Arts Management MA

Arts Management is the professional practice advancing the business, social, and civic sides of artistic expression and experience. In short, arts managers make art work.
As a purpose-driven arts manager, you help artists share their voice, audiences find their bliss, organizations build their funding, and communities grow into thriving places to live, learn, and work. American University’s master’s degree and graduate certificates in Arts Management will prepare you to make a positive difference in the visual, performing, media, community, online, or emerging arts, and position you to change the arts world for the better.
Learn and work in the global cultural hub of Washington, DC, alongside business-savvy arts leaders, a diverse network of local and global professionals, and world-respected and innovative faculty. Explore the powerful intersection of research and professional practice through a curriculum that blends them both with hands-on work experiences and real-world insights of alumni and other leading practitioners.