CURATING CREATIVE CAREERS
An arts administration degree from Morningside University will prepare you to create, facilitate, and manage arts and cultural programs and organizations. Combine your passion for the arts with experience in marketing, business, accounting, and management to create a unique career tailored to your future.
Degrees
Arts Administration (B.S.)
Major
Why Study Arts Administration?
Morningside University’s Arts Administration program combines creativity, business, and leadership to prepare students for careers in nonprofit organizations, arts management, and creative industries. Students gain practical experience through internships, project-based learning, and mentorship from regional arts professionals while developing entrepreneurial and organizational skills.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Internship opportunities with Siouxland arts organizations and creative businesses
- Business, entrepreneurship, and leadership integrated in curriculum
- Project-based learning with real clients and organizations
- Connections with regional arts professionals
THE MORNINGSIDE DIFFERENCE
Internships
Students have completed internships and other work assignments with corporate and commercial photographers, publishers, museums, art galleries, art studios, and other businesses throughout the region and beyond.
Travel
You will have the opportunity to travel regionally, nationally, and even internationally for professional conferences, industry field trips, study abroad, or May Term courses. Travel grants and special scholarship eligibility may be available.
Active Learning
Take part in field trips to museums, art galleries, and studios throughout the Midwest. Gain experiences working in the Eppley Art Gallery, Helen Levitt Art Gallery, Longfellow School, and the MacCollin Classroom Building.
What Can I Do With This Degree?
An Arts Administration degree prepares graduates to lead and support arts organizations while combining creativity with business, marketing, and organizational leadership. Graduates pursue careers managing programs, promoting the arts, and connecting artists with communities. Potential careers include:
- Arts Administrator
- Gallery or Museum Manager
- Community Arts Program Coordinator
- Arts Marketing and Communications Specialist
- Event and Cultural Programming Coordinator
- Development or Fundraising Coordinator
- Nonprofit Arts Manager
- Museums and art galleries
- Nonprofit arts and cultural organizations
- Community arts centers and studios
- Performing arts organizations and theaters
- Schools, colleges, and universities
- Event and cultural programming organizations
- Arts marketing, communications, and fundraising offices
Students combine coursework in the visual arts with business, marketing, and nonprofit leadership to prepare for careers in arts management. Coursework includes arts administration, marketing, accounting, management, fundraising, event planning, communications, art history, and studio art, providing the skills to lead arts organizations and promote creative programs and experiences.
REQUIRED
This is an individual practical experience with an approved community sponsor in the arts.
EMPHASIS AREAS
An emphasis, enables you to specialize in a specific area within your chosen field of study, providing you with in-depth knowledge and a competitive edge in the job market post-graduation.
PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGEMENT
STUDIO ART MANAGEMENT
WHY STUDY AT MORNINGSIDE?
13:1
student/faculty ratio so you’re assured a quality education focused on you
99%
employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation
65+
majors & pre-professional programs available
Related Majors & Minors
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MEET THE FACULTY
Shelby Prindaville
Associate Professor
I love the genuine community we’ve built here with talented people who come together to pursue their passions. I also really appreciate the professional development support I’ve been granted to pursue new research and exhibition opportunities!
Shelby’s Profile
Heath Weber
Dean of School of Visual & Performing Arts
School of Visual & Performing Arts
I know students will leave here a changed learner ready to tackle complex issues in the classroom, board room, on the stage or on the field. We build humans who are passionate about learning and sharing those learned gifts with the communities in which they live.
Heath’s Profile
Dr. Thomas Paulsen
Professor & Dean of Agriculture and Aviation / Interim Dean, School of Business
Thomas’s Profile
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