Cultural manager
{{Short description|Person who promotes, manages, and executes cultural projects}}
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A cultural manager ({{langx|es|gestor/gestora cultural}}) is a person who is motivated by the improvement of art, works independently and professionally with knowledge of the subject, and develops work as a mediator between governmental and/or private cultural institutions with artists from different areas to articulate their work in the market with promotion and national and international dissemination.{{Cite web |url=http://gestiocultural.blogs.uoc.edu/2016/06/28/que-es-un-gestor-cultural-gestion-cultural/ |title=¿Qué es un gestor cultural? |trans-title=What is a Cultural Manager? |publisher=Open University of Catalonia |language=Spanish |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=18 April 2018}}
The cultural manager works by looking for specific measures of success, always intending to improve the level of culture, seeking active cohesion between society, the governmental sector, the private sector, and the artists. The work of culture management poses learning challenges in diverse areas such as the administration of economic resources, training, and artistic communication.{{Cite web |url=https://www.educaweb.com/profesion/gestor-cultural-334/ |title=Gestor cultural |publisher=Educaweb |language=Spanish |access-date=18 April 2018}}
Cultural management is a new profession. A person who is dedicated to this work is characterized by having abilities to visualize and interpret talent, knowing how to establish a dialogue with artists to link them to cultural projects to develop.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hHxeCA_ecYC&pg=PA13 |title=Gestión cultural: Entre conceptos lejanos y realidades cercanas |trans-title=Cultural Management: Between Distant Concepts and Nearby Realities |chapter=Acercando realidades a través de la gestión cultural |trans-chapter=Bringing Together Realities Through Cultural Management |first1=Silvia |last1=Aballay |first2=Carla Fernanda |last2=Avendaño Manelli |publisher=Eduvim |isbn=9789871518968 |pages=13–16 |language=Spanish |year=2010 |access-date=18 April 2018 |via=Google Books}}
Universities that offer degree programs in cultural management include the University of Antioquia,{{Cite web |url=http://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/institucional/unidades-academicas/facultades/artes/programas-academicos/programas-posgrado/contenido/asmenulateral/maestria-gestion-cultural/ |title=Maestría en Gestión Cultural |trans-title=Master's in Cultural Management |publisher=University of Antioquia |language=Spanish |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531153441/https://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/institucional/unidades-academicas/facultades/artes/programas-academicos/programas-posgrado/contenido/asmenulateral/maestria-gestion-cultural/ |url-status=dead }} the Latin American Social Sciences Institute,{{Cite book |url=https://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/training%20in%20cultural%20management_es.pdf |title=Formación en gestión cultural y políticas culturales |trans-title=Training in Cultural Management and Cultural Policies |publisher=UNESCO |pages=53–54 |language=Spanish |year=2005 |access-date=18 April 2018}} the University of Chile,{{Cite web |url=http://www.uchile.cl/publicaciones/92958/revista-de-gestion-cultural |title=Revista de Gestión Cultural |trans-title=Journal of Cultural Management |publisher=University of Chile |language=Spanish |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=19 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120620/http://www.uchile.cl/publicaciones/92958/revista-de-gestion-cultural |url-status=dead }} the University of Córdoba,{{Cite web |url=https://www.uco.es/filosofiayletras/es/grados/gr-gestion-cultural |title=Grado de Gestión Cultural |trans-title=Degree in Cultural Management |publisher=University of Córdoba |language=Spanish |access-date=18 April 2018}} the National University of Colombia,{{Cite web |url=https://agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/article/la-un-ofrecera-maestria-en-gestion-cultural.html |title=La U.N. ofrecerá Maestría en Gestión Cultural |trans-title=The U.N. Will Offer a Master's in Cultural Management |publisher=National University of Colombia |location=Manizales |language=Spanish |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=18 April 2018}} the University of Barcelona,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/es/estudis/oferta_formativa/master_universitari/fitxa/G/M0304/index.html |title=Máster de Gestión Cultural |trans-title=Master's of Cultural Management |publisher=University of Barcelona |language=Spanish |access-date=18 April 2018}} the Open University of Catalonia,{{Cite web |title=Máster Universitario online en Gestión Cultural - UOC |url=https://estudios.uoc.edu/es/masters-universitarios/gestion-cultura/presentacion |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=estudios.uoc.edu}} the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso,[https://www.pucv.cl/uuaa/facea/copia-de-diploma-arquitectura-de-la-informacion-y-experiencia-de-0] and the University of Piura.{{Cite web |url=http://udep.edu.pe/humanidades/mgc/ |title=Gestión Cultural |publisher=University of Piura |language=Spanish |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123200029/http://udep.edu.pe/humanidades/mgc/ |url-status=dead }}