MCF launches course in Arts Management
The Madras Craft Foundation (MCF) Institute of Arts Management, in collaboration with DakshinChitra, is offering a one-year diploma course in arts management internship for art and culture lovers. The course is aided by the Ratan Tata Trust. Graduates in any discipline with interest in art and culture can join the course. The course starts on June 15, 2006. A large number of scholarships are available for the course.
Deborah Thiagarajan, president, Madras Craft Foundation, said the 12-month internship at the MCFIAM aims at:
Introducing interns to a body of knowledge on cultural studies with special reference to South India;
Initiating them into the world of art, design and visual thinking through an appreciation of both contemporary and historical works and issues;
Recognising the critical importance of understanding management as a system and the various managerial processes that are involved in conceptualising, planning, organising and implementing projects in the field of the arts;
Exposing interns to the various forms of mass media as information and communication vehicles.
The internship content draws upon different disciplines and is customised to suit the requirements of effectively communicating and managing art and culture at various levels - regional, national and international.
The course content is taught through several modules spread over a 12-month period. Teaching and learning methodologies are primarily interactive and vary from lectures, audio-video presentations, seminars, group discussions, reviews, studio work and field visits.
The course is project work oriented. Interns will be expected to assist and work on projects at DakshinaChitra concurrently with their course work. The internship culminates in a major individual project which is critical to the successful completion of the course.
In addition, the interns are expected to attend at least three city-based events per month as a means of awareness building as well as material for classroom discussion and review.
Career prospects:
Deborah said on successful completion of the course the students are assisted to find suitable placements in a variety of service sector organisations including art and craft promotion bodies, museums and art galleries, tourism and hospitality, public relations, event management and entrepreneurship in the fields of art, design and craft development.
Madras Craft Foundation founded DakshinaChitra and in December 1996 the centre opened to the public. Situated on 10 acres of land, DakshinaChitra is a heritage centre with a complex of authentic traditional homes from the different regions of south India. It is a cutting edge museum with effective and relevant programmes in the field of Indian art and culture. The centre has an excellent library, video and archiving facilities. It provides marketing opportunities to craftspersons and artisans through its crafts bazaar located in the complex. Its craftshops are theme based and region based throughout the year.
DakshinaChitra is positioned to offer opportunities to the interns to develop and hone their creative explorations and design application. It provides a unique platform for its interns to apply the theoretical aspects of management learned during the programme by working on a variety of events and projects regularly organised by the institution.
R Rangaraj
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