Category Archives: Arts Entrepreneurship
Meadows’ Creative Entrepreneurship Students Spend Time in Prison
Meadows School of the Arts‘ “Creative Entrepreneurship” class students recently visited an area prison, together with entrepreneurship students from Cox School of Business. The trip served to enable students to experience how prisoners can benefit from entrepreneurship education. Listen to … Continue reading
New Audiences, Memorization and Funding: Gerald Klickstein
Nov. 14, 2016, 12-4pm Workshops by Gerald Klickstein, SMU, Meadows School, O’Donnell Hall 12:00-12:50 Grant Writing Strategies that Succeed Organizations worldwide offer funding for artists to develop and present their work, yet many artists lack effective strategies to access such grant programs. … Continue reading
Why Study Arts Entrepreneurship at Meadows?
Increase your odds of measurable success In the Arts Entrepreneurship minor, students take a number of important required classes, one of which is AMAE 4390 or “Developing an Arts Venture Plan.” In this capstone class, students learn to ideate (come … Continue reading
Introducing the Meadows Artist Bridge
Introducing the Meadows Artist Bridge! The Meadows Artist Bridge serves as a bridge between those who want to hire Meadows student artists/creatives and those student artists/creatives who want to work. Check out our student artists/creatives who have chosen to present … Continue reading
Forbes Names SMU One of the Most Entrepreneurial Universities
In this article put out by Forbes, Southern Methodist University is ranked as the 14th most entrepreneurial university in America, just three spots behind Yale. Arts Entrepreneurship at SMU is cited in the article. The report says, “An arts-entrepreneurship program … Continue reading
Tips on How to Start a Movement
At Meadows School of the Arts, we encourage our students to “Start a Movement.” This is not just an inspirational slogan, but also a meaningful challenge. This post explores How to Start a Movement. Students are taught how to start a … Continue reading
Arts Entrepreneur Burgess Hears Echo of Profit
The music industry’s model is broken because, with streaming websites and illegal downloads, artists can’t make enough money to keep making the music we love. The streaming model is great for listeners because it allows them to listen to music for free, but it’s awful for musicians because… Continue reading
Simpatico: Artists and Entrepreneurs
What does it mean to be an entrepreneur? What does it mean to be an artist? To be an entrepreneur means you take risk for an idea you are passionate about in the hopes of making a living. What does … Continue reading
10 Pieces of Advice for Heroic Arts Entrepreneurs
1. Have passion or don’t do it. You must believe in your own idea before any other person does. That is the first step. You must believe to effectively communicate your vision. Be passionate about it. Passion is contagious and … Continue reading