Arts and Entrepreneurship

Introduction

J. Mark Munoz and Julienne W. Shields

Introduction

Over the past centuries, people all over the world have used their talents and abilities to make art. Some utilized their artistic tendencies to follow a passion to create. Others leveraged their creative abilities to generate income for themselves and their families. Whatever the reason, thousands of different forms of art are created every day.

Evidence of art is everywhere—museums, arts, and crafts being sold in the streets by vendors, clothing designs, graffiti on the walls, advertising signs and billboards, music, theater and movie productions, and many more.

Art unleashes the creative spirit of people and is expressed in diverse forms. In profound ways, it adds to the beauty ...