Spring 2027

Entrepreneurship in Arts & Cultural Organizations

This course covers entrepreneurship principles, value proposition design, and business model development specifically for arts and cultural organizations within social entrepreneurship contexts.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sarah Marty3.6/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.73 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 62.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.46 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and describe the key elements of a value proposition canvas

  • Articulate the role of mission statements in social-purpose organizations, implications of entity choices, and sources of funding for nonprofit and related organizations in the arts and cultural space

  • Identify and analyze business models used in the creative economy across nonprofit and social-purpose organizations

  • Define the design thinking problem-solving approach and outline key elements of the process

  • Apply appropriate research methods (ethnographic versus market research) and invoke related tools (literature reviews, observational note-taking, etc.) to help test hypothesis in the development of new products/services for arts and cultural organizations

  • Analyze arguments about the role of entrepreneurial action and funding for arts and cultural organizations in the context of other disciplinary approaches in the visual and performing arts, design, and related fields

  • Design a value proposition canvas for an entrepreneurial cultural/creative organization in the Madison community that will inform product/service development for a distinct customer segment.

  • Rapidly test emergent ideas in the field with (potential) customers using a design thinking approach that includes creation of “prototypes” (storyboards, role play, 3D printed objects, etc.) and interpretation of results

  • Make connections between the world of ideas and concepts with day-to-day issues and concerns in cultural/creative organizations. Where possible, encourage/highlight/expose new connection points (e.g., “I never thought of it that way…”)

  • Develop teamwork, written and oral communication skills

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 100
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.73 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 62.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.46 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Business model development and lean startup practices
  • Alliances, partnerships, and funding mechanisms
  • Design thinking and prototyping

Skills

  • Designing value proposition canvases
  • Analyzing business models in the creative economy
  • Applying ethnographic and market research methods
  • Creating and testing prototypes using design thinking

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INTEGART/MHR 636 · Spring 2027

Entrepreneurship in Arts & Cultural Organizations

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INTEGART/MHR 636 · Spring 2027

Entrepreneurship in Arts & Cultural Organizations

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