What makes IAE different?
The Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship™ believes strongly in the power of an experiential education. Especially when it comes to developing a creative enterprise. It is not enough to just sit in a classroom or learn from a textbook. We want you to be an active participant in marrying your artistry to how you will use it to earn a living. Much in the same way that we teach you the tools to artistically innovate and think outside the box, we feel that you can do some of your best academic work learning how to use those tools outside the classroom.
Why experiential learning?
Aristotle once said "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." Aristotle's philosophy is not all that dissimilar to how one develops as an artist--by doing. At IAE we utilize the strengths of experiential learning precisely because artists have been taught how to learn this way. Experiential learning is an individual-focused method of learning wherein you create meaning and understanding through direct involvement. The experience itself becomes a living, breathing textbook, and the interactions with our faculty of successful artistic entrepreneurs, both in the classroom and through projects and mentorship, translates into the development of your ideas into your own creative enterprise. Not only do we provide you the toolbox to accomplish this through the classroom, but equally we provide you with opportunities to go out into the world and play with all your new tools and experiment with our guidance and support.
For more information on the theories and philosophies behind experiential learning, visit this site.
What will I learn attending IAE?
IAE is a two year artist "finishing" program. After all, the mastery of your artistry is only one part of what you need to succeed as an artist. This means, that to be accepted as a student of IAE, you will need to have already developed your artistic technique prior to applying. Our goal, together, is to help you define and shape how best to use your talents to make a living in your medium and for the community you will serve. Our role is to teach you how to create and profit ethically from your artistry, as you become a leader in a niche market you uniquely can fill.
There is no doubt, our curriculum is unique. There is nothing quite like IAE in American arts training.
Our curriculum is designed to help you:
Our curriculum recognizes the needs of the 21st century to innovate. We believe creativity and artistry are a vehicle for economic growth and development for artist, community and business alike.
Why should artists become entrepreneurs?
Small businesses already play a major role in the economic landscape, accounting for half of the United States private gross domestic product and more than half of those employed in the U.S alone. More importantly, over the past decade, small firms have provided 60 to 80 percent of the new jobs in the economy, and according to a U.S. Bureau of the Census working paper, almost all of these new jobs stem from start-ups in the first two years of operations. There is simply no reason that the arts cannot be a vibrant part of the development of rebuilding the future of America, as they should be for all the value they hold.
"At IAE, by putting our students at the forefront of economic development through igniting their entrepreneurial imaginations to take flight, we are preparing the next generation of artists to change history and blaze a trail of emotional and financial success.""
- Develop your leadership capabilities through servant leadership
- Cultivate your entrepreneurial mindset
- Develop your strategic and critical thinking
- Build collaborative interdisciplinary projects with your peers
- Identify gaps in the community that you uniquely can fill
- Create a niche that you can profitably serve with your artistry
- Earn a living from your artistry
Why should artists become entrepreneurs?
Small businesses already play a major role in the economic landscape, accounting for half of the United States private gross domestic product and more than half of those employed in the U.S alone. More importantly, over the past decade, small firms have provided 60 to 80 percent of the new jobs in the economy, and according to a U.S. Bureau of the Census working paper, almost all of these new jobs stem from start-ups in the first two years of operations. There is simply no reason that the arts cannot be a vibrant part of the development of rebuilding the future of America, as they should be for all the value they hold.
"At IAE, by putting our students at the forefront of economic development through igniting their entrepreneurial imaginations to take flight, we are preparing the next generation of artists to change history and blaze a trail of emotional and financial success.""
-Lisa Canning, Executive Director
