The minor in Arts Entrepreneurship introduces students to a variety of methods arts entrepreneurs employ to make decisions about, plan, execute and sustain an arts or arts-related venture.
In addition to examining arts and arts-related industries, the Minor guides students in recognizing opportunities in the arts economies and provides perspectives concerning art's role in society, both as an aesthetic object and a commercial product. Likewise, the Minor helps students to reconsider either their role as artists in communities or their role in providing innovation to the production of art, by introducing the concept of the entrepeneurial artist-citizen. Students are also introduced to the challenges and rewards of being an emerging arts entrepreneur through the Capstone Experience Course.
As a program designed for the entire student body, the Arts Entrepreneurship Minor is a rigorous course of study for students interested in exploring entrepreneurial opportunities in the arts and arts-related fields, regardless of their major course of study.