Abstract
The Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education provides a national inventory of Arts Entrepreneurship programs and currently identifies at least ninety-six institutions offering courses and programs dedicated to the study of entrepreneurship in the context of the arts. Research suggests such courses are commonly associated with new venture creation across the arts and creative sector, as well as the teaching and learning of skills, competencies and behaviors necessary for selfemployment in the arts and creative industries. However, despite the existence of such courses and programs, there currently exists no proposed theory or theories of arts entrepreneurship in nascent literature for guiding contextual entrepreneurship pedagogy and practice. In an effort to advance the concept of arts entrepreneurship, this paper identifies challenges to theory building, explores a theory of arts entrepreneurship, and proposes how a theory of arts entrepreneurship can inform program theory development.
Highlights
The Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education provides a national inventory of Arts Entrepreneurship programs and currently identifies at least ninety-six institutions offering courses and programs dedicated to the study of entrepreneurship in the context of the arts
A ccording to a program inventory available on the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAEE) website, there are currently at least ninety-six institutions of higher education offering courses and programs dedicated to the study of entrepreneurship in the context of the arts.[1]
Entrepreneurship scholar William Gartner refers to the process of New Venture Creation (NVC) as, “the organizing of organizations.”[18]. Courses guided by the NVC approach tend to emulate business incubators and offer students experiential learning opportunities in business entry, business planning and organizational development.[19]
Summary
The Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education provides a national inventory of Arts Entrepreneurship programs and currently identifies at least ninety-six institutions offering courses and programs dedicated to the study of entrepreneurship in the context of the arts Research suggests such courses are commonly associated with new venture creation across the arts and creative sector, as well as the teaching and learning of skills, competencies and behaviors necessary for selfemployment in the arts and creative industries. Research suggests that there are two common approaches to arts entrepreneurship education in U.S higher education institutions: (1) New Venture Creation (NVC); (2) Skills for Transitioning (SFT).[17] Entrepreneurship scholar William Gartner refers to the process of NVC as, “the organizing of organizations.”[18] Courses guided by the NVC approach tend to emulate business incubators and offer students experiential learning. Entrepreneurship education, I posit that a theory of arts entrepreneurship is needed for rationalizing and guiding curricular and pedagogical decisions in arts entrepreneurship education
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