"The MAM program allowed for an ideal mix of classroom and real world experience that few programs can boast. My time at Future Tenant, a MAM lab space, was invaluable. Only Heinz College would develop such a unique partnership in order to give students the fullest experience possible."

-- Sarah Benvenuti (MAM '06), Managing Director, Curious Theatre Company, Denver, CO

The Heinz College Impact:Students in the MAM program have the opportunity to complete internships at world-class arts organizations. Grace Stewart and Tom Hughes (MAM '12) describe their experiences at the midway point through the Master of Arts Management program.
 

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The arts empower us to look honestly at ourselves and our society and prompt us to think, feel and reexamine. A world without art is a world without culture, heart, passion or creativity. Strengthening our cultural institutions is one of the most important ways an individual can serve the public good.

The Master of Arts Management (MAM) program at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College is designed to create innovative leaders in the visual and performing arts. The program combines rigorous finance, marketing and fundraising coursework with practical experience to prepare you to excel in a public, private or nonprofit arts environment.

Heinz College's MAM program provides what other arts administration master's degrees cannot -- the solid foundation of quantitative management principles for which CMU is known globally. Students leave the University with the arts management and administration tools necessary to solve some of the most pressing economic and operational challenges currently facing arts organizations in the U.S. and internationally.

Features & Benefits:

• Systems synthesis projects, internships and independent studies emphasize experiential learning.
• Courses are taught by experts in arts management and administration, many of whom are still practitioners.
• Pair your arts management master's degree with a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law or with a graduate degree in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts from the University of Bologna, Italy.
• Future Tenant, an art space in downtown Pittsburgh, serves as a working lab for the direct application of course concepts.
• Spend one semester at the University of Bologna in Italy to gain an understanding of arts administration and cultural policy on an International scale.