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Perspiration, Inspiration & Celebration in Focus at Creative Innovation Panel

For 10 years, students in the BU Metropolitan College MS Arts Administration program have benefited from the standout course Creative Startups: From Idea to Impact (MET AR 789), which teaches them to better recognize the roles creativity and ideation play in entrepreneurship as building blocks to innovation, the creative economy, and crafting business models. More
Lecture: Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, Chair, National Endowment for the Arts
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The Arts Administration program at Boston University's Metropolitan College (MET) is proud to announce that Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, will deliver the second Annual Daniel Ranalli Lecture. This year’s lecture is brought to you by MET in partnership with BU’s College of Communication and College of Fine Arts.
The Daniel Ranalli Lecture is complimentary, but seating is limited. The event will be followed by a reception hosted by the BU Arts Initiative.
Creative Innovation Panel

Creative Innovation Panel: Perspiration, Inspiration, and Celebration! In recognition of 10 years of Creative Startups Course at BU. More
Bold New Horizons Take the Stage at Performing Arts Administration Panel

The theater business never stared down a crisis more dramatic than the 2020 onset of a global pandemic. All across the world, stages went dark for an unscheduled and indeterminate intermission, cheating audiences out of performances they rely on to inspire awe and wonder, and leaving theater managers, along with producers, performers, orchestras, and crew, decidedly off-script and in search of solutions to keep their industry solvent. More
Finding Supportive Mentors Key to Sustained Career Success in Changing Arts World

Dr. Douglas DeNatale, director of Arts Administration at BU’s Metropolitan College (MET), has good news for those committed to a career in the arts: despite the field’s massive sea changes amid a worldwide pandemic, there are still ample professional opportunities to be had, given the proper guidance. More