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AES Resource List

February 21, 2024

Arts Extension Service is dedicated to supporting artists and arts organizations by providing education and information. Find a list below of continuously updated and ongoing resources and...

What Goes Around…, by Bill Cleveland

January 12, 2024

The AES-spawned programs in St. Louis and Minneapolis trained over 1,000 creative community leaders and planted the seeds for community arts leadership training programs in four other US communities. All told, AES’s investment in cultural leadership training has planted seeds for hundreds of arts-based community partnerships, programs, and policies in education, transportation, housing, public safety, healthcare, and community cultural development, all with demonstrated positive impact.

In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, by Dorothy Chen-Courtin

January 08, 2024

Fifty years ago, a young man dropped out of college for lack of funds. Bill Venman, founding Director of the Division of Continuing Education (DCE) at UMass Amherst, offered him a part-time job to help him finance his college education. The young man was Stan Rosenberg.

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Arts Management

Why wait? Follow your passion.

Are you ready to reimagine and build stronger communities, produce engaging arts programming, or sustain an innovative creative business? Kickstart your arts management career and acquire the skills needed to successfully lead your nonprofit organization and inspire creative expression. Begin today by taking AES courses and earning your arts management certificate or degree

Not sure which class to take? Connect with us at aes@acad.umass.edu and we’ll help match you with an advisor who will help you design your course of study.

Alumni Profile

Jessica Gelter

Jessica Gelter is a dedicated nonprofit leader and holds the Core Certificate in Arts Management from the Arts Extension Service. Read more about Jessica the ways she has used the certificate in her daily work as executive director at ArtsAlive!

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