Category Archives: Arts education

Effectual Thinking → Corn Muffins

Posted on February 3, 2016 by lindaessig

More than once, I’ve heard arts entrepreneurship educators, including me, reference the Chinese proverb about experiential learning: “give a man a fish, he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” To teach … Continue reading →

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Animating Research

Posted on January 29, 2016 by lindaessig

A few weeks ago, I shared some excitement about my research being used in Liz Lerman’s class, “Animating Research.” Yesterday, I presented a 15 minute overview of “Lowering Barriers: Value Creation and Evaluation in Arts Incubators” to the class. Students had previously … Continue reading →

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Toilet Paper and M&Ms

Posted on January 20, 2016 by lindaessig

I have asked (aka, required) the undergraduate students in my advanced arts entrepreneurship seminar to blog weekly about their experience in class and in launching a collaborative enterprise, the core activity of the semester. It is only fair that I … Continue reading →

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Explaining Arts Entrepreneurship

Posted on January 4, 2016 by lindaessig

Here I am in Tbilisi, Georgia, discussing arts entrepreneurship with students from Free University Tbilisi, Georgia Institute of Public Administration, and Georgia Theatre and Film Conservatory. I described arts entrepreneurship as a discovery and creation process for connecting means with … Continue reading →

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Tbilisi, Day 2- The Workshop (and dinner)

Posted on December 17, 2015 by lindaessig

The main event of day 2 was a workshop for students and faculty from several universities, including the Georgia Institute of Public Affairs and the Free University, which we toured with the head of its Department of Visual Arts and … Continue reading →

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SAEE, Take 2

Posted on October 22, 2015 by lindaessig

A little over a year ago, I attended the inaugural meeting of the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education, about which I expressed some very mixed feelings. I am pleased to report that the second annual conference of the group was … Continue reading →

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Curb Creative Connection, Day 3

Posted on October 3, 2015 by lindaessig

Day 3 of the Curb Creative Connection put on a wide angle lens to focus on topics broader than one specific sector: public policy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Before digging in to these, however, we were treated to a (too short) … Continue reading →

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Curb Creative Connection, Day 2

Posted on October 2, 2015 by lindaessig

Back in my hotel room, I’m still geeking out on the fact that I spent half the day in the studio where Bob Dylan recorded Blonde on Blonde. This is a city rich in cultural history and we experienced some … Continue reading →

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Curb Creative Connection, Day 1

Posted on October 1, 2015 by lindaessig

Nashville panorama (public domain) For the second year in a row, the Curb Creative Connection (CCC) is convening students from the 14 institutions of higher education that have benefitted from the Mike Curb Family Foundation’s support of academic programs in … 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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