Category Archives: Games

Traded $5,645 From Some Marbles

Posted on March 18, 2015 by James Hart

  In the Arts Entrepreneurship/Arts Management class Attracting Capital at SMU, this semester, students Tala Duwaji and Sam Lankford accomplished something remarkable. They played The Marble Game and began trading up in value from a marble. Three weeks, later, they … Continue reading →

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Arts Entrepreneurship Games for the Classroom

Posted on July 22, 2014 by James Hart

Jim Hart, Director of Arts Entrepreneurship at SMU, has created a new website of Arts Entrepreneurship Games. Games are a means of teaching arts entrepreneurship to artists, which appeal to artistic sensibilities. To see the website, go to: http://artsentrepreneurshipgames.wordpress.com A new … Continue reading →

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Arts Entrepreneurship and Experiential Learning

Posted on May 14, 2014 by James Hart

Many schools are currently developing new arts entrepreneurship programs. This article serves to encourage those schools to develop curricula founded in experience-based learning. Entrepreneurship is best learned through the process of experience, as entrepreneurship, of whichever kind (corporate, arts, social), … Continue reading →

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Competitive Lemonade Stands

Posted on February 15, 2014 by James Hart

This week in the class Attracting Capital, students engaged in competitive lemonade stands. They had to compete, using the same product, with stands facing each other. This game is one about branding, sales strategy and

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The Marble Game Has Begun Again!

Posted on January 31, 2014 by James Hart

This semester, students are again trading up in value, beginning with a single glass marble (this year’s is cobalt) and seeing what they can gain. All trades have to be final. What most find in this exercise, is that

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Teaching Through Games: Feedback and Gaps

Posted on January 29, 2014 by James Hart

Teaching through game playing is a fun and effective way for students to learn about arts entrepreneurship. Today’s game focuses on feedback and perception of gaps within the market. Game:

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Winner of Arts Entrepreneur Pitch Contest

Posted on November 24, 2013 by James Hart

We have a Winner of both the annul Pitch Contest in the class Attracting Capital, but also The Marble Game. Jordan Barnett, Senior Arts Entrepreneurship student, has won both contests this year. See Jordan’s video interview on how she traded up … Continue reading →

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Update on the Marble Game

Posted on November 12, 2013 by James Hart

Some of you may remember that some students in Attracting Capital have been invested in trading up (beginning with a single marble) for objects of greater value. One young woman has traded up (through multiple trades) to a hunting trip, … Continue reading →

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Update on The Marble Game

Posted on October 9, 2013 by James Hart

“Any updates regarding trades?”, I asked in my Attracting Capital class. “Traded the putter for two other clubs and floor seats at the mavs game”, was the first response from an undergraduate visual artist. This young woman has consistently traded … Continue reading →

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Teaching Arts Entrepreneurship: Competing Lemonade Stands

Posted on September 19, 2013 by James Hart

Students in the class Attracting Capital, are creating lemonade stands as a learning model this Friday before the front entrance of Meadows School of the Arts. But these are not going to be just lemonade stands, but competing brands. Moreover, … Continue reading →

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