Arts and Cultural Leadership MA

University of Southampton

The MA Arts and Cultural Leadership is an innovative one-year programme. Through engaging with diverse industry partners, and exploring concepts and creative practices, you will understand and shape the role of arts and culture as a creative and critical change-making and futures-making practice. You'll examine international, decolonial, intersectional and emerging perspectives on arts and cultural leadership to probe: ethical decision-making, marketing and fundraising practices, tools to unpack power, governance and organising, audience engagement and participation, project management and evaluation, the role of arts and culture in advancing discourse and action in social and environmental justice, creative health and wellbeing. The MA’s core values of social justice, sustainability, and equity and belonging are embedded throughout the exploration of these topics. The course is balanced between collaborating with external partners and working independently to pursue questions and methodologies relevant for your research and career specialisms. Based in a vibrant and creative art school environment, you will have access to digital resources to develop academic and professional skills.

Winchester School of Art