Global Arts MBA

The Global Leaders Institute equips
arts professionals to grow creative
enterprises that impact communities.

Each year, a select global Cohort of 60 cultural change-makers is invited to participate in the MBA in Arts Innovation – an empowering career journey for creative sector leaders focused on social entrepreneurship, cultural management, sustainable impact, and community development.

With modules co-curated by nine top university institutes at Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, and more, the GLI’s innovative 12-month MBA journey is guided by a world-class faculty that includes Nobel laureates, Grammy winners, Polar Prize awardees, TED presenters, and an institutional network of dynamic field partners spanning 40+ nations.

Cohort Profile

The Global Arts MBA provides creative leaders an enhanced toolkit to drive accelerated career growth and sustainable impact. Cohort Members range from cultural managers, arts entrepreneurs, and industry executives to presenters, producers, curators, education leaders, career artists, and more.

MBA for Culture

The 12-month MBA in Arts Innovation learning journey uniquely addresses the complex challenges of today’s creative impact landscape through a carefully curated sequence of modules, explorative substreams, collaboration labs, and dynamic field exchanges.

Arts Accelerator

Combining the flexibility of distributed learning with the immersive power of in-person retreats, the MBA in Arts Innovation instills a growth experience for rising cultural executives that is as efficient as it is transformative.

Module Curators

The Arts Innovation MBA curriculum empowers creative industry professionals in multi-dimensional leadership roles with powerful social science, innovation, entrepreneurial, and operational tools for accelerated career impact. The curriculum readies participants for the complex challenges of an evolving cultural sector through its unique balance of foundational coursework, tailored substreams, immersive field studies, innovation summits, applied learnings, reflective labs, and growth-oriented retreats — all curated by top academic institutions to build practical skills and actionable insights.

Cohort by Numbers

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Nations

The 2025 Cohort brings together a robust network of dynamic change-makers in the arts across six continents, connecting the best and the brightest.

Roles

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Job growth

By generating more value for their organizations, Cohort Members increase average income by 18% & 32% in the first and second years after the MBA.

Global Perspective

Immersive Fieldwork
accelerates professional growth through hands-on work exchange across cultures & industries.

Innovation Summits 
in Europe and the Americas offer transformative real-world experiences with world-class faculty & peers.

Fellows Snapshot

Recognizing innovation
in the world of culture.

The Global Arts Prize celebrates cultural organizations spearheading an innovative approach to the relevance of the arts in our time. Each year, $60,000 is awarded between two initiatives — regardless of size, location, or focus area — for their contributions to the future of the cultural sector.

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