A Producer Prepares: Curation, Ethics, and the Entrepreneurial Practice of Arts Programming

This course introduces students to the complex relationships between cultural entrepreneurs, buyers, sellers, producers, managers, audiences, and artists. Through readings, guest speakers and case studies, with particular emphasis on emerging media technologies, business practice and live art administration, “A Producer Prepares” will arm students with the critical, historical, managerial and curatorial tools necessary to produce work in the contemporary cultural economy. This class seeks to situate arts curation and production within histories of cultural practice, management and technology, and ultimately aims to endow student producers with the critical acumen necessary to thrive in an arts sector in flux. Mandatory S/NC