Graduate Certificate in Arts and Entrepreneurship in Norfolk United States | Old Dominion University

The Arts & Entrepreneurship graduate certificate equips students with vital skills for establishing and maintaining thriving arts ventures, whether for-profit, non-profit, or community-focused, where art drives social change. This program covers developing viable business strategies, mastering grant applications, executing fundraising campaigns, leveraging social media promotion, building stakeholder relationships, managing arts organizations, and applying entrepreneurial design approaches. These practical abilities are combined with analytical perspectives on how artistic innovations impact society, politics, economics, and culture. Designed for creatives across disciplines, the certificate serves practitioners in visual arts (painting, sculpture, metalwork), design fields (graphic design, illustration, printmaking), and performing arts (music, dance, theater, film).