Fine Arts Minors

Survey of arts management terms and concepts with an emphasis on the creative workforce and economy, business of art, nonprofit management, and arts career development strategies. Students develop a career plan that informs their academic directions.

Fundamentals of promotional video making and providing technical and aesthetic proficiencies used in video communications for public relations and marketing. Includes exposure to industry practices and the expertise of public relations and marketing professionals.

Emphasis on developing a Web presence and using social media tools for arts marketing and promotion. Real world projects and case discussions will assist in understanding social media marketing practices and strategies.

This problems course rotates areas of study that reflect contemporary trends and issues in Arts Management. Problems include, but are not limited to: creative economy, public arts commissioning, and arts entrepreneurship.

Students will learn roles of the motion picture producer, acquiring the skills to produce a film or digital media project. Includes choosing a viable project and optioning, developing and preparing for pre-production, production, and post-production.

This course guides students to research and review current theories and trends in the creative economy and how this economic activity is shaping contemporary arts management strategies and practices nationally and globally.

Prerequisite: 250.

Restriction: permission of instructor. 

The course is designed to prepare students to be successful arts administrators as they apply management principles in an arts environment. Students will develop capacity building strategies and their own professional practice in the arts.

Prerequisite: 250 or *365.

Arts Management Practices rotates areas of study that considers current professional practices in allied fields. Practices include, but are not limited to: public arts commissioning, arts funding development, or creative placemaking.

The arts management internship is required for the minor in Arts Management for both undergraduate and graduate students. Students are required to complete concurrent online training and 150 internship hours onsite under a mentor's supervision.

Prerequisite: 250.

Restriction: permission of program.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Explores fundamental connections and differences among artistic media through readings, lectures, attendance at artistic exhibits and events, and discussions with creators of collaborative works of art.  Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts.

Course may be repeated for credit up to four times, as long as the content varies with approval from Associate Dean.

This course will focus on collaborative and interdisciplinary practice in the arts and will provide openings for students to expand their current projects into cross-disciplinary works.

An independent study in either critical studies or studio, beyond the scope of the Fine Arts interdisciplinary courses, which may occur within or outside the College of Fine Arts.

Examines community arts history and theory as a backdrop to explore contemporary arts practice. Subject is explored through readings, research into exemplary national arts organizations, and a practicum experience (40 hours) with a host organization.

Prerequisite: 250.

Devon

Topics related to the operation of a professional printmaking workshop including history, business structures, ethics and marketing.

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Hamon

Advanced techniques in lithography with emphasis on development of skills necessary for the master printer. Lecture and practicum topics include theory and chemistry of lithography, collaboration, edition printing, workshop management and paper.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

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This course is the final project for B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts. The course topics and focus center on professional practices and critical discourse for interdisciplinary and collaborative artists.

Prerequisite: 284 and *370 and *395.