Introduction to Visual Arts Management

This module is designed as a Level 2 practical foundation to the Arts and Culture Management second major and aims to equip students with an expansive and inclusive knowledge of the key processes, practices and principles affecting the current and future directions of visual arts management in Singapore.

Balancing conceptual analysis of past and existing institutional models with practical steps towards creating new approaches, students will engage critically and experientially with the structures, operations and management of the artists, organisations and stakeholders that present or produce visual artworks on various settings and scales. Strong emphasis will be placed on interrogating exhibition-making as material, embodied and dialogic practices, as well as considering the influences and issues arising from the proliferation of artistic and curatorial activities that have moved beyond the gallery to the street, heartlands, festivals and the internet.

Ultimately, this module is aimed at enabling the Arts and Culture Management student in cultivating the competences required to support and respond to our fast-changing visual arts ecosystem challenged by various artistic, systemic, and audience-related issues.