Funding for Culture
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- Type of programme
- Specialization courses
- Campus
- Campus Barcelona
- Duration
- between 07-01-2026 and 31-03-2026
- Credits
- 3 ECTS
- Schedule
- To be determined. Two hour sessions two days a week.
- Language
- Spanish or English
- Modality
- On site
This module on ‘Funding for Culture’ is formed by two parts: Financing and Fundraising. The aim here is to give students a comprehensive introduction on:
- Financing: how to produce a financial plan, understand the context of sources of funding available and improve the ability in decision-making on finance issues in a cultural/artistic project.
- Fundraising: how to plan campaigns, research funders and attract funding for arts and culture enterprises.
Funding the arts falls into two main categories, earned income (from ticket sales/admissions or subsidiary activities) and fundraising. The module covers principles of both: earned income, such as fixed, variable and sunk costs, and pricing, and then turns to fundraising, covering grants, sponsorship and philanthropy, as well as donor development and a brief consideration of major gifts. The module considers approaches to government agencies, corporations, and individuals as well as digital approaches including crowdfunding.
Students will be encouraged to engage with the theory and practice of financing and fundraising encountered in the module to acquire enough knowledge and tools to be able to apply what they have learnt in their current project and future work, as cultural managers.
Curriculum
Teaching team
Course directors and coordinators
PASOUR, Christoph Rudolf
Director
Mr Pasour is a TV Producer. He holds a degree in Art History and Media Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) and also Edinburgh University (UK). He has authored articles for newspapers and magazines on media art and cinematography. He was the project manager and curator at the Museum for Cinematography in Potsdam, Germany; commissioning Editor in the film department of the 3sat cultural television channel (Germany/Austria/Switzerland). He has also been involved in script development (fiction/non-fiction) for production companies in Berlin and Hamburg. He has been a producer/author on documentaries since 2005 for production companies in Berlin, Hamburg and Barcelona for broadcasters such as ARTE, 3sat, ARD, ZDF, RAI, YLE, TV3. He currently is the director of the University Master's Degree in Cultural Management at UIC Barcelona.
crpasour@uic.es
Professors
BASTONS PRAT, Miquel
Doctor en Filosofia per la Universitat de Navarra i Doctor en Direcció d'Empreses per l'IESE. Professor agregat de la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Degà de la Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials de la UIC. Autor de llibres i articles especialitzats en el procés de presa de decisions en les organitzacions.
CASTELLS ROS, Ramon
Doctor en Gestió de la Cultura i del Patrimoni. Llicenciat en Econòmiques i gestor cultural. Investigador en l’àmbit de les indústries culturals i especialista en finançament de la cultura. Responsable de l’Àrea de Coneixement del Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts CoNCA, on fa el seguiment de l’evolució de les polítiques culturals i dels sectors culturals i artístics catalans. Familiaritzat en l’ús d’indicadors d’avaluació de les polítiques i de l’activitat cultural del país. En l’àmbit docent, imparteix classes en diferents cursos i el màster de gestió cultural sobre viabilitat econòmica i finançament de projectes culturals.
Teachers
Fitzgerald, Sandy
Sandy has over forty-years´ experience in the cultural sector, including: Executive Director of City Arts Centre, Dublin (1973 to 2001), board member of the Royal Hospital National Cultural Centre (1985 – 1990), later to become the Irish Museum of Modern Art; board member of the Dublin Film Festival (1988 - 1993); Executive Committee Member of Trans Europe Halles, the European network of Independent Cultural Centres (1997-2002). Currently Sandy is a co-director of Olivearte Cultural Agency delivering training, consultancy and project management across Europe.
Our teaching and research team
Prerequisites & admissions
Request for information and admission
If you are interested in taking this Specialization course at UIC Barcelona, contact the Secretary of the Faculty of Humanities at the following email: secretariahumanitats@uic.es