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Megan Matthews
Lecturer
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Courses:
Nonprofit Arts Management, Performing Arts Operations
and Management, Issues in Arts Management, Applied Studies in Arts Marketing
Office:
CA2036
Phone:
(262) 472-5564
E-mail:matthewm@uww.edu
Professional
History:
Megan Matthews teaches arts management courses for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
She is also the Director of Advancement for the College of Arts and Communication.
Matthews is involved with the ArtsPeers Advisory network, a peer consulting program
which matches established local arts agency administrators with Wisconsin arts
organizations for technical assistance. Since 1995, consultancies have included
several strategic planning and visioning sessions as well as an arts assessment
for the Portage County Arts Alliance with a partner consultant. She has served
on the board of the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts (WALA) and been a guest
speaker on networking and pursuing a career in the arts. She also worked with
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Communication planning and implementation.
In 1998, Matthews worked extensively on Sesquicentennial-related projects for
the Wisconsin Arts Board and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, including
the 1st Governor’s Cultural Congress, Wisconsin Folklife Festival and the
Sesquicentennial Archaeology/Historic Preservation Week. She has served on peer-review
panels for various Wisconsin Arts Board Grants programs.
Previously, Matthews worked with the Consortium of Milwaukee Presenters on an
arts in education and outreach needs assessment, identifying national models
for collaborative educational/outreach programming and creating a model for collaborative
programming applicable to the local arts environment. She also worked with the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Artists Series and as Executive Director
of the Council for the Performing Arts in Jefferson Wisconsin. While with the
Council, Matthews was involved in the statewide peer network, the Wisconsin Presenters
Network (WPN).
Education:
- Undergraduate degree in Business Administration-Management from the University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Master of Arts-Community Arts Management from
the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Links:
http://facstaff.uww.edu/matthewm/
http://www.artsusa.org/
http://www.communityarts.net/
http://www.wisconsinarts.org/
http://www.portalwisconsin.org/