Arts Management students showcase skills that will make them future arts leaders!

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In their final semester with the Arts Management (AMGT) program, graduate students synthesize and present on their learning and professional development experience in the culminating Capstone course! They work all semester long with their Capstone professors and readers (external professional contacts) to develop insightful writings and presentations that demonstrate their qualifications as arts management professionals. Graduate students have the option of completing a research or portfolio Capstone course section based on their interests and professional goals. Capstone presentations are open to the public and alumni, faculty, readers, and arts community are encouraged to participate!

Screenshot of Arts Management faculty, alumni, and students from capstone presentations

This Fall 2024 semester, 6 students went through the Capstone Portfolio course section with Dr. Victoria Salmon, Associate Dean, Emerita, of the College of Visual and Performing Arts and AMGT Capstone Professor. She had the following to say on importance of portfolios.

"It’s not just what a student learns, but how the student engages in the learning. The Portfolio is student centered because it demonstrates what is important to the student within the context of the field – and demonstrates growth in the field. Students collect AND create elements for the portfolio; the collection is the best representation of their arts management experience and their engagement with the learning processes of the discipline. The journey to the Capstone begins with the first course in the Arts Management Program; students may not have realized then, but they know now how each class session, internship, text, paper, discussion, lead to this moment. As the students wrote their Portfolios, they discussed several AMGT courses and internships that informed their journey as arts management professionals. Each faculty member and mentor who worked with these students are present in their Portfolios." - Professor Salmon.

Each student shared a variety of work samples that demonstrated keys arts management competencies and skills, their broad areas of interest and expertise are listed below:

Darren Badley- Theater Management and Fundraising and Development (Advancement)
Jiaying (Gloria) Dai- DEAI Practices in International Cultural Exchange and Curatorial Practices
Rahmah (Ree) Elmassry- Live Entertainment and Audience Engagement
Hyeon Jeong (Luna) Lee- Arts Access for Artists and Audiences with Disabilities
Jasmine Peterson-Youth Arts Education and Audience Development and Engagement
Haotian (Nick) Yang- Fundraising and Development and International Cultural Exchange

Congratulations to these amazing AMGT graduate students and future arts leaders!

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