Interdisciplinary Arts - Arts Leadership

Learn about the Arts Leadership BA program through the experience of student storyteller Emilio Garcia-Corona. Emilio is a musician, filmmaker, actor, and arts leader who integrates creation, conversation, and cultivation into his work on and off the SU campus.

Interdisciplinary Arts with Specialization in Arts Leadership

Degrees Offered: BA, Minor

The BA in Interdisciplinary Arts with Specialization in Arts Leadership is designed for students who want to create, manage, or administer creative activities within a specific arts discipline.  The program combines classroom learning with an internship in a local arts organization so you’re ready for life after graduation, whether you want to run your own business as a working artist or work at a museum or theatre.

Program highlights

• Flexibility: students balance the arts leadership core with classes in other areas, like business or visual and performing arts.
• Coursework: classes are offered in finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, law, and fundraising in the arts.
• Internship: all students take a 5-credit internship in a local arts organization, like the Seattle Art Museum or Seattle Repertory Theatre.