Introduction to Arts Entrepreneurship
Introduction to Arts Entrepreneurship provides an overview and foundation for developing innovative projects in arts, culture, design, and humanities, focusing on creative career contexts and challenges.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.55 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.48 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.34 GPA, 59.1% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Recognize and equitable entrepreneurship opportunities in arts and cultural expression through projects, partnerships, initiatives, and organizations.
Assess challenges and opportunities in the arts and cultural sector and develop them into project business plans.
Analyze case studies that lead to the discovery, acquisition, and alignment of key resources necessary for a concept’s success (time, money, space, equipment, talent.)
Communicate and present a clear and compelling project plan which includes narrative, budget, marketing plan, fund development plan, and the accompanying strategies in written and spoken form.
Evaluate a project’s outcomes in ways that consider equity, inclusivity, and diversity as a measure of current and future success.
Illustrate acquired skills and learning by creating a web-based professional portfolio with work samples.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.55 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.48 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.34 GPA, 59.1% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
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Topics
- Innovative projects in arts, culture, design, and humanities.
- Contexts and challenges of creative careers.
- Nature and structure of arts entrepreneurship in for-profit, nonprofit, government, and hybrid sectors.
- Case study analysis for resource discovery, acquisition, and alignment.
Skills
- Developing creative project goals and understanding arts entrepreneurship structures across for-profit, nonprofit, government, and hybrid sectors.
- Assessing challenges and opportunities to develop project business plans.
- Evaluating project outcomes through equity, inclusivity, and diversity measures.
- Creating a web-based professional portfolio with work samples.
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