Methods and Topics in Arts Management (MATAM)

Overview

The Methods and Topics in Arts Management (MaTAM) programme from  Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore focuses on the following areas:

• Advanced courses in the field of Management of the Arts, aimed at transferring core competencies to students, ranging from entrepreneurial capabilities to the application and use of digital technologies;

• Field trips in the field of both visual and performing arts, to get direct and hands-on experiences of art systems and their peculiarities;

• Methodological courses to get robust and reliable lenses to read and interpret dynamics within cultural industries, Including the study of social network and networking; 

• Courses related to the area of design and urban studies, to provide students with a strong opportunity to connect artistic and managerial thinking and to promote a more inclusive view of the urban context;

• Internship or cultural research study, where students can choose to do an internship in a cultural organization or to carry out a research project in a cultural company, under the direct guidance of the professor.

Learning objectives

MaTAM’s learning objectives include:

• providing students with advanced interpretative frames to read the dynamics of the art field at international level;

• nurturing abilities to analyze and to intervene in the art field to advance it, in a process of mutual respect among art, creativity, and management;

• stimulating an entrepreneurial mindset in the fields of fine arts, design, and management

Career opportunities

• Project management in art institutions and creative companies

• Producer in art and creative companies

• Fundraiser for cultural and creative projects

• HR advisor for managing artistic and creative teams

• Responsible for marketing and communication in the art and creative field