ART 150 - Introduction to Fine Arts Entrepreneurship

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course is an introduction to the fine arts industry. It is designed to help artists discover the different career opportunities, including entrepreneurship, and develop skills and resources to help achieve their goals. Students will explore sales of personal artwork, evaluate techniques for the display of artwork, examine online and traditional art venues and resources and investigate how and why good images of artwork are important. Students will be expected to build a professional portfolio.

Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended: None

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
Check Course Availability

Course Competencies
1. Compare strategies and techniques for the display of art.

2. Manage pricing and sales of art, including establishing fair market prices and producing a bill of sale.

3. Critique how artwork is displayed in an art gallery, museum or other professional venue.

4. Outline the process to submit art to an art show, gallery or other venue.

5. Investigate the benefits of membership in professional art organizations.

6. Evaluate different art venues that service the fine arts industry.

7. Compose professional documents commonly used in the art industry, such as an artist statement and personal biography.

8. Produce images of artwork that can be submitted to a fine arts gallery.

9. Create a long-term and short-term plan for maintaining a career in the fine arts industry.

10. Examine organizations and regulations that govern art licensing, copyrighting and liability.

11. Explore online and traditional resources that can support marketing and self-promotion of fine arts.

12. Create a professional portfolio specific to a career in the fine arts.

13. Evaluate different careers in the art industry, including entrepreneurship, as viable personal career options.