Why choose the Arts MBA?
The Arts MBA is specially designed to meet the training needs of:
- Professionals active in cultural organizations, areas and companies, public and private, permanent or project-based, who seek to improve their management skills and/or promote themselves at work.
- University graduates from areas such as humanities, economics, law, history, communication, fine arts, engineering, education and other disciplines who wish to develop a career in the cultural sector.
- Artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals seeking to turn their vocation into a viable profession.
- Researcher/s and teachers in cultural management.
Our main objective is to train professionals to effectively and efficiently manage and administer organizations, companies, public institutions, areas and projects in the cultural field.
Specifically, we prepare professionals capable of:
• Develop and consolidate the mission of their cultural organizations.
• Attract and retain audiences and financial resources.
• Efficiently manage resources, guaranteeing sustainability and growth.
- Practical and experiential approach: you will learn through real cases from the cultural sector, guided by experts in each area.
- Innovation in teaching: active professionals teaching classes, ensuring training that responds to the needs of the different areas of cultural management: museums, music, live arts, publishing,... Current and relevant content.
- Action-oriented methodology: from day one, you will learn management strategies and tools applicable to specific situations.
- Network of contacts: during and after completing the program you will be part of a network of cultural management professionals, a tool that, when used correctly, will help you in your career.
It is expected that individuals who successfully complete the Arts MBA will be prepared to perform roles such as:
- Director(s), director(s), manager(s) and technicians of cultural entities.
- Responsible for communication and marketing in the cultural field.
- Responsible for finances, viability and fundraising, sponsorships and donations.
- Producer/s of cultural events.
- Promoter/s of activities such as concerts, festivals, tours, performances, exhibitions, professional markets or conferences, among others.
- In general, professionals working in organizations that are part of the value chain of the cultural sector or those related to it (tourism, gastronomy,...).
An experiential approach for cultural, artistic and creative management professionals in the digital age.
Aim
Train and prepare professionals to effectively and efficiently manage and administer organizations, companies, public institutions, areas and projects in the cultural field.
Cloister
(SC Tenerife).
(Barcelona).
(Barcelona).
(SC of Tenerife).
(El Vendrell, Barcelona)
(The Gran Canarian palms).
(Barcelona).
(The Gran Canarian palms).
(The Gran Canarian palms).
(Barcelona)
(Madrid).
Arts MBA is specially designed to learn how to lead teams and direct cultural entities with social impact.
Jorge Bernárdez López
co-director of the Arts MBA
“As director of DD&Company Producciones SL, I confirm the need for adequate higher education in the field of cultural management and in that sense I would like to highlight the solvency of the Arts MBA · University Master's Degree in Cultural, Artistic and Creative Management, a degree offered by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria”.
Dania Dévora
D&D Company Productions
“The Arts MBA training, a pioneer in the Canary Islands, will contribute to the training of professionals necessary for the management of the arts, the cultural sector and the creative industry of the archipelago.”
Oliver Martin
EMA-Canary Islands School of Music
Vice President of Culture Circle from Barcelona. Founding partner of NARTEX Barcelona (Culture, creative economy and development) with projects in Europe, Asia and America. Member of the jury of the Cultural Capitals of Europe (2012—2016) of the European Commission. Member of the UNESCO expert group (2011-2015). He has been director of the Ampurias archaeological park, manager of the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB), and project director of the Barcelona Design Museum.
Member of the Expert Commission on Culture of the Organization of Ibero-American States for 2024-2027. Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Cultural Management at the University of Barcelona since 1999. He has been President of the Spanish Committee of ICOMOS – International Council of Monuments and Sites between 2021-2023 and Vice President between 2019-2021. Non-governmental organization that advises UNESCO on World Heritage issues.
Manager of the CANARIAS FOUNDATION OF PERFORMING ARTS AND MUSIC 2013 to 2017. Deputy Director General CANARIA FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM AND THEATER. 2010 to 2013. Deputy Director General CANARIA TEATRO PÉREZ GALDÓS FOUNDATION. 2007 to 2010. INCOME 4 Securities company. Asset manager 2006 to 2007. ADEPSI. Economic-financial technician 2005 to 2006. BLAU INVEST FUERTEVENTURA, SL Marketing Director 2003 to 2005. JOSÉ PADILLA FRANCÉS, SL
Professional career of more than 3 decades dedicated to the Music Industry, going through different areas such as promotion, marketing or A&R, until occupying his current position as president of Sony Music Iberia (Spain and Portugal), since 2012.
She has been Financial Director of Buendía Estudios, SL, parent company of the Buendía group, an audiovisual production company established under 50% by the Telefónica group and the Atresmedia group, dedicated to the production of fiction, entertainment and cinema that has more than thirty productions to its credit. . He has been responsible for finances in various startups of the Telefónica group and in the different businesses that the group has undertaken.
Philologist. He has worked in communication, editing and web architecture for the last twenty years. She has been communications director of Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB). Project Manager of Picasso Museum of Barcelona (2006-2011) and after director of Strategy, Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya-MNAC (2012-2019). Teacher in master's degrees at various universities (UOC, UIC, UB).
Director-curator of the Cueva Pintada Museum and Archaeological Park (Gáldar) (2013-2023).
With a degree in law and a diploma in community law, Lola has developed her profession in the tourism sector, with 15 years of experience and, specifically, in the creation and marketing of differentiated, sustainable leisure products aligned with new customer demands. .
Career Officer of the Body of Full University Professors. Doctor from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Master in teaching competencies from the Ramón LLull University.
He has been management director of Magamacultura France (Paris) and Tick Tack Ticket (currently Tickematser); managing director of the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, the Philharmonic of Gran Canaria and the Autonomous Organization of Culture of SC de Tenerife; and general director of Poble Espanyol in Barcelona.