Existing master’s degrees in arts administration programs require anywhere from 36 to 60 credits, with the average at around 45. At a cost of approximately $1000 per credit, and often little scholarship or fellowship support available, these programs are expensive. One must recognize that the cost of a program exceeds most starting salaries in the arts sector. Jumping into a … [Read more...] about Arts Entrepreneurship Degree
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Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship
As I’ve been gearing up to teach my Arts Entrepreneurship course at Drexel this spring, I have been talking to my students and colleagues about the field and have been reviewing (again) the literature. One particular area of confusion that keeps emerging needs clarification, that of the difference between sole proprietorship, and entity, or venture creation. Not that these 2 … [Read more...] about Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship
New Degree Program
Lately I’ve been involved in a most interesting process of formulating a new degree program in arts entrepreneurship for Ithaca College. If all goes well this master’s level program will launch in fall, 2013. What’s been most interesting has been the feedback I have received through an external commenter phase, a part of an IC-required market feasibility “test.” Eight … [Read more...] about New Degree Program
Making Music Relevent (as theatre is)
The guest speaker in my class (Management Techniques) this week, Amy Murphy, Managing Director of the Arden Theatre (www.ardentheatre.org) in Philadelphia took me deep in thought about music’s challenge to be relevant in today’s world. The Arden is an extraordinary arts organization, in that its mission focuses on telling stories that provoke conversation. Clearly one only … [Read more...] about Making Music Relevent (as theatre is)
Altruism of Intent
I’ve been working on a presentation on the language of music advocacy for the Ithaca College School of Music convocation next week, and as always when I prepare something for public presentation, I attain a focus not possible in day-to-day discourse. Also, this past week I attended and gave a presentation to the Network of Career Development Officers (NETMCDO) in New York, at … [Read more...] about Altruism of Intent