Careers& Internships
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN ARTS MANAGEMENT DEGREE?
The demand for creative people with entrepreneurial and administrative skills is on the rise. Organizations in a wide array of fields are looking for leaders who can think differently, integrate knowledge across disciplines, spot and solve problems, and generate new ideas.
POSSIBLE JOB TITLES
- Exhibition and Immersive Experience Designer
- Event Planner
- Nonprofit Arts Administrator
- Artistic Director
- Cultural Services Program Director
- Development Director
- Executive Director
- Patron Services Director
- Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Special Events Coordinator
- Artistic Outreach Manager
- Box Office Manager
- Community and Corporate Relations Manager
- Donor Relations Manager
- Grants Manager
- Facility Manager
- Arts and Social Justice Leader
- Community Arts Advocate
ALUMNI CAREERS
Arts Management alumni have gone on to work for schools, museums, theatre companies, music festivals, symphonies, operas, nonprofit organizations, and multinational corporations.
- American Alliance of Artists and Audiences
- Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
- Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
- Association of Arts Administration Educators
- City of Asheville Public Art & Cultural Commission
- City of Fort Collins Cultural Services
- Crested Butte Film Festival
- Fort Collins Discovery Museum
- International Arts Organization Administrators
- Omaha Opera
- Salt Lake City Symphony and Opera
- Tacoma Opera
- Tulsa Youth Symphony
- Walt Disney Company
- Wyoming Arts Council
INTERNSHIPS
Arts Management students receive specialized insight and training during internships in organizations nationwide. Here is a sample of some recent locations our students have interned.
- ACT Human Rights Film Fest (Colorado)
- AltaMed Health Services (California)
- Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.)
- Art Lab Fort Collins (Colorado)
- City of Alexandra Arts and Culture (Virginia)
- City of Fort Collins Cultural Services (Colorado)
- City of Fort Collins Neighborhood Services (Colorado)
- Colorado Creative Industries (Colorado)
- CSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion (Colorado)
- Country Music Hall of Fame (Nashville)
- Cultural Alliance of York County (Pennsylvania)
- Denver Public Schools (Colorado)
- First Stage Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
- Fort Collins Museum of Art (Colorado)
- Lake Forest Academy (Illinois)
- Larimer Chorale (Wyoming)
- Laramie Public Art Coalition (Wyoming)
- National Arts Materials Trade Association (Ohio)
- Northwest Connecticut Arts Council (Connecticut)
- Opera St Louis (Missouri)
- Pueblo Arts Alliance (Colorado)
- Pueblo Prison System (Colorado)
- Redline Contemporary Art Center (Colorado)
- Santa Fe Opera (New Mexico)
- Wicked Tour (NYC/National)