The Arts Management and Heritage Studies MA aims to develop your understanding of the changing political, policy and practice contexts within which the arts and heritage sectors operate today.
In this course you'll explore the nature of heritage and how meanings of objects, artworks and buildings change in different contexts. You will examine the challenges faced by arts managers and cultural leaders, and the changes that have led some museums to move towards the role of the ‘manager’ rather than the ‘curator’.
You'll choose from optional modules to tailor your Masters degree to your interests or career plans – including the opportunity to undertake a work placement or consultancy project role in either arts management or heritage. Previous students have undertaken placements focused on collections, digitisation work, digital interpretation and community engagement.
Supported by our Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage, you will benefit from our partnerships with major arts and cultural organisations to find out what it means to work in this challenging sector.
Additional highlights
You'll study in the heart of a cultural hub for this diverse and vibrant region. Leeds is home to a wide variety of world-leading and innovative arts and heritage organisations, from the Royal Armouries, Opera North, Leeds Playhouse and Northern Ballet through to museums, galleries and heritage sites and many contemporary art spaces.
We are close to everything the rest of Yorkshire has to offer, from The Hepworth Wakefield to the National Science and Media Museum, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Brontë Parsonage Museum. We have close links with many of these cultural institutions to support your practical learning.
This course is developed in close collaboration with the School of Performance and Cultural Industries and allows you to undertake compulsory and optional modules in both Schools. You'll become a member of the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage and enjoy opportunities from networking events and links to alumni, to conferences, seminars and reading groups.
You will study a range of core and optional modules offered by the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies and the School of Performance and Cultural Industries.
In Interpretations, you will work on a digital interpretive intervention. This experience prepares you for the option of undertaking a negotiated work placement or optional modules exploring audiences, participation or engagement in semester two. Read about exhibitions and activities curated by our students.
In Critical Issues, you are supported to locate interpretive, conservation, curatorial or marketing practices in the context of current academic and professional debates going on to develop your own mini-research project which prepares you for your dissertation.
The optional module Placements in Context: Policy, Organisations and Practice supports you to deliver a collaborative group project responding to a brief set by one of our many gallery, museum and heritage partners. Previous projects have collaborated with organisations such as the National Science and Media Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries, The Tetley, and Hyde Park Picture House. We work with a range of organisations in Leeds and beyond to develop placement projects that have a direct impact on the work of our partners and give you a crucial insight into employment in the sector.
You will study a core module and have the choice of optional modules run by the School of Performance and Cultural Industries:
In the core module Arts Management and Cultural Leadership, you will examine theoretical concepts in the emerging field of arts management and the challenges faced by arts managers and cultural leaders. Dialogue with our arts and cultural partners will give an insight into the exciting possibilities opened up by bringing theory and practice together. Yo
u can build on this work and specialise in your own areas of interest, through optional modules that explore a variety of key issues, such as audience engagement and impact, cultural entrepreneurship, and contemporary cultural strategies, technologies and media.
Optional modules from PCI include Cultural Participation and Participatory Cultures in which you can develop deeper understanding of the participation agenda which is of growing international importance. The module helps you to better understand the role of cultural participation in society, and to explore how cultural participation can bring about social change. You will evaluate and analyse case studies from within the cultural sector and develop your own participatory action.
Your dissertation project will develop research around art management, museums, galleries and heritage practice and theories. You can either choose a standard route or develop a practice-led dissertation project, where you combine practical work with critical reflective writing.
(Part-Time)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF5253M | Interpretations | 15 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| ARTF5254M | Critical Issues | 15 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| PECI5207M | Arts Management and Cultural Leadership | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | PFP |
(Part-Time)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF5034M | MA Dissertation | 60 | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | PFP |
| ARTF5221M | MA Practice-led Dissertation | 60 | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits, choosing from the optional modules in Baskets A and B. Note that the list is indicative, and may change year by year.
Semester 1 Basket A
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF5001M | Derrida and Deconstruction | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF5033M | Aesthetics and Politics | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF5042M | Art, Ecology and Empire | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF5063M | Postcolonial Feminisms | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF5193M | Humanity, Animality and Globality | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF5195M | Unmaking Things: Materials and Ideas in the European Renaissance | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Semester 1 Basket B
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF5069M | Art & Money: the modern and contemporary art markets | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HPSC5601M | History & Theory of Modern Science Communication | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PECI5209M | Critical Debates in Culture and Place | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PECI5213M | Cultural Participation and Participatory Cultures | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PECI5219M | Sustainable Development in Arts and Culture | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits, choosing from the optional modules in Baskets C and D. Note that the list is indicative, and may change year by year.
Semester 2 Basket C
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF5011M | Jewish Museums and the Display of Cultural Difference | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF5031M | Unfinished Business: Trauma, Cultural Memory and the Holocaust | 30 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ARTF5051M | Intersecting Practices: Questioning the Intersection of Contemporary Art and Heritage | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF5052M | Adventures in the Archive | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF5111M | Art of the Silk Roads | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF5191M | Anthropology, Art and Representation | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF5211M | The Cultural Politics of Artificial Intelligence | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Semester 2 Basket D
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF5802M | Placements in Context: Policy, Organizations and Practice | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5105M | Creative Work | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5106M | Performance and Collaborative Enterprise | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5211M | Audience, Engagement and Impact | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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