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FALL 2022 

 

Editors’ Introduction 

Neville Vakharia 

Drexel University 

Paul Bonin-Rodriguez 

University of Texas at Austin 

 

 

 

Welcome to Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts 11.2. The beginning of a new 

year brings a sense of renewal and growth. We’re encouraged by the continued growth of 

our journal’s scope, reach, and impact brought about by our dedicated editorial board, 

authors, peer-reviewers, and our publishing partners at the University of Arkansas Press. 

Artivate is truly a team effort that is helping to shape the future of our growing and 

maturing field. 

The articles in this issue span a broad spectrum of arts entrepreneurship fields of 

inquiry. In “From Gung Ho Heroes and Their Tragic Counterparts to Catalyst Characters: 

Figures of the Cultural Entrepreneur in the Scholarly Literature,” Sara Malou Strandvad 

encourages us to move beyond the traditional stereotype of the creative entrepreneur as 

either a hero or a tragic figure, extending the current literature to create a more 

collaborative and catalyzing view. 

Chikelue Chris Akabuike’s “Entrepreneurial Engagements: Its Motivations and 

Challenges Among Undergraduate Students of Nsukka Arts School in Nigeria” offers a 

quantitative analysis of sculpture students who pursue art-related entrepreneurial 

opportunities to support their studies. Though focused primarily on motivations, 

Akabuike’s findings invite considerations of how policymakers in academia, and in 

business, might support and prepare students for their efforts.  

Charlie Wall-Andrews also speaks to policymakers in academia and business in her 

findings. Her “Meta-Analysis on the Importance of Entrepreneurship in Canada’s Music 

Industry” applies quantitative and qualitative analyses of key entrepreneurial skills and 

traits in business to the case of the music industry, particularly in the face of digitalization, 

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Our issue concludes with Kathryn L. Brown’s review of Jason C. White’s new book, 

Innovation in the Arts: Concepts, Theories, and Practices, observing that the book’s precise 

explication of its key terms has much to offer to the field of arts entrepreneurship.  

Finally, this new year brings about another exciting change in Artivate’s continued 

evolution. After close to five years of serving as co-editors, we are handing over editorial 

leadership to a new team of four talented and dedicated co-editors who will continue the 

journal’s growth and success. By expanding the number of co-editors, Artivate will be able 

to do even more to connect with our field, communicate our work, and expand the types 

of offerings we provide. Throughout our tenure, we have been committed to a field-

building project by working to bring forth new authors and ideas and expanding the 

editorial team. We are pleased that our goals are shared by this new co-editorial team: 

• Olaf Kuhlke, Chair of Arts Entrepreneurship, Minneapolis College of Art and 

Design 

• Diane Ragsdale, Director and Scholar of Master of Arts in Creative Leadership, 

Minneapolis College of Art and Design 

• Jose Valentino Ruiz-Resto, PhD, Assistant Professor and Program Head of Music 

Business & Entrepreneurship, University of Florida 

• Andrew Taylor, Director of the Arts Management Program, American University 

We will remain on the editorial board and provide continued support to our new 

editorial team. We’re thrilled to have such an incredible group of people leading Artivate 

into its next chapter, and we look forward to a bright future for our journal and our field. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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