Advanced practical projects open to upper-level Theatre and Performance students. These courses provide an opportunity for individual exploration in areas involving the practice of theatre: directing, producing, design, playwriting, dramaturgy, etc.

An introduction to the theories and practices of arts and media management within the not-for-profit, public, and social enterprise sectors. It is a general survey course that introduces the broad context of arts and media management in Canadian society and the kinds of original research skills needed for the creative and administrative issues currently faced by the arts and media community.

An introduction to the work involved in building and sustaining relationships with audiences, funders, and community, and the vital connections between marketing, development, and community engagement in arts and media organizations. Includes training in observational research during class for independent site visits outside class time.

An introduction to equity, inclusivity and diversity as it relates to organizational development and cultural policymaking in arts and media management. This course will take students through an overview of critical theories of systemic power and privilege, including those of race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or identity, age, ability/disability and religion and examine how these impact varied creative working environments and institutions.

An introduction to financial management basics and issues faced by arts and cultural managers, using examples and exercises to introduce basic accounting concepts, financial statement preparation and analysis, internal control and management information systems, budgeting and programming, cash and resource management, and various tax-related issues.

An introduction to the theories and practices of organizational development through arts and media governance, leadership, employee, and volunteer management, using examples from the field. Includes training in original research for professional report-writing through individual and group exercises.

An introduction to the real-world application of knowledge and skills in arts and arts-related organizations . This course allows students to develop discipline-specific knowledge and skills through experiential methods, including original research online, class field visits, and independent site visits for observational research outside class time.

An introduction to the producing functions in the arts and in media management. The course will cover the genesis of creative and managing producers in arts and media, and what it is to be a producer today for internet, television, radio and some music industry and social media environments or for arts and media creative hubs, or for non-profit performing and multi-disciplinary theatres in Canada that feature touring artists. Includes individual and group skill-building in sector research to develop and present creative pitch packages and/or touring plans.

This course is designed to provide a foundation for project management and strategic planning knowledge and skills. Topics such as project and event management as well as strategic and business planning include how to understand organizational resource-management and consultative processes, contexts, and impacts, will be discussed and practiced through group and individual assignments.

A survey of the principles, structures, and patterns of cultural policy and how these impact arts and media funding structures in Canada, nationally and internationally. Through original research including interviews in the sector, group and individual assignments will explore a wide range of cultural policy issues, processes, and theoretical commitments underpinning the subsidized arts, commercial and public media industries, and hybrid cultural enterprises, critically exploring the role of advocacy and the strengths and weaknesses of particular policy approaches.

A study of essential legal and practical issues relevant to the arts and media workplace, with a particular focus on contracts, contract negotiation, and copyright.

An advanced study of marketing in the arts and media sectors. Through group and individual assignments including the development of a marketing and promotions plan, this course facilitates a sophisticated understanding of the knowledge and skills required for arts and media managers to be responsive to varied market groups and changing market environments and successfully bring creative and cultural production and audiences together.

An advanced study of fundraising and resource development in the arts and media sector. This course facilitates a sophisticated understanding of knowledge and skills required for arts and media managers to develop varied revenue streams, including grantwriting, media funding, and contributed revenue strategies to support artistic missions. Through group and individual assignments, the course culminates in pitch packages or grant applications for real-life programs including creative briefs, budgets, financing plans, and timelines

Special topics for intensive practical, theoretical and/or experiential study of some specific aspects of Arts Management. The topic(s) to be explored in this course will change from session to session.

Special topics for intensive practical, theoretical and/or experiential study of some specific aspects of Arts Management. The topic(s) to be explored in this course will change from session to session.

This course will prepare students for the realities of working in and leading arts and media organizations by challenging them with real-world problems via case studies and simulations. Through individual and group assignments involving research in the field that culminates in an original case presentation and report, students will consider, compare, explain, and defend decisions and actions in real-life organizations to develop their ability to demonstrate effective and ethical approaches to arts and media management.

Are you interested in researching hands-on professional practice to synthesize and apply the theory-based learning you have undertaken in arts and media management about how people and organizations work in the culture sector and media industries? In this course, you will propose your own research project to examine how a specific creative business (such as a creative hub, media company or performing or visual arts organization) and its related practices operate, exploring specific areas of arts or media management practice, theory, history or emergent issues. While the creative ecosystem is made up of a broad and sometimes baffling array of for-profit, non-profit and hybrid ways of doing things, this course will provide insights into an organization of your choice.

This course is an intensive synthesis and application of prior learning through collaborative project-based practice. Students will lead and actively contribute to one or more major initiative(s) that will allow them to apply the principles and employ the practices of effective arts and media management.

A directed research and/or project-oriented course for students who have demonstrated a high level of academic maturity and competence. Qualified students will have the opportunity to investigate an area of interest to both student and the Director in traditional or emerging subjects related to the field of Arts Management.

How and why are objects defined as Art? How do these definitions vary across cultures and time periods? Studying different approaches to writing art history and considering a wide range of media from photography to printmaking and installation arts.

Key concepts in art history, including intention, meaning, style, materiality, identity, production, reception, gender, visuality, and history. Students will explore critical questions such as whether and how to read artist's biographies into their art. This course helps students understand the discipline and develops critical thinking and research skills required in advanced courses.

This course offers a critical look at ways of exhibiting art, including exploring the exhibitions and collection of the Doris McCarthy Gallery and the public sculptures located on campus. Through readings, discussions and site visits we will consider the nature of exhibitions, their audiences and current practices juxtaposed with investigations of the history and practice of display.

The centrality of photographic practice to African cultures and histories from the period of European imperialism, the rise of modernist "primitivism" and the birth of ethnology and anthropology to contemporary African artists living on the continent and abroad.

The origins of European artistic traditions in the early Christian, Mediterranean world; how these traditions were influenced by classical, Byzantine, Moslem and pagan forms; how they developed in an entirely new form of artistic expression in the high Middle Ages; and how they led on to the Renaissance.

A study of nineteenth and twentieth-century arts and visual media, across genres and cultures. What did modernity mean in different cultural contexts? How is 'modern' art or 'modernism' defined? How did the dynamic cultural, economic, and socio-political shifts of the globalizing and industrializing modern world affect the visual ars and their framing?

Shifts in theory and practice in art of the past fifty years. Studying selected artists' works from around the world, we explore how notions of modern art gave way to new ideas about media, patterns of practice, and the relations of art and artists to the public, to their institutional contexts, and to globalized cultures.

This course is an introduction to art and visual culture produced in Italy ca. 1350-1550. Students will explore new artistic media and techniques, along with critical issues of social, cultural, intellectual, theoretical and religious contexts that shaped the form and function of art made during this era.

This course introduces the art and culture of 17th century Europe and its colonies. Art of the Baroque era offers rich opportunities for investigations of human exploration in geographic, spiritual, intellectual and political realms. We will also consider the development of the artist and new specializations in subject and media.

This course explores the relationship between visuality and practices of everyday life. It looks at the interaction of the political, economic and aesthetic aspects of mass media with the realm of "fine" arts across history and cultures. We will explore notions of the public, the mass, and the simulacrum.

In this course students will learn about sustainability thinking, its key concepts, historical development and applications to current environmental challenges. More specifically, students will gain a better understanding of the complexity of values, knowledge, and problem framings that sustainability practice engages with through a focused interdisciplinary study of land. This is a required course for the Certificate in Sustainability, a certificate available to any student at UTSC.
Same as ESTB03H3