Arts Leadership + Business

The College of Fine Arts

The undergraduate and graduate minors in Arts Leadership + Business provide an educational foundation to explore current and emerging professional practices in a variety of creative industry fields

Students from all majors are eligible to declare their Arts Leadership + Business (ALBS) undergraduate or graduate Minor. ALBS courses explore a multitude of fascinating career paths within the creative economy. From building basic business skills to financial management, social media, business planning, leadership, fundraising, entrepreneurship, and non-profit arts administration, the ALBS program covers a wide range of topics as they relate to all the disciplines in the arts. Our diverse faculty prepares students to be successful in their chosen for-profit and/or non-profit field. The ALBS minor culminates with an Internship Program providing students with opportunities to develop professional skills and build an enduring network with our many community arts partners. Strengthen your degree in any field with an undergraduate or graduate minor in Arts Leadership + Business.

Arts Leadership + Business Degrees

Undergraduate Minor is 18 credits
Graduate Minor is 15 credits

Learn more about the required courses

Minors in Arts Leadership + Business

Arts Leadership & Business
Director

Katie Dukes Walker
Director
dukeskatie@unm.edu
Biography

516 Arts

Harwood Art Center

City of Albuquerque Public Art Urban Enhancement

City of Albuquerque International Balloon Museum

City of Albuquerque Museum of Art & History

Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum Foundation

Bernalillo County Public Art Program

Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts

UNM Health Sciences Center Marketing Studio

Tricklock Theatre

Albuquerque Little Theatre

Basement Films

Serious Grippage and Light Co

Judy Chicago Studio / Through The Flower

UNM Art Department

ASUNM Arts & Crafts Studio

NM Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera Southwest

UNM Art / Hammersley Foundation

UNM Tamarind Institute

UNM Summer Music Institute

UNM Fine Arts Development

Meet the faculty of Arts Leadership + Business

Katie Dukes Walker
Director
UNM Fine Arts
dukeskatie@unm.edu
Biography

Ingela Onstad
Adjunct Lecturer,
UNM Fine Arts
ionstad@unm.edu
Biography

Jessamyn Lovell
Senior Lecturer III,
UNM Fine Arts
jlovell@unm.edu
Biography

Nicole Kesel
Adjunct Lecturer
Film & Digital Arts
UNM Fine Arts
nkesel@unm.edu
Biography

Viola Arduini
Adjunct Lecturer,
UNM Fine Arts
varduini@unm.edu
Biography

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