Arts Management Online Non-credit Certificate Classes

Faculty Profiles:

Tom Borrup, M.A. has been a leader and innovator in non-profit community and cultural work for over twenty-five years. His work explores the intersections between culture, community building, and economic development. He consults with foundations, nonprofits and public agencies across the U.S. in strategic planning and program evaluation. Borrup has written many articles for publications in the arts, city planning, and philanthropy. As executive director of Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis from 1980 until 2002, Borrup developed a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural organization recognized nationally for its work in nurturing artists and other cultural assets in its diverse urban community.  Mr. Borrup received his B.A. in liberal arts from Goddard College, and continued there to receive his M.A. in communications and public policy. He currently teaches for the Graduate Program in Arts Administration at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Drexel, and for the Arts Extension Service.at the University of Massachusetts. Courses taught: Creative Economy

Dee Boyle Clapp, M.F.A., M.N.M., Dee Boyle Clapp, M.F.A., M.N.M., is the Interim Director of the Arts Extension Service where she leads training programs in a variety of arts management topics for state arts agencies around the country, teaches in AES’ arts administration degree and certificate programs, and conducts AES research projects.  Dee is a sculptor, installation artist and lecturer on 'green' topics and has over 25 years of experience in the arts, teaching a variety of studio, art history and arts management courses at UMass Amherst, museum schools, and community colleges.  Dee co-owned the Artemis Gallery and was a founding member and the first director of the Art Bank, and was part of the restoration team for this 1860's bank building in Shelburne Falls, MA.  As Director she ran all programming for two galleries, studio art courses, the Children’s Blue Snow Performance Series, the adult performance series, festivals and community events.  Dee directed a local humane society, and established successful humane education and outreach programs, doubled the organization’s endowment and annual operating budget, and prepared the organization for a $5 million capital campaign. She was program coordinator for the Fostering the Arts and Culture Partnership creative economy project organizing business and marketing training, exhibition and web opportunities, and networking for artists. She joined the staff at the Arts Extension Service in 2008.  Dee's work has long involved sustainability. She has greened two organizations, co-founded and co-chaired a UMass Green Team, and lectures on sustainability issues.  Dee lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and son on a solar-powered off-grid llama farm. She holds bachelor's degrees in art and art history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an MFA in sculpture from UMass Amherst, and a Master's in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.  Courses taught: Introduction to Arts Management,  Financial Management, Fundraising, Greening Your Nonprofit Arts Organization.

 Maren Brown, M.B.A.  has over 25 years of experience in the field of arts management, primarily in museums (art, history and science museums) and higher education. She is the Principal of the arts consulting firm, Maren Brown Associates, LLC, where she where she offers consulting services (strategic planning, program evaluation, systems redesign, creative economy, marketing and financial review services) for state, local and regional arts agencies and cultural organizations, leads training programs in a variety of arts management topics for state, local and regional arts agencies around the nation (artist business skills, arts programming, creative economy, marketing, program evaluation, partnership development, artist business skills and other programs), teaches arts management courses in the University of Massachusetts Amherst arts administration degree and certificate programs, and offers mentoring services to artists in establishing and running their artist businesses. Brown is co-editor of the 5th edition of Fundamentals of Arts Management, which is utilized as a foundational text by 45% of the arts management degree programs in the nation, and a contributor to the Partners in Creative Economy Planning Workbook.  During her career, Brown has directed an arts council, founded the educational department of a performing and visual arts center, led a multi-disciplinary museum school, initiated a family program series, developed school tours, curated an exhibition series, and founded a regional arts alliance serving three counties in Massachusetts.  Courses taught: Introduction to Arts Management, Arts Marketing and Arts Programming.

 Craig Dreeszen, Ph.D. is an educator, consultant, and writer who works nationally with arts and other community organizations to do organizational development and strategic planning, collaborative planning, program evaluation, and community cultural planning. Craig earned his Ph.D. in regional planning and his M.Ed. in organizational development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is author of many books and articles and courses on planning, board development, arts education collaborations, and program evaluation. Craig directed the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts for twelve years until 2002, before he founded Dreeszen & Associates, a consulting firm in Northampton, Massachusetts. Courses taught: Strategic Planning, Board Development and  Program Evaluation.

Mary Margaret Schoenfeld, MA in Public Afairs, is an independent arts management consultant.  For 25 years she has led efforts in nonprofit and public sector arts organizations to train and provide technical assistance to artists and arts administrators, create programs, and manage funding programs and other resources to ensure that arts and cultural opportunities are available to the widest possible audience.   She received her B.A. in Government from St. Lawrence University and an M.A. in Public Affairs (concentration on Community and Economic Development) from the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis.  Schoenfeld works with a variety of clients to support community cultural development.  She is the National Coordinator for the US Regional Arts Organizations, and other clients have included national associations, nonprofit organizations and a family foundation.  She serves frequently as a panelist on a variety of arts management topics, and as a grant evaluator.  Schoenfeld has worked for local, state and national organizations including Americans for the Arts, the Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington County, Virginia, the League of Historic American Theatres, the Vermont Arts Council and the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota.  Courses taught: Arts Programming.

Marete Wester, M.A. in Arts Management is an educator, writer and consultant in arts management and arts education living in New Jersey. She is currently serving as executive director of Dance New Jersey, leading that organization's transition into a professionally-staffed, state-wide advocacy and service organization promoting dance and dance education. While at Dance New Jersey, she has led reorganization efforts, and instituted the first statewide Dance Worker Inventory and Needs Assessment project in the state. Marete is also an adjunct professor for arts administration in Seton Hall's Graduate Department of Public and Healthcare Administration in New Jersey. Her previous positions include executive director of the Alliance for Arts Education/New Jersey (AAE/NJ), acting program specialist for presenting organizations at the National Endowment for the Arts, and associate director of program operations at the Staten Island Council on the Arts in Staten Island, New York. She holds a bachelor's of music performance degree from Wilkes University, Pennsylvania and a master's degree in arts administration from Drexel University in Philadelphia. Courses taught: Arts Education and Policy.