WVU Arts Entrepreneurship Consortium

Now accepting film submissions for the 2023 festival!
ADF’s Movies By Movers is a multi-faceted festival, dedicated to the celebration of conversation between body, movement, and camera. We live at the intersection of movement and filmmaking, inviting site-specific, media-specific work demonstrating thoughtful collaborations between moving bodies and film to apply.

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2023
Notification Date: April 1, 2023
Event Date: April 15–September 30, 2023

Learn more here: https://americandancefestival.org/movies-by-movers/
Photo from previous film featured: Landfall by Kate Weare and Jack Flame Sorokin

tik, tok, tik, tok....deadline to upload your ideas and compete for the prizes is around the corner - 11:59PM tomorrow, Saturday, October 1, 2022...

....10/1/22 deadline approaching fast...don't miss the opportunity to have your ideas heard and considered for the finals and the prizes...

...the deadline is approaching...good arts related business idea + persuasive presentation = $$$$....

What a great evening last week…. Arts and business - natural allies. Networking mixer event for the College of Creative Arts’ and the College of Business & Economics’ students at new Reynolds Hall building. Music by Mon Hills artists, an arts entrepreneurship mini-hackathon, and a lot of getting to know each other and forging new friendships…

Let's get on this again this year everyone! Last year we had over 20 College of Creative Arts students participate and take advantage of this great opportunity and challenge from WVU LaunchLab...

Yes, a community theatre is arts entrepreneurship, too…

Tales From A Hometown Community Theater

We hear the term "arts entrepreneurship" used so often nowadays. It seems like a simple concept. But things are not as clear cut as they seem. Here is my take on the issue of the meaning and purpose of arts entrepreneurship:

Arts and Entrepreneurship Exploring relationship between arts and entrepreneurship.

IKONICK is pushing the frontiers of arts entrepreneurship with crypto-art. A lot to learn and be inspired by here...

Meet the millennial crypto-art entrepreneurs backed by Gary Vaynerchuk who want to dominate the 'wild, wild west' of the NFT market IKONICK, an online art company, tapped into the millennial art buyer with motivational, meme-inspired canvas art. Now, it's entering the NFT space.

Here is an opportunity you might want to pursue if you are thinking of making a documentary:

The 2021 SDF Production Grant is now accepting applications Applications are now open for the 2021 SDF Production Grant, a vital resource for Southern filmmakers from diverse backgrounds. Five filmmakers will be awarded $10,000 each.

Consider the following exceptional free opportunities by Music Forward Foundation for professional growth and development, and check out their whole website for additional opportunities (link at the bottom of this post):

1. Music Forward Foundation will present “All Access Fest,” the only free career fair for youth devoted to music industry careers on Sept 30, 2021.

All Access Fest offers young people, ages 16-24, information, tools, access, and opportunity to follow their dreams of a career in the music industry, spark discovery, and map pathways to success. The virtual career expo will allow youth from all 50 states and countries around the world to participate in panel discussions, hands-on technical learning stations, experiential lounges, and artist and career feedback sessions. Participants will also gain direct access to industry professionals from major entertainment companies like House of Blues, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Concord, and more; and engagement opportunities with local employers and representatives from colleges and universities.
Register at:
https://musicforwardfoundation.org/all-access-fest/

2. Music Forward Office Hours (the first session was last Friday, but you can still register and participate in the next 3 sessions):

Office Hours are intended for individuals between the ages of 16-24. Please refrain from registering if you do not meet this requirement.

Why wait for tomorrow to prepare for your future career in the music industry? Join us for a series of Friday afternoons to receive exclusive access to music industry professionals who will help you to define your career path during 90 minute workshops and a one-hour mentorship session. Each Office Hour will include professionals that represent a variety of career pathways within the music industry.

Fall 2021 Office Hours take place at 2:00 PM (PST)/4:00 PM (CST)/5:00 PM (EST) on the following dates: Friday, September 10th, 17th, 24th and October 1st, 2021.

To reserve your place in Office Hours, you must register and select the dates that you are available. While attendance at all sessions is not required, it is strongly recommended.

Based on capacity, you will receive a confirmation from Music Forward within one week of your registration. The confirmation will include event date(s) and details, and your Zoom link. Please note, due to limited capacity for Office Hours, priority will be given to those who register early.
Register at:
https://musicforwardfoundation.submittable.com/submit/202370/fall-2021-office-hours-registration

Music Forward Foundation site:
https://musicforwardfoundation.org/

CCA students, the deadline to apply for this opportunity is tomorrow by 4PM, so if you have not applied yet there is still time to do so:
The College of Creative Arts' Creative Consultant Program matches outstanding creative arts students with extraordinary professionals in the fields of art, design, music, theatre, dance, and arts education, administration and industry. Consultants are alumni and friends of the WVU College of Creative Arts who want to give back to our college with guidance, advice, and expertise in a variety of artistic disciplines.
Applicants must complete the online application by 4pm on Friday, September 10th. There are a limited number of placements available and the program is competitive. The program is open to College of Creative Arts sophomores through graduate students. You will be notified by Monday, October 4th if you are selected to participate in the program.
Apply at:
https://wvucca.wufoo.com/.../creative-consultant.../
If you are selected into the program, please note the following mandatory meeting dates with Dr. Mikylah Myers, Assistant Dean of Student Artistic Achievement.
Monday, October 11, 5 - 6 p.m. Information Session – Zoom Meeting
Monday, October 18th, Afternoon (time TBA), Museum Education Center Grand Hall - “ConsulTea” meet your mentor!
Contact Mikylah Myers, Asst. Dean of Student Artistic Achievement at [email protected] if you have any questions about the program.

Yes, collegiate business plan competitions are for students arts entrepreneurs, too. Here is one coming up in our own state. The West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition offers college students around the state the unique opportunity to make their business idea come to life. Participants come from many different disciplines and backgrounds, and the competition is open to all degree-seeking higher education students from any major in the state of West Virginia. Let’s go!

Blockchain technology — specifically NFTs — is providing a new way for digital creators to monetize their content. The NFT market has now grown to $2.5 billion for the year, up 18,000% since last year. Despite doom talk of a bubble, the market remains buoyant as users and creators alike remain curious about this novel type of asset.

How NFTs are Ushering in the True Age of the Digital Creator Collectible assets are unique in that they all have no qualitative utility, but are quantifiably scarce.

Business of Art | The Artist’s Creed: 10 Guiding Principles for Your Arts Career - NYFA Make your arts career work for you with this empowering advice from artists. There is no one way to be an artist. Artists use different media, explore a vast range of ideas, and face differing barriers and obstacles. Yet over the years we’ve observed that many artists have one thing in common: ten...

If you are an arts entrepreneur and you create digital art, you may want to learn about MakersPlace and its founder Dannie Chu...

How This Entrepreneur Is Helping Digital Artists Protect Their Work Dannie Chu discusses what it takes to create a business focused on creativity within a digital space.

Business of Art | Five Ways to Stake Your Claim in the Arts Ecosystem - NYFA Takeaways from the inaugural Art World Conference that can help you focus your creative energies to develop a more purposeful practice. Art World Conference is a new business and financial literacy conference that includes panel discussions, conversations, and in-depth workshops addressing many of t...

The WVU School of Theatre & Dance didn't allow the pandemic restrictions to stop them and their students from continuing to be productive, creative, and innovative in their sphere. The school teamed up with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce King Lear, which will be broadcast across the state later this year. Not just a great artistic achievement, but also a great example of the power of agility and pivoting in arts entrepreneurship...

The Arts | WVPB helps WVU theatre students perform through pandemic WVPB helps WVU theatre students perform through pandemic Tuesday, April 13, 2021 With restrictions on gathering in place due to the global pandemic, many performances came to a halt in the West Virginia University School of Theatre & Dance. The school teamed up with West Virginia Public Broadcasting...

No matter what art discipline you practice and create in, and no matter which part of the arts entrepreneurship world you inhibit, you should learn about and consider the blockchain-based NFT technology and its potential and power...

NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World—But They Could Change So Much More A groundbreaking technology is letting artists sell digital creations in a unique new way

SUPPORT YOUR CLASSMATES AND PEERS:
View and vote on the video submissions of new creative projects submitted for the Launch Lab's Arts Entrepreneurship Competition.
Voting closes at 10 AM on April 21st, 2021.
Here is the list of the College of Creative Arts students who submitted their works for this competition, their majors, brief descriptions of their submitted works, and the link for the viewing gallery (below the list):
Dallan Halkias - Contemporary and Intergrative Performance major(Queer-Jazz-Funk-Poetry version of Schumann's "Dichterliebe"favorite.
Ian Riley - DMA student ("Touching Light" - original work for percussionist and mixed reality digital environment)
Coreisa Lee - DMA student (mixed art visual album with WV artists)
Carl Richter - DMA student (recording of rarely recorded contemporary music works)
Natalie Turkevich - Theatre major (children show based on West African folk tales
Jason Pohl - Theatre major - (Lao Tzu's poetry as visual vignettes)
Tyler Morris - Theatre major ("Out Wayne" - theatre play)
Brandon Russi - Theatre major (lab theatre's meta-musical "Title of Show")
Joseph Zecevic - Acting major (sitcom based on immigrant Slavic family life in the U.S.)
Adam Payne - Acting and Journalism major (musical "Dance in the Dark')
Taylor Walker - Dance major (social and racial justice dance piece)
Olivia McCarthy - Dance major (WVU Dance rchive Project)
Dominic Dowdy - Interactive Design for Media major (comic book)
Sean Neaville - Interactive Design for Media major (blank wall for public to do graffiti)
Katherine Martin - Art Education major - (Downtown Campus Sculpture Garden)
Sarah Ealy - Acting major(Big Stories for Little Mountain-ears, interactive acting troupe for elementary school topics) / ("Chasm" one act film performance art, poetry and prose)
Koen Korstanje - Sculpture major (short film on gender and identity)
https://newsouthmedia.secondstreetapp.com/LaunchLabs-April-Arts-Festival--Pitch-Competition/rounds/1/gallery/
Note: you can vote once a day, so return daily to vote for your favorite submissions.

Do dance majors need entrepreneurial skills? Here is an informed opinion re that issue published in Vol 2 No 1 (2020): Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education:
https://journalaee.org/index.php/jaee/article/view/55/3

Arts Entrepreneurship Podcast: Making Art Work We share how entrepreneurs in the arts are aligning their artistry, passion and vision, and are "making art work" for them. The podcast features entrepreneurs from all art forms, so each episode...

Bridging the gap between artistry and business as a creative entrepreneur Creatives often communicate and learn differently than others. This group is often given less attention, fewer tools and, ultimately, less credit when it comes to left-brain activities.

WVU students are encouraged to apply for the April Arts Festival & Pitch competition held by the Morris L. Hayhurst Launchlab from April 16th to April 22nd, 2021. This is a first-of-its-kind project that will highlight the innovation of our creative community. To apply, submit a 3 minute video about your artistic idea. To access & submit an application go to linktr.ee/launchlabwvu Applications are due April 14th, 2021 at 11:59 PM. Please reach out to the LaunchLab if you need video assistance with your application.

April 16th - 21st, 2021 will be the festival portion of the event, the community audience & judges will watch and vote for their favorite ideas!

April 22nd, 2021 Finalists will have a live pitch and Q&A with the judges. The top ideas will receive funding to bring their vision to life!

This Thursday there is a mini-meeting at 6PM, at WVU Launch Lab (Evansdale Crossing Building, 4th floor) about arts innovation with guest speaker, Irene Alby. To register go to https://linktr.ee/launchlabwvu.

Art Is At The Core Of Entrepreneurship, Ignore It At Your Peril Entrepreneurship, like art, is a creative endeavour. For the most exciting entrepreneurs, art is fuel for the brain.

Here is something some of you may want to consider:

Venture for America is a fellowship program for enterprising recent college graduates to launch their careers as entrepreneurs and revitalize American cities. After five weeks of training, VFA Fellows spend two years in the trenches of a startup in an emerging U.S. city where they learn how to contribute to a high-growth business.

Afterwards, VFA provides the mentorship, network, and resources Fellows need to become entrepreneurs.
Their goal is to fuel job growth in cities throughout the U.S. while empowering the best and brightest to create value in their communities. They aim to produce effective and high-character builders who will found and lead quality organizations throughout their careers.

For more information go to: https://ventureforamerica.org/

Venture For America - Venture For America Two Year Startup Fellowship Venture For America is a fellowship program for recent college graduates who want to become startup leaders and entrepreneurs.

All WVU students in arts-related fields:

This is your time to be creative and shine, and get some funding and recognition for your entrepreneurial ideas. Put your thinking hats on, put together a 3-minute video of you talking about it OR tape your "Pecha Kucha" presentation, with the pitch for your arts entrepreneurship venture, and send it out to apply for this contest hosted by WVU Launch Lab awarding funding specifically for the arts.

"Pecha Kucha", for those not familiar with it, is a presentation format, where about 20 chosen images related to the proposed venture are shown one after the other, while the verbal pitch about the venture is delivered over those visuals. "Pecha Kucha" means "chit-chat" in Japanese.

*Deadline to apply and submit the video: 4-14-21
*Review and judging of the videos: 4-20-21 and 4-21-21
*Finalists' live pitch for the judges: 4-22-21

Apply at: https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0dB9URpH1UBUHcy

For more info (and help with anything related to your entrepreneurial ideas, presentations, and plans): [email protected] / 304.293.9391

Let's go!

Welcome to Arts Entrepreneurship Studio at WVU College of Creative Arts and our page! Here, we will share educational information related to arts entrepreneurship, as well as news, ideas, inspiration, opportunities and developments in the field.

Today, artists all around the world are involved in entrepreneurial endeavors as part of what they do and how they make a living as artists, giving them the flexibility and independence that many of them need. In the United States, according to the National Endowment for the Arts, 34% of professional artists are self-employed and run their own arts ventures. Just like non-arts entrepreneurs, artists’ output, drive and focus may be about social change, or about commercial gains, or about the community, or about their own personal expression and success, or about all of the above. The fitting business structure, model, strategies and practices they might employ in their arts venture depends on those aims and priorities, and nowadays they have a number of choices in that area. Until just two-three decades ago, there were only two primary professional ways forward for artists — the commercial arts or the non-profit arts sector. Today, artists have many more choices and options, including a number of various entrepreneurial paths for their arts-based endeavors and ventures. And thus, the parameters and scope of what an artist is, why they do their work, where and how they engage with the public, etc., are greatly expanded today.

Let’s dig into and explore that world together here and get empowered with knowledge and understanding needed to thrive as an entrepreneurial artists today…

Welcome to Arts Entrepreneurship Studio at WVU College of Creative Arts and our page! Here, we will share educational information related to arts entrepreneurship, as well as news, ideas, inspiration, opportunities and developments in the field.

Today, artists all around the world are involved in entrepreneurial endeavors as part of what they do and how they make a living as artists, giving them the flexibility and independence that many of them need. In the United States, according to the National Endowment for the Arts, 34% of professional artists are self-employed and run their own arts ventures. Just like non-arts entrepreneurs, artists’ output, drive and focus may be about social change, or about commercial gains, or about the community, or about their own personal expression and success, or about all of the above. The fitting business structure, model, strategies and practices they might employ in their arts venture depends on those aims and priorities, and nowadays they have a number of choices in that area. Until just two-three decades ago, there were only two primary professional ways forward for artists — the commercial arts or the non-profit arts sector. Today, artists have many more choices and options, including a number of various entrepreneurial paths for their arts-based endeavors and ventures. And thus, the parameters and scope of what an artist is, why they do their work, where and how they engage with the public, etc., are greatly expanded today.

Let’s dig into and explore that world together here and get empowered with knowledge and understanding needed to thrive as an entrepreneurial artists today…