The Business of Being an Artist
A former Mills College course in which students created a business plan for their arts venture.Partnership with Mills College
Intersection offered the course Business of Being an Artist at Mills College from 2018-2022
MGMT 186/286: The Business of Being an Artist is a course at Mills College presented in partnership with Intersection for the Arts. In this course students developed a business plan to launch a new—or further develop an existing—arts business venture. The instructional team served as facilitators and advisors to guide students in articulating their business vision and crafting a functional plan. Course components were driven by the use of the Business Model Canvas design-thinking tool. Upon completion of the course, students had developed a comprehensive plan that could be used as a model for supporting their individual professional arts practice, opening an arts business, or could be used as a portfolio piece to show prospective employers. Weekly class sessions were led by Instructor Amy Kweskin.
Are your students interested in building a career in the arts? Have an idea for a creative business venture? Need to figure out what it takes to get started and to be sustainable?
Talk to Intersection about arranging a graduate or undergraduate course, program or guest speaker visit to learn directly from professional artists and arts managers working in dance, studio art, theatre, music, writing, and across disciplines.
Contact: Amy Kweskin, Director of Professional Development AMY [AT] THEINTERSECTION [DOT] ORG

Instructor
- Amy Kweskin, Intersection for the Arts, Director of Professional Development
Past Presenters
- Yesenia Sanchez, Soleil Coaching & Consulting
- Randy Rollison, Intersection for the Arts
- Pavan Singh, Marketing & Strategy Expert
- Anthem Salgado, Art of the Hustle
- Beatrice L. Thomas, Cultural Strategist
- Kevin Seaman, Cultural Worker
- Lina Buffington, INNOVATE Consulting