Faculty

Doug Blandy, professor (art and community service, art and special populations); associate dean. B.S., 1974, Ohio; M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1983, Ohio State. (1987)

Patricia M. Dewey, assistant professor (performing arts, cultural policy). B.M., 1990, Indiana; M.A., 1997, Webster; M.A.S., 1998, International Center for Culture and Management; Ph.D., 2004, Ohio State. (2003)

Lori Hager, assistant professor (community arts). B.A., 1990, Washington (Seattle); Ph.D., 2003, Arizona. (2004)

Janice W. Rutherford, assistant professor (museum studies, arts administration, popular culture and gender). B.A., 1963, Oregon; M.A., 1981, Portland State; Ph.D., 1996, Louisiana State. (2002)

Eric Schiff, adjunct instructor (information technology). B.A., 1977, M.A. 1981, Oregon. (1988)

Courtesy

Greg Gurley, courtesy research assistant (theater). B.A., 1979, LaGrange; M.A., 1984, West Georgia; M.A., 1997, Washington State; Ph.D., 2006, Arizona State. (2006)

Elizabeth Hoffman, courtesy research associate (gender studies, art and the environment, textiles). B.A, 1973, Lewis and Clark; M.A., 1982, Oregon State; Ph.D., 1991, Oregon. (1991)

Alice Parman, courtesy assistant professor (exhibit development, nonprofit management). B.A., 1964, Rochester; M.A.T., 1965, Harvard; Ph.D., 1972, Chicago. (1988)

Emeriti

Gaylene Carpenter, professor emerita. B.A., 1965, M.S., 1973, California State, Long Beach; Ed.D., 1980, Temple. (1983)

Rogena M. Degge, professor emerita. B.A., 1964, Fresno State; M.S., 1972, Ph.D., 1975, Oregon. (1979)

Linda F. Ettinger, associate professor emerita. B.F.A., Southwest Missouri State; M.S., 1973, Illinois State; Ph.D., 1983, Oregon. (1982)

Jane Gehring, associate professor emerita. B.S., 1940, Michigan State Teachers; M.S., 1960, Oregon. (1958)

Beverly J. Jones, associate professor emerita. B.S., 1967, Oregon College of Education; M.S., 1976, Ph.D., 1977, Oregon. (1977)

Gordon L. Kensler, professor emeritus. B.F.A., 1949, M.F.A., 1951, Art Institute of Chicago; Ed.D., 1964, Stanford. (1966)

June K. McFee, professor emerita. B.A., 1939, Washington (Seattle); M.Ed., 1954, Central Washington; Ed.D., 1957, Stanford. (1965)

The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year on the University of Oregon faculty.

Participating

Lisa Abia-Smith, Schnitzer Museum of Art

Kassia Dellabough, Career Center

Darrel Kau, Cultural Forum

Patricia Krier, Museum of Natural and Cultural History

David Turner, Schnitzer Museum of Art

About the Program

The Arts and Administration Program—the only one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest—combines knowledge in the visual, literary, and performing arts with social, cultural, managerial, and educational concerns that pertain to administering nonprofit, for-profit, and public arts organizations and programs. The field of specialization is arts management, with concentrations in community arts, event management, museum studies, and performing arts. It is a multidisciplinary field, dedicated to increasing opportunities in arts and culture for individuals and society. A growing group of scholars critically examines issues in the arts and society from community to international-policy levels. Study of these issues is vital to effective arts management for cultural preservation and advancement in the United States and abroad.

The program offers an undergraduate minor in community arts and master of arts (M.A.) or master of science (M.S.) degrees in arts management.

Undergraduate Studies [back to top]

Undergraduate courses that are approved for the arts and letters group are listed under group requirements in the Registration and Academic Policies section of this catalog. Other courses offered by the arts and administration faculty that are appropriate for undergraduates, particularly students in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, are Museum Education (AAD 429), Art in Society (AAD 450), and Community Cultural Development (AAD 451).

Minor Requirements

The Arts and Administration Program oversees the community arts minor, which requires 28 credits of course work passed with grades of C+ or better.

Graduate Studies [back to top]

The design of the master’s degree program in arts management is based on the underlying belief that professional arts managers must be familiar with the social, cultural, political, and ethical contexts of the arts in general.

Program Objectives

1. Prepare students for professional leadership positions in international, national, and regional public and private arts and cultural organizations, including museums and galleries, community nonprofit organizations, arts foundations, performing arts centers, and festivals

2. Provide professional experience in arts agencies by incorporating a field-based internship component that enhances the student’s ability to move into professional positions in arts and cultural organizations

3. Facilitate the development of individual research projects that contribute to the body of knowledge on the theory and practice of arts policy, administration, and management in an era of dynamic sociocultural change

4. Provide opportunities for professionals to enhance their knowledge and skills or develop new careers in the arts

Careers

The master’s degree in arts management, depending on the chosen concentration, offers preparation for students who seek administrative careers in the visual arts, performing arts, community arts, or arts festivals in the public, nonprofit, or the private sector.

Admission

Admission to graduate study requires previous study in the visual or performing arts and the humanities. Although an undergraduate degree in the arts is not required, related course work or equivalent professional experience is standard. Applicants from the business, management, and social science fields are encouraged. Applicants are asked to indicate interest in a particular concentration area when they apply; application materials are reviewed with this interest in mind; and appropriate entry qualifications are examined.

Students planning graduate study should request information and application forms by writing to the Arts and Administration Program or visiting the program’s website.

Admission is determined by the arts management master’s degree admissions committee, which consists of faculty members of the Arts and Administration Program and faculty representatives from concentration areas when appropriate.

The admissions committee considers every aspect of the applicant’s file when making its decision for admission. No standardized test is required. Financial aid in the form of a limited number of teaching, research, or administrative fellowships is available, typically to second-year students. The Graduate School has information about fellowship options that are open to students from any program, at any point in their studies. See the Graduate School section of this catalog.

Master’s Degree Requirements

The master’s degree in arts management is designed to be a two-year, full-time program, with a deliberate progression of cumulative course work; however, students may take up to seven years to complete the program. Students pursue a master of science (M.S.) or a master of arts (M.A.) degree, completing a minimum of 72 credits. The M.A. degree requires competence equivalent second-year study in a second language.

Study in the master’s degree program has four parts: (1) core and management courses (3) a technology component, (4) a concentration area, and (5) research and practice, which includes a summer internship between the first and second years of study.

Students learn the techniques needed to analyze and develop arts policy as well as skills in grant and research report writing and review. In addition to course work and an internship, students are required to complete a master’s degree project, capstone project, or thesis that demonstrates indepth knowledge of practical or theoretical issues of importance to professionals in public, nonprofit, and private arts organizations from diverse social and cultural settings. Projects often focus on issues that were explored during the student’s internship.

Technology. A personal computer facilitates work in software applications and research for courses. Minimum recommendations for hardware and software are included in the application and on the program’s website.

Course work for the master’s degree program is distributed among the following four components.

Core Courses

Courses address the study and management of the arts in social and cultural contexts with a focus on arts policy and information management. Nonprofit and for-profit organizations and issues are addressed.

Core courses include Arts Program Theory (AAD 522), Art in Society (AAD 550), Arts Administration (AAD 560), Cultural Policy in Art (AAD 562), Marketing the Arts (AAD 565), and Seminar: Issues in Arts Management (AAD 607). Further course work toward degree requirements and elective courses are chosen in consultation with an adviser.

Technology Component

The two required courses are Advanced Information Design and Presentation (AAD 584) and Multimedia for Arts and Administrators (AAD 585).

Area of Concentration

Selection of a concentration area allows students to pursue study that contributes to specific professional goals. A curricular plan is developed with an adviser during the first term of graduate study. Four concentration areas are available:

• community arts management

• event management

• museum studies

• performing arts management

Research and Practice

Candidates for the master’s degree write a project or capstone paper or a thesis. Required courses in research methodology and professional practice prepare students for the summer internship and for writing the paper or thesis.

Courses required for this component include Research Methodology (AAD 630); Research Proposal Development (AAD 631); courses in professional practice (inquire at the program office); and Thesis (AAD 503), Research: Project Research (AAD 601), or other courses chosen in consultation with the student’s adviser.

Certificate in Museum Studies

The multidisciplinary, graduate-level museum studies certificate is awarded through the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, with the cooperation of the Arts and Administration Program; the Departments of Art History, Anthropology, and Architecture; and campus museum professionals.

The certificate requires 28 credits. No more than 12 credits of department degree requirements may count toward the certificate; the additional 16 credits is taken in the museum studies core and elective courses. Core courses include Experimental Courses: The Cultural Museum and The History Museum (ANTH 510), Museology (ARH 511), and Museum Education (AAD 529). A variety of elective courses—many offered by departments outside the School of Architecture and Allied Arts—may be applied to the certificate requirements. The certificate program culminates with a presentation by the student.

Students exit the program with practical and theoretical museum management strategies that are applicable in leadership positions in small to large, community to national, public or private museums.

Festival and Event Management Certificate

The certificate of accomplishment is offered at the graduate and undergraduate levels through a partnership with Continuing Education. The certificate requires a minimum of 6 credits (AAD 406 or 606 Special Problems and AAD 409 or 609 Practicum), theoretical overview (AAD 420/520 Event Management or two-day professional foundations workshop), and six professional development workshops.

Arts and Administration as a Supporting Area of Study for School of Music Doctoral Students

Arts and administration is available as a supporting area of study for School of Music D.M.A. and Ph.D. students. The supporting area is generally viewed as mastery of an area of study at a master’s degree level, although no master’s degree is gained, and may be linked with the student’s primary doctoral research interest areas and professional goals. Refer to Doctoral Degree Programs in the School of Music section of this catalog. Prospective students must apply directly to the Arts and Administration Program, but should begin the application process by contacting a staff member in the School of Music graduate office for more information.

Arts and Administration Courses (AAD) [back to top]

198 Workshop: [Topic] (1–5R)

199 Special Studies: [Topic] (1–5R)

250 Art and Human Values (4) Addresses fundamental aesthetic theory and practice questions resulting from viewing art as a powerful communicator of social and cultural values. Values, rights, and responsibilities of the contemporary visual environment. Blandy.

251 The Arts and Visual Literacy (4) Explores ways in which physical, perceptual, affective, and cognitive modes of learning interact when viewing, interpreting, and assessing designed visual information within sociocultural contexts.

252 Art and Gender (4) Addresses sociocultural factors influencing roles of women and men in arts disciplines. Examines underlying social structures that affect how we define art and artists. Rutherford.

399 Special Studies: [Topic] (1–5R)

401 Research: [Topic] (1–18R)

404 Internship: [Topic] (1–18R)

405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–18R)

406 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–18R)

407/507 Seminar: [Topic] (1–5R)

408/508 Workshop: [Topic] (1–18R)

409 Practicum: [Topic] (1–18R)

410/510 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1–5R) Recent topics are The Cultural Museum, The History Museum, Performing Arts Policy and Administration.

420/520 Event Management (4) Examines management practices and trends of special events, festival, celebrations, and fundraisers sponsored by organizations. Carpenter.

422/522 Arts Program Theory (4) Explores program theory, principles, and practices associated with comprehensive arts programs. Carpenter.

424/524 Conference Management (2–4) Planning and managing meetings, workshops, seminars, conferences in a variety of settings. Carpenter.

429/529 Museum Education (4) Examines theory and practice of museum education. Analyzes program-development approaches for university and community audiences; creates educational materials for campus and local museums. Rutherford.

430/530 Youth Arts Curriculum and Methods (3–4) Teachers in training are provided introductory knowledge and skills necessary for implementing arts instruction as an integral part of the core curriculum for younger learners.

450/550 Art in Society (4) Concepts derived from anthropology, philosophy, sociology, and art education are used to examine fine, popular, folk, industrial, and environmental art forms in contemporary society. Blandy.

451/551 Community Cultural Development (4) Overview of services that art and art educators perform in the community. Explores settings, constituencies, philosophical approaches, methodologies, planning, and funding of community art programs. Blandy.

460/560 Arts Administration (4) Overview of the primary concerns in arts administration. Includes program development, financial ­strategies, management issues, program evaluation, marketing, and legal and tax considerations. Ettinger, Rutherford.

462/562 Cultural Policy in Art (4) Examines the impact of cultural policies and institutions on opportunities of the artistic community, on what art forms are made accessible, and on the general aesthetic welfare of the public. Dewey.

465/565 Marketing the Arts (4) Contemporary theory, issues, and skills important to marketing the arts in nonprofit, for-profit, and public cultural organizations.

483/583 Information Design and Presentation (3) Design and presentation of electronically processed information. Uses concepts from aesthetics and graphic design; computer, behavioral, and social sciences. Practical applications in various contexts. Schiff.

484/584 Advanced Information Design and Presentation (3) Compares design and presentation of information processed electronically and traditionally. Uses concepts from art and graphic design; computer, behavioral, and social sciences. Practical applications in business, education, and communications. Prereq: AAD 483/583. Schiff.

485/585 Multimedia for Arts and Administrators (3) Examines multimedia tools, platforms, and trends that influence information retrieval, display, and presentation. Uses concepts from graphic design, information processing, and project management. Prereq: AAD 484/584 or equivalent. Schiff.

503 Thesis (1–16R)

601 Research: [Topic] (1–16R)

602 Supervised College Teaching (1–5R)

604 Internship: [Topic] (1–16R)

605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–16R)

606 Special Problems: [Topic] (1–16R)

607 Seminar: [Topic] (1–5R)

608 Workshop: [Topic] (1–16R)

609 Practicum: [Topic] (1–16R)

610 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1–5R)

630 Research Methodology (4) Scientific bases and classification of research; methodologies used in descriptive, analytical, and experimental research. Development of research proposals and critique of research reports. Dewey.

631 Research Proposal Development (3) Conceptualize, research, and develop proposal for graduate thesis or project. Prereq: AAD 630. Dewey.