Graduate Management Practicum and Summary Project

Build a career in arts leadership with our hands-on 实习 opportunities.

We offer four (4) 实习 options to develop your portfolio:

1. Organization: Work with an arts organization, vetted by the program or found by you.
2. Interview: Interview 4-5 arts leaders in your field of interest, curated by the program or found by you.
3. Project: Create a tangible project to further an arts leadership idea.
4. Research: Study a chosen arts leadership need or issue.

You can choose to do the same 实习 option each quarter or switch to suit your professional goals. Expect to spend 40-50 hours per quarter on 实习 work.

The Graduate Management Practicum is offered every quarter of your two-year studies, beginning with the Introduction to Practicum course in your first quarter.

实习的合作伙伴

Arts 领导 students have worked with a wide range of organizations in their 实习s, from major institutions to grassroots, 实验, and community-based groups.

• 西雅图歌剧院
• 西雅图交响乐团
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• 西雅图艺术博物馆
• Bellevue Arts Museum
• Seattle Theatre Group
• ArtsWest
• Kirkland Performance Center
• 艺术家的信任
• Seattle Shakespeare Company
• Bainbridge Art Museum
• City of Seattle's Office of Arts & 文化
• King County: 4文化
• Winston Wachter Fine Arts
• El Centro de la Raza
• Seattle Children's Theatre
• Upstart crow collective
• Rain City Rock Camp for Girls
• CD艺术论坛 & 的想法
• 弗莱艺术博物馆
• 艺术队

If your organization is interested in partnering with one of our MFA Arts 领导 graduate students, 请 我们联系.

Your final quarter is dedicated to your Summary Project, an applied research project that integrates your academic, 实习, and professional experience. With faculty guidance, 你会问, cite, 做好工作, 分析数据, and present your Summary Project.

You’ll spend 120-150 hours on your project, guided by faculty and advisors who are arts leaders.

Past Summary Project Titles:

• Sharpest Knives: An Independently Produced Podcast about Arts Access; Artist Support; and Social, 种族, 与性别平等
• Moving Toward Justice: A Guide to Creating Effective Social Justice Dance Programming and Curricular Integration
• Age is a Number, Not a Grade: Five Strategies for Untangling Ageism in the Arts Workplace
• Death by Dinner: Art Consumption Explored through a Methodology of Food Performance
• Shattering the Glass Curtain: Crafting Effective Mentoring Networks for the Creative and Professional Advancement of Women in the Theatre
• Ritualizing Residency: How Artist Residencies Sustain Practice and Experimentation
• Making Art in the Anthropocene: Artistic Citizenship for a Future Worth Living
• Repertoires of Resistance: Co-Creation in a Radically Inclusive Youth (Arts) Space

Your Summary Project will showcase your arts leadership potential, with an intersectional focus on equity, 同理心, 和价值. You’ll present your project to colleagues, faculty, alumni, and loved ones at a curated event.

For access to select Summary Project abstracts from alumni, 我们联系.