Career prospects
The Arts and Heritage programme does not focus on one particular profession or on teaching specialist skills and knowledge that can be directly applied in only one of the many relevant professions. In the cultural sector, it is at least equally important to have a more general background in arts and culture; to specialise in cultural policy, preservation, management or education; and to possess analytical and other academic skills.
Graduates of the Arts and Heritage programme often work in both the public and private sectors in the following areas:
- art institutions such as museums and theatres
- the art market (art galleries, auction houses)
- art and cultural consultancy
- cultural policy
- cultural tourism
- cultural industries
- art education
- media
- academia
Graduates have found the following jobs in the past:
- Coordinator of AIR, the international residence project for artists in Antwerp (Belgium)
- Head of the educational department of Museum Kampa for modern art in Prague (Czech Republic)
- Coordinator at the European Cultural programmes Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Coordinator Heritage Centre Genk (Belgium)
- Cultural policy maker at the art department (Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science)
- Beyeler Foundation for modern and contemporary art in Basel (Switzerland)
- Marian Goodman Gallery in New York (USA)
- PhD researcher “art and public” at Tilburg (The Netherlands)
Maastricht University graduates are highly valued by employers for their confidence, their ability to work both independently and as part of a team, and their problem-solving skills.
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