Arts Administration Program Director DeNatale Shares Findings on Impact of Pandemic on Field with Conference

On Thursday, May 26, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Arts Administration Dr. Doug DeNatale will join the 2022 Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) Conference to share what he has learned about the ways the global COVID-19 crisis has affected the field since its 2020 onset. The virtual webinar, “Career Impacts of […]

Arts Administration Students Team with Nonprofit on Capital Campaign Development

Students in the BU Metropolitan College Arts Administration course Capital Campaigns (MET AR 711) are getting valuable hands-on experience working with the nonprofit Manship Artist Residency + Studios (MARS) to develop an anticipated capital campaign to further MARS’ historic preservation efforts. The course, led by fundraising expert Mary Doorley Simboski, ACFRE, is part of the […]

Cultivating Trust, Transparency the Key to Ethical Fundraising, Lecturer Says

As managing director of a leading fundraising and social impact consulting firm, lecturer Mary Doorley-Simboski understands how vital it is to maintain total integrity in nonprofit development, especially given the ongoing concern of donor skepticism. As she teaches in her course, Capital Campaigns (MET AR 711), a core component to the Fundraising Management Graduate Certificate […]

Arts Administration Faculty Named New Chief Program and Impact Officer for TSNE MissionWorks

Michael Ibrahim (MET’07), an alum of BU MET’s MS in Arts Administration who also teaches in the program, was recently appointed chief program and impact officer at TSNE MissionWorks (formerly Third Sector New England), a $70 million nonprofit management and capacity organization that serves New England and beyond. In his new role, Ibrahim will oversee, […]

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, […]