芝加哥艺术学院（SAIC）的艺术管理和政策艺术硕士（MA）课程提供了一个学术结构，学生可以在其中学习特定技能，同时对当代艺术问题形成批判性的观点管理。艺术一直是谈判当今最具挑战性的文化问题的先锋。展览，表演，音乐会，节日，公共艺术，社会实践项目以及无数其他文化经验（包括在正规艺术机构之内和之外）已经为广大民众提供了信息交流平台，并引起了他们的参与，引发了变革性的对话，并催化了历史性的巨大变化。艺术管理的真正艺术是一种智能的弹性：能够对艺术，艺术家和意图做出回应，能够根据需求增长和规避需求来调整表达平台，并
The true art of arts administration is an intelligent elasticity: an ability to respond to art, artist, and intention, to adjust platforms for expression as needs outgrow and circumvent them, and to remain always nimble, ethical, conversational, and visionary enough to navigate the frontiers where status quo meets change.<br><br> Our Students:<br>Have hailed (to date) from North America, South America, Central America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.<br>Arrive with backgrounds in visual arts, dance, music, theater, cultural studies, art history, social sciences, law, philosophy, political science, education, social services, hospitality, urban studies, youth activism, social justice, social entrepreneurship, and more.<br>Often work full-time jobs during their studies. They can be found at arts and cultural institutions throughout Chicago, and in leadership positions across the school and the museum, including the Office of Civic Engagement, the Sullivan Galleries, and Special Collections. To facilitate students' learning alongside work lives and cultural engagement, we schedule as many required classes and activities as possible in the evening.<br>Have created wide ranging theses and thesis projects, such as Adaptive Capacity: Necessary Components & Strategies for Contemporary Non-Profit Arts and Cultural Organizations, New Imaginations for the Role of the Museum Trustee, Following the Crowd: Understanding Donors Through Virtual Fundraising, Working at the Line: Three Studies of Arts Administration at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Balancing Dichotomies: Visioning an art administration paradigm for India, Racing Culture: Exploring Race, Inclusion and Equity in Arts Institutions, A Parallel World: Hip Hop Dance in China, Transferability of East Asian Arts Festivals in Rural Areas: Community Revitalization Through Creative Placemaking in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan, Creative Social Enterprise in Scotland: An Exploration of how Glasgow's Creative Social Enterprises Contribute to the Social Economy, and Rethinking Radio: Storytelling as Civic Activism.