Description
[Entrepreneurial Studies in Art and Design minor] Artists and entrepreneurs share many similar attributes, they are adaptive, able to think creatively, solve problems and seek opportunities for their ideas. This course will focus on the role of artists as entrepreneurs and the potential to create, promote and sell work by designing, branding and launching a design for market. Students will work with a variety of forming processes such as rapid prototyping, mold making, slip casting, wheel throwing or hand building to produce a series of ceramic objects ready to be sold through multiple platforms. Through the class we will investigate potential settings to market and sell work including online venues, wholesale shows, retail shops and boutiques. We will research contemporary practitioners and conduct field trips to the studios of Kansas City artists, designers and makers who have successfully navigated a career in the production and trade of ceramic objects. Prior experience with ceram