Multi Disciplinary Resource

Arts Extension Service

Division of Outreach
100 Venture Way, Suite 201
Hadley, MA  01035
Phone: (413) 545-2360
Fax: (413) 577-3838
Website: http://www.umass.edu/aes/
Email: aes@admin.umass.edu

Primary Function of Organization:
Arts, Arts Education, Leadership, Non-profit Management

Likely groups interested in this resource:
Artists, Arts Administrators, Arts Educators, Community Organization Administrators, Educators

The Arts Extension Service has, since 1973, connected the arts with communities through education. AES is a national, nonprofit arts service organization, a program of the Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The agency strives to achieve access to and integration of the arts in communities through continuing education for artists, arts organizations and community leaders. Through workshops, courses, conferences, and consulting AES has taught artists, community and state arts leaders how to manage the arts. The Artist in Business course provides aspiring and professional artists with the basics of marketing, business practices, and funding. The Fundamentals of Arts Management workshop series introduces volunteer and professional community arts managers to planning, marketing, board and volunteer development, fundraising, financial management, and programming. Advances workshops and courses have included Peer Advising Training, Local Education and Arts Partnership Planning, Community Partnership Training Institute, and Program Planning Evaluation.