2002-09-20

This newest course - offering of the Program in Arts Administration at Columbia University Teacher's College in New York City - will examine critical issues in the continuing use of technology in the arts for arts managers. It will combine relevant intellectual exploration of educational and artistic issues with a focus on practical concerns such as content, protection, function and delivery of technological methods and innovations in the arts with particular emphasis on their effect and demands on arts managers. The purpose of the course is to expand creative thinking for actual and aspiring practitioners in the arts. It will examine some of the conceptual thinking in the area, practical tools, form vs. function, communication and educational challenges, dilemmas and potential. Technology will include the Internet, audio delivery, interactive technology, email, and television.