Arts Management & Entrepreneurship Minor

The arts industry is a diverse and multi-faceted landscape, encompassing fields from music production to entertainment law, poetry publishing to freelance choreography, and stage management to exhibition design.

The interdisciplinary Arts Management & Entrepreneurship (AME) program prepares students for careers in the arts by exposing them to this industry’s breadth of professional opportunities, and by arming them with the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to succeed as organizational leaders and creative entrepreneurs.

As future artists, producers, presenters, curators, editors, marketers, fundraisers, managers, and entrepreneurs, graduates of this program are empowered to employ themselves both practically and creatively, with a humanistic perspective on what it means to contribute to society as a professional in the arts industry.

The AME Internship

To complete the AME minor, students must apply and expand their understanding of arts management and entrepreneurship by completing an off-campus internship in a professional arts organization. 

Students are encouraged to seek out their own internship experiences. For an internship to count toward the AME minor, the position must be focused primarily on leadership, management, and/or entrepreneurship in the arts and include opportunities for learning, networking, and exposure to new experiences. Ideally, the AME internship should complement or expand upon—not repeat—the student’s prior learning experiences on- and off-campus.

Local internships are also available through AME's partnership with the Kent Cultural Alliance. For more information and to apply, download this AME-KCA Internship Application.