Nigerian Visual Artists and Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Prospects

Abstract

This paper is principally concerned with the professional Nigerian visual artists who pass through universities without acquiring entrepreneurial skills. Majority of the university graduates in Nigeria lack adequate knowledge of entrepreneurship. As a result those not gifted to pursue interests in the academia may not fare well in the labour market. Few others end up as petty workers to Media or Textile industries without a bright future. This paper examines the knowledge capacity and capability of the visual artist to adapt to the entrepreneurial experience of contemporary society. Challenges and prospects of entrepreneurship are highlighted to educate the general public, government, National Universities Commission and prospective university graduates on the need for entrepreneurial education.