Course Syllabus
Contact Information
Dr. Amy Kweskin shares insights into the business of art through her consulting and coaching practice Artsightful. Working collaboratively with her clients, Amy specializes in developing inspiring and accomplishable strategic plans utilizing methodologies she crafted in her work as a professor at Golden Gate University, St. Mary’s College of California, Oklahoma University, Mills College, and University of Texas, Downtown. Her strategic tools are shared in the Center for Cultural Innovation publication Business of art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment. Additionally, Amy is Department Chair for Business, Management and OLHS: Organizational Leadership and Human Skills Development in the School of Undergraduate Studies at Golden Gate University. She was previously Director of Professional Development at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco.
Amy earned her Doctor of Business Administration degree from Golden Gate University and conducted her Dissertation research in the Exploration of California worker status law compliance on arts fiscal sponsors and fiscally sponsored arts projects: A case study. Previously, Amy earned a Master's in Arts Administration from Golden Gate University and Bachelors’ degrees in Cinema/Photography and English from Ithaca College. To bring a balance of Emotional Intelligence and mindfulness into her offerings Amy earned a diploma in Neurolinguistic Programming, is a Certified Leadership and Career Coach, and a 500-hour certified yoga instructor.
Areas of Interest
- Strategic Planning
- Business Planning
- Leadership Development
- Arts Entrepreneurship
- Arts Incubators
- Artist Employment Practices
Course Details
For a list of course activities, scroll to the bottom of this page.
Course Prerequisites
- AMGT 5013 – Overview of Arts Management & Entrepreneurship
- Approval from OU faculty mentor
Course Materials
Dependent on the student - each student will collect their own materials throughout the course by way of the Self-Directed Study assignments.
Grades
Breakdown
| Activity | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Five Year Plans | You will submit several versions of a five year plan (Plan A, Plan B, revised plan). | 20 |
| Self-Directed Study | Every other week, you will turn in a collection of 5 new resources directly connected to your project and goals, along with summaries and reflections on each. | 20 |
| Project Management Reports | Every other week, you will provide a screenshot(s) of your progress within your project management platform and a reflection on your current progress. You will receive feedback over the Live Session or through Canvas. | 20 |
| Individual Project | This will consist of a plan (start of the semester), a draft/prototype (midterm), and final deliverables (end of the course). | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Scale
| Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
| 90–100% | A |
| 80–89% | B |
| 70–79% | C |
| 60–69% | D |
| Below 60% | F |
Course Components
Module Overviews
Each module will have an overview page that will introduce what you will do during the module and why, outline the specific skills/competencies you are expected to gain, and help you to manage your expectations and time.
Resources
Throughout the course, you may need collective instructor-provided resources to help you succeed in the first module, midterm module, and final module. This might consist of information on how to write goals, information on project management tools, etc.
Five Year Plans
These assignments give you the opportunity to create goals that are specific to what you want to accomplish during your career, which will guide your project choice for your independent study.
Self-Directed Study
These assignments will require you to collect and synthesize resources that will help you to achieve your goals in your independent study. This is necessary, as each student’s topic of study will be unique.
Project Management Reports
You will upload screenshot(s) of your project management platform and reflections on your current progress, which will keep you accountable for the commitments you have made for progress throughout the semester and help your faculty mentor to assess your progress. You may receive feedback by attending the Live Sessions or through Canvas.
Individual Project
This will be the final project that all of the other assignments in the course revolve around. This project will be unique to you and could consist of market research, a research article, a conference presentation, designing a complete portfolio, a recording project, a publishing project, developing an app, and so forth. The final project and/or documentation of the project (for example, photos, promotional materials, etc. if it is an event) will be uploaded at the end of the semester. You will submit a project plan at the start of the semester and a draft/prototype at midterm.
Course Policies
Communication
Please contact me directly by email at amy.l.kweskin-1@ou.edu. I will get back to you within 24 hours Monday thru Friday. I do check email over weekends but will most likely respond first thing on Monday morning to your inquiry. Please feel free to address me by my first name, Amy. I highly encourage you to reach out to me for feedback, with any questions you may have, as I am here to help advise and mentor you to the best of my ability. I look forward to our exchanges.
Feedback
There will be live online check-ins every week. This will be a 30-minute window of time where you can come in and out to seek feedback from me. Those are not mandatory and we will email to confirm our meeting/not meeting 24-hours in advance. You will upload your assignments on Canvas and I will provide feeback to you within the Canvas framework for the corresponding assignments. I will strive to provide you that detailed feedback within a one-week turnaround on your assignments.
Late Policy
I will accept late assignments but you must communicate with me in advance, via email, to let me know work will be late and when it will be submitted.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the most common form of academic misconduct at OU. There is basically no college-level assignment that can be satisfactorily completed by copying. OU's basic assumption about writing is that all written assignments show the student's own understanding in the student's own words. That means all writing assignments, in class or out, are assumed to be composed entirely of words generated (not simply found) by the student, except where words written by someone else are specifically marked as such with proper citation. Including other people's words in your paper is helpful when you do it honestly and correctly. When you don't, it's plagiarism.
For more information about plagiarism, watch this video and then take this short course offered by University Libraries.
University Academic Policies and Student Support
Access the University Academic Policies Document.
Course Summary:
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