Rachel Parker

The Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Granting Panel Member

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Past Vice Chair and Past Arts Leadership Chair

The Utah Museums Association Board

Past Member

The Cedar City Arts Council

Past Executive Committee Board Member

Beyond the Acronym: Accessibility through Values-Based Instruction

The Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference  Baruch College - New York City, NY

2023-06-01

A Compliment to the Core: Using Co-Curricular Experiences to Fill Educational Gaps

The Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference  Online

2021-05-01

The Politics of Play: Using Simulations and Role Playing to Build Cultural Competencies and Emotional Intelligence

The Association of Arts Administration Educators Annual Conference With Dr. Amanda Nelson, Virginia Tech, & Dr. Ursula Kuhar  Indiana University Baruch University - New York City, NY

2020-06-01

Leading Change: Executive Leadership Transitions through Cognitive Restructuring

The Seattle Arts Leadership Conference  Seattle University - Seattle, WA

2019-03-01

Leading Change: Executive Leadership Transitions through Cognitive Restructuring

The Association of Arts Administration Educators Annual Conference  The University of Wisconsin: Madison - Madison, WI

2019-05-01

Locally Sourced: Grant Writing Out of the Box

The Utah Museums Association Annual Conference  Ogden, UT

2016-10-01

Academic Impact: Experiential Learning in the Southern Utah Museum of Art

The Association of Arts Administration Educators Annual Conference  The University of Oregon - Satellite Campus - Portland, OR

2015-04-01

The Cumulative Apologia: Curriculum Integration and Program Evaluation

The Association of Arts Administration Educators Annual Conference  Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal - Montréal, Québec, Canada

2014-05-01

The SUMA Education Program: Building the Future from the Ground Up

The Utah Museums Association Annual Conference  Cedar City, UT

2014-10-01

AA 6010 Principles of Art Administration

This course is an overview of nonprofit arts administration, including basic principles of nonprofit organizations; organizations hierarchy; basic human resources management; overview of the budgeting process; and basic strategic planning.

AA 6040 Arts Advocacy and Cultural Policy

Students will develop an understanding of arts advocacy and cultural policy at multiple levels, developing strategies to engage with civic, business, state, and federal agencies on behalf of the arts. Students will become empowered advocates for the arts through readings, case studies, discussions, professional practice, and critical analysis of both national and international cultural policy.

AA 6070 Leadership Development in the Arts

Students will develop and apply leadership, management and organizational theory to help organizations better fulfill their mission and vision through the work of staff, board and volunteers.

AA 6080 Visual & Performing Arts Studies

Students will develop an understanding of administrative work in both visual and performing arts organizations. Through theory and practice, students will identify the difference and similarities between the two fields, becoming well-rounded generalists with the skills necessary to promote, maintain, enhance and fund any type of arts organization.

AA 6210 Grant Writing

Students will become familiar with the process of grant research, writing, and compliance. Theory will be applied into practice as students identify real-world organizations in deed of funding, locate potential funding sources, writing grant proposal, and submit those proposals to the funding organization.

AA 6810 Marketing in the Arts

Students will be able to identify and develop arts audiences and to increase earned income through the creation and implementation of a comprehensive marketing plan that includes both traditional and digital marketing efforts.

AA 6850 Professional Development & Projects

This course provides Arts Administration graduate students opportunities for professional development through special workshops and training, as well as engagement with professionals in the field.

AA 6890 Professional Arts Internship

Students will play an administrative role in one of our professional affiliate organizations, putting theory directly into practice as they participate in arts administration in action, preparatory to the Capstone Internship and Degree Defense.

AA 6900 Capstone Internship

Students will link theory with practice as participants in a 12-week residency internship at a professional arts organization. The internship is individually arranged by the student in collaboration with AA faculty and an on-site supervisor.

AA 6940 Master of Arts Final Project

Students in the Arts Administration Master of Arts degree program will demonstrate knowledge of the field through a Final Project, bringing evidence of increasing skills and applying scholarly theory directly into practice.

AA 6980 Degree Defense

At the end of their sixth and final semester, students will present and defend their Apologia (a cumulative portfolio of their time in the AA program) to the AA Graduation Committee.