Author Archives: lindaessig

Unknown's avatar

About lindaessig

Linda Essig is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Baruch College and principal/owner of Creative Infrastructure. The opinions expressed on Creative Infrastructure are her own and not those of Baruch College

A Humane Framework for Assessment

Posted on July 24, 2017 by lindaessig

NOTE: This post was written for Animating Democracy’s Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change Blog Salon July 24-28, 2017. You can also find it there. I was honored that Animating Democracy chose to debut the new Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in … Continue reading →

Posted in arts infrastructure, Arts policy, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Short Story of Cultural Bifurcation

Posted on July 18, 2017 by lindaessig

I include this short story of cultural bifurcation in one of the essays in An Ouroboros: Art, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action. In 2014, I traveled to a small rural town in western Washington State to observe an arts incubator that had been … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, Culture and democracy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

One Paragraph at a Time

Posted on July 13, 2017 by lindaessig

Progress on An Ouroboros: Art, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action is slow, but steady, one paragraph at a time. Here’s one from yesterday: In my work as a scholar of arts entrepreneurship, I walk a fine line between critiquing the neoliberal economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Framing Connections: Arts Entrepreneurship, Critical Response Process, and Creative Placemaking

Posted on June 21, 2017 by lindaessig

As convener/host of the Fifth Biennial Pave Symposium on Entrepreneurship and the Arts: Arts Entrepreneurship In, With, and For Communities, I used my opening remarks to draw connections between arts entrepreneurship, Critical Response Process, and creative placemaking, all of which … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, arts infrastructure, Arts policy, Culture and democracy, Higher education, Institutional Infrastructure | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Polanyi and Wallace and Soup, Oh My!

Posted on June 11, 2017 by lindaessig

[Tracking some recent reading] One of the greatest gifts I received from my education in policy studies is the understanding that every issue has more than one side and that it is possible, and sometimes necessary, to hold different perspectives … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts policy, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Prologue

Posted on May 23, 2017 by lindaessig

When I was in my late twenties, with my natural tendency toward risk aversion mediated by my first steady teaching gig and lacking the parental responsibilities I wouldn’t encounter until years later, I decided to get a private pilot’s license. … Continue reading →

Posted in Institutional Infrastructure | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

New Article in Cultural Trends

Posted on May 22, 2017 by lindaessig

Same or different? The “cultural entrepreneurship” and “arts entrepreneurship” constructs in European and US higher education …is an article I wrote just ahead of print in Cultural Trends. It uses data gathered by graduate research assistant Joanna Guevara as a part of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, arts infrastructure, Arts policy, Higher education, Institutional Infrastructure | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Oh, the Irony

Posted on May 19, 2017 by lindaessig

I’ve immersed myself lately in reading about the decline or end of capitalism as background for the first essay in An Ouroboros: Art, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action. Last night, it was with some excitement that I had an opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts funding, arts infrastructure, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure, Personal infrastructure | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Multiple Points of Entry and Exit

Posted on May 16, 2017 by lindaessig

In the past several weeks, I have found myself using the phrase “multiple points of entry,” to describe different aspects of our programming: at meetings with ASU Enterprise and Innovation; with alumni; at our recent Herberger Institute Student IDEA Showcase; … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts education, Arts entrepreneurship, Higher education, Personal infrastructure | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Is the Hug the New Handshake?

Posted on April 24, 2017 by lindaessig

I’ve been noticing a trend lately: the business hug. At first I thought it was just an anomaly when a colleague, also a friend, hugged me at the beginning of an on-campus committee meeting. We were friends, and she asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts management, Personal infrastructure | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment