Arts Management & Business
Arts Management & Business
What You’ll Study at Queens
Curious about how art exhibits are designed? An Arts Management & Business degree equips you with the skills to succeed in both non-profit and for-profit arts organizations. You’ll utilize your creative, analytical, and entrepreneurial skills to gain a strong foundation in arts management and business principles. You’ll also contribute to real-world-focused activities and hands-on experiences working with arts organizations and gaining professional experience.
This major is designed to prepare business-savvy students for professional careers in museums and galleries, arts organizations, and as art critics or for graduate study, but the skills they learn extend to many fields beyond the creative realm.
Explore your passion by selecting a concentration that aligns perfectly with your interests. Whether you’re passionate about digital media publishing, art history, museum and gallery practices, music, studio art, or the business side of things like entrepreneurship, leadership, or branding, there’s a concentration for you.
How Can You Use This Degree?
Our graduates can work in positions like:
- Arts Administrator
- Performing Arts Manager
- Fundraiser
- Editor
- Publisher
- Museum curator
- Gallery owner
- Art lawyer
- Art consultant
- Cyber security analyst
- Business Manager
Highlighted Courses
- The Arts & Social Practice (ARL 201)
- Arts Development & Funding (ARL 202)
- Dev Entrepreneurship Mindset (MGT 213)
- Principles of Marketing (MKT 340)
Student Success / Highlights
Majoring in Arts Management has shown me an entirely new side to studying the arts. I have had opportunities on campus as well as in Charlotte that have prepared me for entering the professional art world confident in myself and my abilities.
– Katie Pittman ‘24
Program Contact
Siu Challons-Lipton, D.Phil.
Executive Director, Department of Art, Design and Music
Carolyn G. and Sam H. McMahon Professor of Art History
Noble Faculty Fellow
Distinguished Faculty Fellow
liptonsc@queens.edu
704-337-2286