Abstract
This study explores the notion, practice and potential differences of arts entrepreneurship efforts in theways they are conceptualized and organized at higher education institutions in the United States compared to Europe. Based on a qualitative approach, the study’s main data collection method was paired interviewsas a means of facilitating sustained dialogue between respondents to provide more context into potentialsimilarities and differences. Findings show that although there are differences in the ways programs are organized, educators across the Western world seem to share similar values and face similar challenges. Students must be taught to apply context-specific and career-relevant knowledge, develop analytical,critical and self-efficacy skills and take up agency and explorative behaviors that lead to the creation of value, all of which require entrepreneurial mindsets. A more general theory of arts entrepreneurship mightpave the way for enhanced training of arts entrepreneurship educators and promote greater inclusivity in terms of cultural expression.
Recommended Citation
Rapisarda, Nina and Loots, Ellen
(2021)
"A Closer Look i nto t he Scope of Arts EntrepreneurshipEducation: Is There Any Such Thing as theAmerican a nd European Approach?,"
Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education: Vol. 3:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/jaee/vol3/iss2/6
