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Category Archives: Culture and democracy
Reconnecting in Repurposed Buildings
One of the great advantages of “maturing” is that along the way, one’s circle of acquaintances and friends expands and grows to include people near and far. Sometimes, someone you meet through a friend relocates and then you relocate, and … Continue reading
Posted in arts infrastructure, Arts policy, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure
Tagged 18th Street Arts Center, Arlington Arts, arts incubators, Bergamot Station, Intersection for the Arts, Might Tieton, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, Santa Monica Studios, Shannon Daut
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It takes some time to adjust to living in a new place and a different space: on this second night of Hanukah, I still can’t find where I packed (or unpacked) my menorah. But I have now been in Los … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and democracy, Personal infrastructure
Tagged Broad Museum, LAX, Los Angeles, sunset, tacos, The Broad
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#LaborDay Reflection
In 1985, I walked into Pace University, a light plot and section for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof under one arm and an opera score under the other. I waited all day for my turn – I was last … Continue reading
Sharing and Value
I continue to explore, somewhat casually and, unfortunately, intermittently, the concept of “sharing” and what it could mean to have a true “sharing economy” for the arts. As part of that exploration, I am reading Arjo Klamer’s Doing the Right … Continue reading
Top 5 Creative Infrastructure Posts of 2017
#1. For the second year in a row, a short piece defining arts incubators was the most popular post on Creative Infrastructure. I first posted “What is an ‘Arts Incubator’?” in 2013 early in my research on the topic, but … Continue reading
Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, arts infrastructure, Arts management, Arts policy, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure, Personal infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure
Tagged #MeToo, 2017, arts and culture sector, arts incubators, blogging, consulting, Internships, La La Land, Means and ends, New Year, Ouroboros, Sexual harassment
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Sharing
Preparation for a recent meeting about a project I’m affiliated with, The Rural Cultural Wealth Lab, got me thinking about the word sharing, or share, or shared. The phrase that jumped out at me had to do with shared values … Continue reading
Safe Places = Sanctuaries
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, hate-mongering vandals desecrated the monument that marks the entrance to Gates of Heaven, one of the oldest synagogue buildings in the country. For over a decade, I would walk the … Continue reading
