakers
• External activities may be required - alternative assignments will be provided in cases of conflict.

Course Objectives

•  describe the purposes and social interactions of arts and cultural organizations
•  use computing tools to analyze and communicate with internal and external constituencies
•  report the details of an arts event
  
•  examine aspects of practice to include legal, employee relations, and community obligations
•  engage with local arts or cultural organization leadership

Text and Other Materials

	The Arts Management Handbook: New Directions for Students and Practitioners Meg Brindle and Constance DeVereaux  Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Routledge (June 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0765617420
	Arts Management: Uniting Arts and Audiences in the 21st Century Ellen Rosewall Paperback: 327 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (October 30, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199973709 (This text was used for the prior course).

Course Communications

Course Requirements

Readings and Labs
Read the chapters or online materials and complete theassignments. Assignments are due when assigned as class activities depend upon them. All assignments must be completed to pass the course. Assignments a week late or more will get a zero.

Projects
Projects are open ended assignments where you can display your knowledge. There are two project for the course:

Project details will be discussed in class.

Attendance Policy
You are expected to attend class. If you miss class, you will need to get the material from another student, the text, or web resources. If you miss more than four classes (equivalent of 2 weeks) your maximum grade will decrease by 1/2 letter grade for each additional absence. We will discuss and come to an agreement regarding cell phone usage in class.

Academic Integrity
You are encouraged to work with others in your class because an alternate explanation can be helpful. However, assignments you submit and projects you present are your own work alone unless specified otherwise. You will be required to complete at least one project as a team. You are expected to credit intellectual property sources for all media used in your projects. Intellectual theft results in a zero for the assignment.

Plagiarism Checker (Vericite, TurnItIn.com, SafeAssign or other service)
Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to an auto-checker for the detection of plagiarism.

Services for Academic Access
Students who wish to receive academic accommodations for this course must first register with Student Accessibility Services (SAS) in order to begin the accommodation process. The SAS office will provide registered students with the specific information they will need to share with each instructor. SAS is located on the second floor of the Main University Library and is open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. For more information about the services and accommodations available through Student Accessibility Services please review the following link: https://www.rwu.edu/undergraduate/academics/student-academic-success/student-accessibility-services. Please then see me directly during my office hours so that we can have a private conversation about your specific needs.

Course Grading

Component	Weight
Attendance	100
Cases/Log/Quizzes	100
Participation/Guest Engagement	200
Project 1	300
Project 2	300
Total	1000

Proposed Schedule:

Week	Date	Topics	Readings - Brindle	Readings - Rose
	Jan20	Pre-class reading:     Becker, Preface, Art Worlds (on website)	Cha 1 (on website)
I	Jan27	Introduction: Class Structure - Topic Assignments
II	Feb 03	Feb 07 Performance Zeiterion
III	Feb 10	Art and Culture Careers	Cha 8	Cha 1 & 2
IV	Feb 17	Arts Research Project - David Middleton	Cha 4
V	Feb 24	Fundraising	Cha 11                                     Cha 10 & 11
VI	Mar2	Arts Research Project - Update	Cha 5	Cha 13  & 14
VII		S P R I N G    B R E A K
VIII	Mar 16	Launch Project Proposal	Chap 10	Cha 6 & 15
IX	Mar 23	Intellectual Property, Copyright and Ownership,
X	Mar 30	Board Management Art Leadership	Cha 12	Cha 5 & 6
XI	Apr 06	Arts Research Project - Presentation		Cha 12
XII	Apr 13	Public Policy and Arts (PPAC Visit)	Cha 09	Cha 15 & 16
XIII	Apr 20	Publishing and For Profit Issues		Cha 3
XIV	Apr 27	Arts Research Project - Wrap/Launch Project review		Cha 4 & 7
XV	May 04	Launch Project Presentations
		Final Exam Period *
*this date may change

Course Materials
Course materials are covered by the appropriate copyright. Locally prepared course materials are the property of the faculty, which includes hand-outs, website content, and other presentation materials or assignments. Use beyond the classroom requires permission.

Course Recordings
Audio and video recordings of the course are permitted with the instructor's consent. These materials are to assist you  in completing your coursework and are not authorized for redistribution.

Student Course Materials
Completed assignments, especially projects, may be used to build instructional portfolios and serve as instructional examples for future classes, or in instructional workshops. All reasonable attempts to remove personal identification while maintaining the integrity of the project will be made. Permission to use your class projects at academic conferences may be requested.


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