University of Chile

Cultural Management

Faculty of Arts, Postgraduate School
Las Encinas No. 3370
Santiago, Nunoa
Chile
Main Phone: (56-2) 678 75 15 [or] (56-2) 678 75 10
Main E-Mail: postgarte@uchile.cl

Degree/Credential: Graduate (Master's in Cultural Management)
Web Site: http://www.uchile.cl/

Program Director: RLeon [link available to AAAE members only]

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Program Goals and Objectives

Strategies to link the economy, administration and legislation in a special product such as art is the primary focus of the program. Areas of specialization include research, teaching, and cultural administration in public and private enterprises.

The growth and diversification of cultural activities in Chile, public and private, has been notable during the last years. This demands a greater capacity in optimizing the use of scarce resources and in managing global strategies that include artists, works of art, public and different cultural agents involved in arts circuits

The numerous agencies devoted to these matters such as cultural, municipal and multinational institutes, corporations, foundations and private associations, as also all the system under the National Council for Culture and the Arts, need for premium studies adapted to this country’s reality.

In addition to teachers in the economics and arts areas ( visual arts, music, marketing, human resources among others ), the academic program we offer includes the collaboration of specialists in cultural management ( production, legislation and cultural policies ). All these should provide a solid and constant help for the agents that are responsible for the cultural activities in the country.

The course is offered for specialists managing cultural enterprises. A certificate and diploma of specialist in cultural management and administration in the area of visual arts and specialist in cultural management and administration in the area of music will be awarded upon completion of the program.

The growth and diversity of public and private cultural activities in Chile over the past few years has been dramatic. This situation demands a greater capacity to optimize the use of economic resources that are scarce as well as a global strategy that includes artists, works, the public and also the various agents involved in the art circuits.

The numerous agencies dedicated to these functions, such as: municipal cultural institutes, binational institutes, corporations, foundations, university continuing education programs as well as the system managed by the Ministry of Education require the training and qualification of the people in charge of cultural management and administration, either in the preparation of projects or the production, evaluation and financing of cultural programs.

The structure of this academic program includes the collaboration of specialists with a long experience and trajectory in the field of cultural administration, legislation, or university level art education. There is a convergence of areas such as culture, visual arts and music of the XX century, the economic aspects of cultural management, marketing and human resources, national or international art production and legislation in order to provide a consistent and solid support to the people responsible for optimum cultural management activities.

The University of Chile, through its graduate schools of art and economy and business administration proposes a specialization in: cultural management and administration in the visual arts and cultural management and administration in the area of music, structured in 270 class hours each, ending with a cultural project that responds to the multiple challenges that cultural planning faces today and the consequences derived of the application of an economic model to culture.

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Administration of the Program

The Director of the Cultural Management Program is Professor Rebeca Leon, Licenciate in Fine Arts, specialist in Theory and History of the Arts, University of Chile, with postgraduate studies in France and England.

The Faculty of Arts' specialties include visual arts, dance, music, theater, and theory and history of arts. It administers two museums (the Contemporary Arts Museum and the Museum of American Popular Arts), two theaters, two music and theater halls and several periodical publications. In order to implement these two specific programs, the link with the graduate school of the faculty of economic and administrative faculties has been essential, as this school provides 50% of the joint program.

The Cultural Management Program is a member of ADCULTURA, the cultural managers association of Chile.

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Curriculum

Students must attend 540 class-hours (equivalent to 120 credits) over a period of 2 years, including mandatory and elective courses To graduate, the student must have passed all courses, done a professional practice and had a preliminary project approved by the program committee.

The Post Titles in Administration of Visual Arts and of Music could be valid as the first year of the Magister in Cultural Management.

The Postgraduate School of the Faculty of Arts includes 19 programs, including Doctorates, Magisters and Specialties. The Cultural Management area offers: Post Title in Administration of Visual Arts, Post Title in Administration of Music, Degree in Cultural Management for Education, On-line Degree on Cultural Projects Management, and several updating courses on Cultural Management in diverse regions of the country

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Admissions

The student must have a Professional Title or Degree in an area related to the program. He must also de approved by the Admissions Committee.

A maximum of 25 students will be admitted.