UWW Arts Administration Concentration Degree

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, and for the Institute for Arts Management at the University of Massachusetts. Courses taught: GENRL-ST398J Creative Economy.

Dee Boyle Clapp, M.F.A. is a sculptor and installation artist and holds bachelor's degrees in art and art history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an MFA in sculpture from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and is completing an online Master's in nonprofit management from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. She has taught a variety of studio and art history courses at UMass Amherst, museum schools, and at community colleges. Dee co-owned the Artemis Gallery where she curated and hung over 40 exhibitions. She was a founding member and the first director of the Art Bank art school, gallery and performance center in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, where she was responsible for the programming of two galleries, ongoing studio courses, the Children’s Blue Snow Performance Series, the Adult Performance Series, festivals and community events. A self-described animal person, Dee indulged her passion and shocked her friends by leaving the arts and directing a local humane society where she established a successful humane education and outreach program, doubled the organization’s endowment and annual operating budget, and prepared the organization for a $5 million capital campaign. She returned to the arts to become the program manager with the Fostering the Arts and Culture Partnership working to build the Franklin County Creative Economy by providing business and marketing training, exhibition and web opportunities, and networking for artists, writers, actors, musicians, tech artists and others. After teaching in the program for a year, she joined the staff at the Arts Extension Service full-time in 2008.  Dee lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and son on a solar-powered llama farm, where they welcome tour groups and give talks on sustainable energy and green living.

Maren Brown, M.B.A. has over 20 years of experience in the field of arts management, primarily in museums (art, history and science museums) and higher education. She received both her graduate (MBA) and undergraduate degrees (BA, arts management and women's studies) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a practicing egg tempera painter, and currently serves as the Director of the Arts Extension Service at UMass Amherst. During her career, Maren has directed an arts council (funding organization) and a museum school, originated a family program series, developed school tours, curated an exhibition series of regional artists, and served a variety of other functions in museums. She is the founder of the Western Massachusetts Arts Alliance, serves as the co-chair of the Massachusetts Department of Education Arts Education Advisory Board and is a trustee on the Plan for Progress (a regional planning board). She has served on several other non-profit boards over the years. Courses taught: GENRL ST397D Arts Marketing and GENRL ST397AE Financial Management in the Arts.

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: GENRL ST397A Strategic Planning, GENRL ST397B Board Development and GENRL ST397G Program Evaluation.

Julia Fabris-McBride, Graduate, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, is a Life and Leadership Coach and owner of Coach Julia, Inc. She helps individuals and organizations know themselves deeply, and then use that knowledge to align actions with values, forge powerful connections, and do good work in the world.  Coaching clients include executive directors and key staff of nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurs, artists and independent consultants. Clients live in communities across the country, but share a deep commitment to community service and creative expression. Julia is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Certified Coach, a graduate of Coach University, and president of the Wichita Chapter of ICF. An accomplished public speaker and workshop leader, prior to launching her own business in 2004, Julia was deputy director at the Illinois Arts Alliance, and enjoyed a 20-year career in Chicago theatre. Julia lives in Matfield Green, Kansas, with her husband Bill McBride and their son Luke.  She is an avid organic vegetable gardener, and a member of the board of directors of the Pioneer Bluffs Foundation. Courses taught: GENRL ST397A Strategic Planning.

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: GENRL ST397C Fundraising and GENRL ST397I Arts Education.