Your Idea. Our Program.
Launch your own arts nonprofit in an immersive, hands-on learning environment, or create a new for-profit enterprise that changes the cultural landscape.
Guest Lecturers:
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Suzy Delvalle
Suzy Delvalle, executive director of Creative Capital, hosted Entrepreneurship in the Arts students for a conversation on venture philanthropy in the arts. -
Courtney Harge
Courtney Harge, member advisor at Fractured Atlas, has joined Entrepreneurship in the Arts MA students for lectures on crowdfunding and fiscal sponsorship. -
Jamala Johns
Jamala Johns, a New York-based artist and creative director, spoke to Entrepreneurship in the Arts students about developing a holistic career and brand while practicing self-care. -
Yuchen Zhang
Yuchen Zhang, fashion tech designer, entrepreneur, and CEO of Wearable Media, spoke to Entrepreneurship in the Arts students about balancing profit and product with artistic vision, innovation, and social commentary.
To reshape the landscape of the creative sector, arts managers and professionals need the ability to think and work as entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneurship in the Arts MA program enables creative and artistically-minded students to imagine, identify, and build enterprises that will form and sustain the arts and culture worlds of the future.
- One of the only programs of its kind in the country
- Only 30 minutes by train from New York City
- Evening classes suitable for working professionals
- Affordable master’s degree program
- Part-time option, less than $1,600 per course
Arts Entrepreneurship in Action
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First-semester Entrepreneurship in the Arts students working together to mash-up creative enterprise ideas.
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The 2017 graduating class of Entrepreneurship in the Arts after presenting their capstone business plans.
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An exercise in innovation: students brainstormed as many creative enterprise ideas as they could in 5 minutes and worked together to mash them up into brand new creative entities.
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Entrepreneurship in the Arts workshop session.
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Students in Leadership and Management Techniques created campaign posters for artists they admire in a values-based leadership exercise.
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Jonathan Secor, the Director of Cathedral Productions at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan, gave Entrepreneurship in the Arts students a behind-the-scenes tour of the cathedral, sharing its history as a strong patron of the arts. Students were even taken down to the crypt where Keith Haring once had a studio!
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Jamala Johns, a New York-based artist and creative director, spoke to Entrepreneurship in the Arts students about developing a holistic career and brand while practicing self-care.
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First-semester Entrepreneurship in the Arts students working together to mash-up creative enterprise ideas. -