UC Irvine (UCI)’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Paul Merage School of Business have joined forces to launch a new online Certificate in Arts Management (CAM) program.

This program bridges a gap for folks who love the arts, who work in the arts, and who want to grow their career in the arts. It’s focus on leadership, finance, marketing, decision-making, and fundraising provides a good, basic understanding of what it takes to manage an arts organization. The CAM program is flexible and self-paced so even people who are fully-employed can participate, strengthening their organizations through this valuable professional development.

Grounded in foundational business principles and focused on the needs of today’s creative industries, the interactive, online certificate program is designed to enrich institutional capacity in arts management and to maximize the impact of the arts community as a whole.

“The arts and creative industries in Los Angeles and Orange Counties have grown into a multi-billion dollar sector.  As they continue to grow and change, the sector’s organizations will require leaders qualified to manage them, serve on their boards and advocate for them,” said Stephen Barker, Dean of the Trevor School. “By bridging the gap between traditional education and on-the-job training, this new certificate program will give creative industry professionals the leadership skills they need for success.”

“We believe this program benefits arts practitioners as well – visual artists, dancers, actors, musicians – wanting a business foundation to move their own careers forward,” said Deborah Stansbury Sunday, Assistant Dean of the Trevor School.

The Certificate in Arts Management program leverages faculty from the Merage School’s MBA Programs as well as practitioners and guest speakers from the arts industry. This certificate is the newest addition to the Office of Executive Education’s professional development and certificate programs.