Category: Visual Arts Management
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Course Spotlight: The Hokin Project
The Gallery Management course may seem like a practicum catered to those only interested in visual arts and museum work. However, this program provides a medium for hands-on experience for all students in varying disciplines. There is an emphasis on embracing different skill sets of each student to help the gallery reach their goals. At…
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Student Spotlight: Rickey Pearson (BA ’17)
Rickey Pearson is a junior Fashion Design major with an Arts Management minor in the Business & Entrepreneurship Department. While attending classes at Columbia, he manages his own clothing line called Odds Make Evens. On a mission to develop his own brand as a fashion designer and rapper, Rickey embraces all opportunities that Columbia has to…
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Interested in Gallery Management? Check out the Hokin Project.
This practicum course provides hands-on gallery management, exhibition, curatorial, and design experience for students of all majors. Known as The Hokin Project, this course presents the work of the Columbia College Chicago community through exhibitions, programs, and events in the Hokin Gallery. Gallery Management Practicum is a student-run collaboration of the Business & Entrepreneurship Department…
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Faculty Spotlight: Jaime “Black” DeMedici
Jaime Black has a storied history of being actively involved with Chicago’s entertainment scene. He’s constantly integrating cutting edge technology to spread his message and his newest challenge is sharing his passion for entertainment with a new student generation of millennials. In the following interview Jaime shares his story, his passions, and thoughts on…
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Arts & Business Council of Chicago Partnership Continues
This spring the Business & Entrepreneurship Department will continue to partner with the Arts & Business Council of Chicago to offer a series of arts management workshops for 2015. This agreement will serve three objectives: Offer additional training to our full time and part time faculty members Regularly bring professional arts managers on campus, to…