Master of Arts in Creative Leadership Mission and Outcomes | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Master of Arts in Creative Leadership Mission and Outcomes

The MA Creative Leadership is designed to support those who want to bring about change within nonprofits, businesses, social enterprises, or government agencies. With a focus on forward-looking organizational practices, the program is designed to support leaders in a wide range of industries to collaborate across differences and build solidarity around a shared purpose. The curriculum prepares individuals at any stage of their career for a future where leadership is networked, collective, relational, and transformative.

It combines: (1) methods and practices of artists and designers, (2) natural world models and eco-consciousness, (3) decentralized management and decision-making processes, and (4) frameworks and tools for advancing change while centering care for both people and planet

  • Recognize creative leadership techniques that strengthen community
  • Understand transformational change practices that foster personal & professional growth in self and others
  • Apply relational leadership principles
  • Analyze design-informed approaches that address complex challenges
  • Evaluate systems thinking principles for co-designing regenerative economies
  • Establish a professional ecosystem of support for co-creating transformational change initiatives

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Land Acknowledgement

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.