Module Details

Module Code: ENTR H3701
Module Title: Entrepreneurship for Artists
Title: Entrepreneurship for Artists
Module Level:: 7
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Karen Hennessy
Module Author:: Orla Ryan
Domains:  
Module Description: This modules aims to align learners’ personal creative goals with their career goals. The module helps learners identify the variety of business models associated with various contemporary creative practices including socially engaged and community projects. Learners will have the opportunity to understand and compare the variety of professional contexts which they may want to work in. The module will look at case studies of contemporary artists and organizations, both locally and internationally and develop learner knowledge in how they function as businesses. The module aims to expand learner knowledge and awareness of how to apply their creative skills to create income and cultural/social value for themselves and others in an ethical and sustainable way including an understanding of the circular economy.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Define and describe different types of career and business models used by contemporary artists.
LO2 Develop reflection and analytic skills through writing a learning journal based on developing a career plan.
LO3 Design and develop a self-directed creative professional plan which evaluates and prioritizes the different business models relevant to their own professional goals.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
What type of artist could you be?
Using local and international case studies learners will be asked to critically engage and reflect on a variety of different pathways such as: gallery artist/collaborative practices/atelier/ production company/ freelance/ experience economy/ creative cooperatives, community arts, not for profit / arts festivals/
Resilience and Adaptability:
Is it possible to create a living wage by applying your creativity in different contexts? Looking at Case Studies
Being strategic:
How to plan ahead without losing your creative space
Micro start ups
Looking at creative case studies
Setting up a company-
Do you need to? What is involved, first steps
Funding Streams:
Local, national, international. How to apply for Artists’ Tax Exemption
Arts & Cultural Marketing
What do arts organizations and artists have to consider? Maintaining a public profile with social media.
Project management
What is involved? Case Studies
Collaborative groups
Organizational issues when working in groups
How to protect your work:
Copy right / Licensing/ Creative Commons/Artists Resale Rights
Sustainable Practices: Art and Rural/Urban Development
Art and Rural/Urban Development- exploring strategies that develop your creative career linking to other developments in your working environment
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Multiple Choice Questions % of Total Mark 10
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Weekly Quiz
Assessment Type Reflective Journal % of Total Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Learner is asked to record their learning journal weekly for the duration of the module. The journal can be an opportunity to imagine and reflect on a future professional creative life will help clarify the direction their Creative Project Plan will take.
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 50
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Career Plan.This assignment is self-directed. It will include learner’s career goals. It will include research of creative professionals related to these career goals. This assignment will identify the professional skills needed to realize your plan. In the plan identify who can advise or help further these goals. Conclude with a realistic timeline required to achieve these goals.
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Learning Time Non Contact Reading, viewing, listening and developing assignments Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Bhandari, Heather, Darcy, Melber Jonathan. (2017), Art/Work - Revised & Updated: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career, Free Press, [ISBN: 978-150114616].
  • Jarvis, Paul. (2020), Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, [ISBN: 978-13289723].
  • Kolb, Bonnita. (2020), Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Cultural Industries (Discovering the Creative Industries), 2nd. Routledge, [ISBN: 978-036741972].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Chong, Derrick. (2009), Arts Management, 2. Routledge, [ISBN: 9780415423915].
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
Other Resources
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