Abstract
Entrepreneurship is a dependable approach to skill development, job creation, poverty reduction, and employment generation all over the globe. This paper focused on entrepreneurship in creative arts such as basketry, weaving, cloth dyeing, and ceramics. The paper also identified how entrepreneurship education in the creative art areas can effectively sustain the livelihood of the artist (the entrepreneur) and provide job opportunities for the society. The paper concluded that the Nigerian unemployment problem will be a thing of the past, if proper attention is given to entrepreneurship education in the creative arts. The artist for instance can produce mats, vases, pots, cane weaving, and apply pigments on textile materials such as yarns, fibers, and fabrics which is a means to generate employment opportunities for a sustainable development in Nigeria. This paper recommended that the government at all levels should encourage creative art through adequate supports and funding. It further recommended the provision of specific human capital development programmes through workshops, seminars, and conferences for business educators and lecturers.
Keywords: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Creative Art, Perspective
Publication Date: 2023-12-09