AAD 410 - ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

College of Fine Arts

Credit(s): 3

The arts of the 21st century need skillful, innovative, and imaginative leaders and followers. Students in Arts Entrepreneurship will have the opportunity to work on an entrepreneurial venture that connects with arts, artists and/or arts organizations with identified beneficiaries under the guidance of a faculty member. Students will have the opportunity to bring a project to life through a business or project plan that incorporates all the skills of an arts entrepreneur including project design, event planning, marketing, fundraising, financial management, leadership and followership, and program evaluation.

Prereq: Major status in Arts Administration and completion all 200- and 300- level AAD courses. Students enrolled in the Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking may enroll without the prerequisite courses in their senior year.