ARTL 5460 - Strategic Planning in the Arts

3 credit hours
This course approaches strategic planning as a vital component of a sustainable arts organization. A quality plan clarifies the strategic direction of the organization and provides strategies that will be used to achieve the organization’s artistic mission, while also ensuring organizational health and vibrancy. Through the application of decolonial methodologies, this course seeks to prepare students with the content needed in order to think strategically about planning as a function of equity and justice. Students will read leading authors in the field of arts strategic planning, hear guest speakers from local organizations involved in their strategic planning process, practice equity through planning as arts leaders, and create a full, working strategic plan. Required.

Terms Typically Offered: Summer