Monthly Archives: July 2015

Supportive Grids, or, “There’s No Ego in a Leko”

Posted on July 27, 2015 by lindaessig

At a recent participant parent event at Rising Youth Theatre, a terrific young company for which I serve as board secretary, one of the parents, who happens to also be a work colleague, noted that our discussion of the company’s … Continue reading →

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Art, Change, and Small Steps

Posted on July 19, 2015 by lindaessig

There is an interesting Op-ed in the New York Times today written by Antanas Mockus, a former mayor of Bogotá, Columbia. (Between Mockus’s two terms, Bogotá was led by another visionary, Enrique Peñalosa.) In his article, Mockus describes an art … Continue reading →

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Artist Alfons Alt at La Friche

Posted on July 8, 2015 by lindaessig

The last day of the recent AIMAC Conference was held at La Friche in Marseille, an urban arts redevelopment project in a former tobacco factory. La Friche includes artists’ studios, performance and exhibition spaces, a skate park, rooftop event space, … Continue reading →

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The Arrogance and Humility of the Monolingual (L’ arrogance et l’ humilité du monolingue)

Posted on July 3, 2015 by lindaessig

Quick on the heels of the Americans for the Arts annual convention, I headed to France for the biennial conference of AIMAC (International Association of Arts and Culture Management) where I presented a paper titled “Means and Ends: A Theory … Continue reading →

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