Arts and Cultural Events Management

Course aim

This course examines the types of arts and cultural festivals and events worldwide, exploring the history and significance of such events. It provides practical information and case studies on producing a live event or festival including management, programming, budgeting, contracting, obtaining funding, marketing, risk assessment and evaluation.

Course content

The syllabus covers the role, management and organisation of arts festivals and live events, including planning and management, programming, marketing, budgeting, income generation, grants and sponsorship, risk assessment and evaluation processes. The course will consider current case studies of successful arts festivals and events from Australia and overseas. The course will give students practical training in writing grant applications, budgeting live events (such as a major international opera) and developing a specialised marketing plan for an event. The strengths and weakness of arts festivals and events will be evaluated.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv. x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Major assignment, Report and Presentation (report 20%, presentation 15%)

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.