arts entrepreneurship

My thoughts about how to teach, or approach the teaching of entrepreneurship in the arts is influenced by experiences I had on a commuter bus, back when I lived in North Haven, Connecticut. For a period of around a year I commuted to downtown New Haven with 2 other people: one an internationally recognized expert on Shakespeare and the other an inventor of medical … [Read more...] about More on Instruction in Arts Entrepreneurship

He asked, “why isn’t the proposed MA, Entrepreneurship in the Arts a degree in the business school?” – and I heard myself respond that I believed that there is an emerging, unique pedagogy in arts entrepreneurship. As this contradicted what I had been thinking and saying, I found myself deep in thought. I have concluded, at least for now, that yes, I do believe that a unique … [Read more...] about An Emerging Pedagogy of Arts Entrepreneurship

In this post I will refer to the 4 zones of entrepreneurial activity that I outlined in a former post. A quick refresher: Zone 1. Empowering Oneself, Personal Entrepreneurship Zone 2. Making a Career for Oneself (and sometimes others) Zone 3. Create a Recognizable, but New Not-for-Profit Entity, but with a Shared Purpose, Social and Artistic Zone 4. Create a Totally … [Read more...] about Staffing Higher Ed Arts Entrepreneurship Programs

With the term, Arts Entrepreneurship, being thrown around, a bit recklessly, but with all good intentions, I feel compelled to define what I will call here “Zones of Definition.” My hope here is to clearly delineate different types of entrepreneurship, from individual empowerment to entity creation, and to help refine what is meant by social entrepreneurship within the arts. … [Read more...] about Defining Entrepreneurship in the Arts