Email: akweskin@ggu.edu

Dr. Amy Kweskin shares insights into the business of art through her consulting and coaching practice Artsightful. Working collaboratively with her clients, Amy specializes in developing inspiring and accomplishable strategic plans utilizing methodologies she crafted in her work as a professor at Golden Gate University, St. Mary’s College of California, Oklahoma University, Mills College, and University of Texas, Downtown. Her strategic tools are shared in the Center for Cultural Innovation publication Business of art: An Artist’s Guide to Profitable Self-Employment. Currently, Amy is Assistant Visiting Professor and Interim Chair for Business, Management and OLHS: Organizational Leadership and Human Skills Development in the School of Undergraduate Studies at Golden Gate University. She was previously Director of Professional Development at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco.

Amy earned her Doctor of Business Administration from Golden Gate University and conducted her Dissertation research in the Exploration of California worker status law compliance on arts fiscal sponsors and fiscally sponsored arts projects: A case study. Previously, Amy earned a Master’s in Arts Administration from Golden Gate University and Bachelors’ degrees in Cinema/Photography and English from Ithaca College. To bring a balance of Emotional Intelligence and mindfulness into her offerings Amy earned a diploma in Neurolinguistic Programming, is a Certified Leadership and Career Coach, and a 500-hour certified yoga instructor specializing in restorative and mindfulness practice. Her hobby is riding Amtrak to destinations near and far.