An introduction to financial management issues faced by arts and cultural managers.
The topics include an introduction to 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 practice of leadership, employee and volunteer management, and organizational behaviour as they apply to the not-for-profit arts sector.

An introduction to the real-world application of knowledge and skills in arts and arts-related organizations. This course allows students to build on foundational studies in the Arts Management Program and develop discipline-specific knowledge and skills through experiential methods (including field visits and a short-term field placement or observation) and objective study.

This course introduces students to the producing functions in the arts and media management. The course will cover the genesis of creative and managing producers in the media and hybrid or emergent creative environments, exploring the basis of being a producer for media programs and companies (e.g., internet, television, radio and some music industry and social media environments), for arts and media creative hubs, and for primarily non-profit performing arts sites in Canada (e.g., presenting producers for multi-disciplinary arts venues that host touring companies).

This course provides a broad foundation of project management and planning knowledge and skills. Topics such as project and special event management (including tours, festivals, etc.), and strategic and business planning (including entrepreneurship) will be discussed in the context of organizational processes.

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 within the arts and media sectors. 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 within the arts and media sector. This course facilitates a sophisticated understanding of the arts and media landscape, as well as knowledge and skills required for arts and media managers to develop and increase varied revenue streams, including arts and entrepreneurial granting systems, media funding and contributed revenue to support artistic mission of cultural organizations.

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. Students will consider, compare, describe, explain, and defend decisions and actions, and further 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.

A survey of the art of China, Japan, Korean, India, and Southeast Asia. We will examine a wide range of artistic production, including ritual objects, painting, calligraphy, architectural monuments, textile, and prints. Special attention will be given to social contexts, belief systems, and interregional exchanges.
Same as GASB73H3

This course explores the rich visual culture produced in northern and central Europe 1400-1600. Topics such as the rise of print culture, religious conflict, artistic identity, contacts with other cultures and the development of the art market will be explored in conjunction with new artistic techniques, styles and materials.

An introduction to modern Asian art through domestic, regional, and international exhibitions. Students will study the multilayered new developments of art and art institutions in China, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as explore key issues such as colonial modernity, translingual practices, and multiple modernism.
Same as GASB77H3

Local arts institutions are often taken for granted but understanding how and why collections are formed, why they are significant, and how they relate to larger art historical contexts provides important object-based learning opportunities. Students will explore these issues using a focused collection in the Royal Ontario Museum, the Aga Khan Museum or the Textile Museum.

Local arts institutions are often taken for granted but understanding how and why collections are formed, why they are significant, and how they relate to larger art historical contexts provides important object-based learning opportunities. Students will explore these using a focused collection in the Art Gallery of Ontario.