Monthly Archives: June 2014

Is Everyone in the Room?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by lindaessig

I learned via twitter of a troubling occurrence at the recent TCG conference in San Diego. Rather than recount any details of it here, I point you to this piece by Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez, and also to the comments that follow … Continue reading →

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AZ Arts Entrepreneur Toolkit Progresses

Posted on June 24, 2014 by lindaessig

Last spring, the Arizona Commission on the Arts hosted its first-ever “Art Tank” program. Art Tank is modeled loosely on the ABC TV show “Shark Tank.” The commission describes, “Arizona Art Tank is a funding initiative of the Arizona Commission … Continue reading →

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Case Studies Are People

Posted on June 12, 2014 by lindaessig

Although I cringed when Mitt Romney said “Corporations are people, my friend,” the phrase came to mind as I read about yet another theatre closing this week. Throughout the spring semester, students in my graduate arts management class had been … Continue reading →

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Conference Reflections in a One-way Mirror

Posted on June 8, 2014 by lindaessig

I go to three or four professional conferences each year. After each, I routinely post reflections or takeaways here on Creative Infrastructure. I am still processing the experience I had — or wanted to have but didn’t — at a … Continue reading →

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#AAAE14 Takeaways: Entrepreneurship Everywhere!

Posted on June 1, 2014 by lindaessig

Happening right at the tail end of Barry Hessenius’s blogathon on arts entrepreneurship, the annual conference of the Association of Arts Administration Educators in Montreal further evidenced that arts entrepreneurship is maturing as an academic discipline. I was honored to … Continue reading →

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