Monthly Archives: October 2014

Student + Art + Market

Posted on October 30, 2014 by lindaessig

Artists want – need – to make art. One of the hardest concepts to teach the young artists I teach is that when they send that art out into the world to meet its audience, they are doing so in … Continue reading →

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Guns Over Speech?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by lindaessig

From time to time, I range away from Creative Infrastructure’s focus on “thoughts and ideas about infrastructure for the arts” to other topics about which I am passionate, and this is one of those times — but not really.   The … Continue reading →

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Translation, Part 3: Empathy

Posted on October 15, 2014 by lindaessig

Our adventure in translating entrepreneurial tools for the arts domain continued today as I introduced my graduate seminar to the concept of  an “empathy map.” Empathy mapping asks the entrepreneur to consider how potential customers think and feel, what they … Continue reading →

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Multiple Threads of Inquiry

Posted on October 12, 2014 by lindaessig

Hurtling through the sky in a metal tube with wings, ninety minutes behind schedule, and missing the second game of the NLCS, I pause from what has been a hectic fall semester (thus far) to reflect on the conference just … Continue reading →

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