Arts Administration Teachers Examine Intersection of Commerce, Social Impact
Jeannette Guillemin and Wendy Swart Grossman—who co-designed MET AR 789 Cultural Entrepreneurship, an elective in the MET Master of Science in Arts Administration program—have authored an article that explores the role corporate and university resources can play in creating social impact-minded art. In the December 2017 volume of Social Innovations Journal, the College of Fine […]
Cultural Entrepreneurship Teachers Advocate for Business/Art Collaborations
Among the most important lessons students in the Metropolitan College Arts Administration program learn is how to channel the collective power of art and culture with business, technology, and social impact. Jeannette Guillemin, director ad interim, School of Visual Arts, CFA, and Wendy Swart Grossman, nonprofit and foundation consultant, contributed a co-authored chapter to Creating […]
MET Arts Admin Director Backs Summery Greek Exhibit
A new art exhibit in Athens, Greece is being curated by Metropolitan College Arts Administration Program Director Lanfranco Aceti. Held at the Kalfayan Galleries, “Remains of a Summer Bliss” is the work of Greek-born, London-based artist Bill Balaskas, who Aceti calls “one of the most exciting, politically and socially engaged artists working in Europe today.” […]
New Art Installation Draws on Modern Protests
Modern expressions of social and political unrest are examined in a new piece of performance art being backed by the Metropolitan College Arts Administration program. “The Body of the People,” curated by Arts Administration Program Director Lanfranco Aceti, is a new audio-visual installation set to be unveiled September 29 at Boston’s Old South Meeting House. […]
Silver Lining Exhibit Explores Complexity of Technology Interface
A new exhibit curated by Arts Administration Program Director Lanfranco Aceti highlights developing social tensions born of the contemporary technological age. The product of artist and researcher Jenny Marketou, Aceti describes the “Silver Lining” installation as “not just about a critique of the dystopia of the contemporary media technologies, but a way of pointing to […]
Arts Administration Puts Mobile Tech in Place with New Publication
L.A. Re.Play: Mobile Network Culture in Placemaking, presented by Metropolitan College Arts Administration Program Director Lanfranco Aceti together with Prof. Hana Iverson, Prof. Mimi Sheller, and artist and curator Jenny Marketou, explores the developing influence of mobile technology on the way people perceive their society, community, and general sense of place. Visit the Arts Administration […]
Professor Maloney to Join Debate on Culture and Business
Richard Maloney, assistant professor and director ad interim of arts administration, is a panelist for “Teaching and Learning Cultural Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century,” the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Center’s (ENCATC) Fifth Annual Policy Debate. The event will be held this summer in Brussels. Learn more about ENCATC and the debate Source: ENCATC.org […]
From Grade-School Artist to CNN Hero
At age 7, Adash Alphons (MET’13) was tossed out of school for doodling in class. Today, this graduate of BU’s Arts Administration master’s program is founder and executive director of the renowned ProjectArt—and a CNN Hero. Brighten your day with a look at Alphons’ inspiring story » Source: CNN.com 05.28.15
Art Management and Fundraising in the Age of Economic Crises and Social Networks
by Lanfranco Aceti Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 2:00-3:00 p.m. 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 The complexity of the contemporary social and economic crises has created a new scenario in which networks, audiences and their behaviors become assets to be cultivated, harvested and sold. What are the challenges that artists, curators, producers and institutions face […]
MET Professor Quoted on Juggling College, Home, and Work Life
Given the challenges of balancing grad school and other responsibilities, it’s important to be committed right from the start. That’s the advice Richard G. Maloney, PhD, assistant professor and director ad interim of Metropolitan College’s Arts Administration Program gives prospective students in the 2015 issue of Graduate College & Universities. “In my experience, self-awareness and […]