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Pre-order now available
I am thrilled to announce that Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action is now available for pre-order. E-book or UK paper from Intellect Books US Paperback from University of Chicago Press
Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, Arts funding, arts infrastructure, Arts policy, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure, Personal infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure
Tagged arts entrepreneurship, arts policy, cultural economics, cultural policy, Culture and democracy, neoliberalism
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Love is in the Air (and the office)
February is a time to celebrate love and friendship. I try to bring love into the office every day: love for student success; love for colleagues and collaborators; and love for the beautiful Tongva land on which Cal State LA … Continue reading
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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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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Mass-produced Not-art
I continue to share bits and pieces of An Ouroboros: Art, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action as I develop several of the essays in the collection. This small bit is from Essay Four, on novelty and uniqueness, the introduction to which, since … 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
Pay Artists!
I recently attended the “Artists Thr!ve Summit” hosted by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. Artists Thr!ve is a rubric, a tool, to help organizations in the arts services sector determine if and to what extent their work supports artists: do … Continue reading
A *Real* “Sharing Economy”
I heard a co-founder of AirBnB on the TED Radio Hour this morning talking about how his app is part of “the sharing economy.” Apps like AirBnB, Uber, or Lyft, are said to exemplify the so-called “sharing economy” in which … Continue reading
The Field of Cultural Production – Pacoima
I recently re-read Pierre Bourdieu’s influential essay “The Field of Cultural Production.” Just before, I had spent 36 hours in Pacoima (a northeast LA neighborhood) consulting on an arts incubator project there. The latter helped me to understand – and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, arts infrastructure, Culture and democracy, Institutional Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure
Tagged arts incubators, Bourdieu, Creative Placemaking, Field of Cultural Production, LA Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, Pacoima, Pacoima Beautiful
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Porchfest
An earlier post introduced my observation of a Mariachi band playing in the backyard of a home in a rural western Washington town and the direct connection being made between the musicians and the celebrants, dancing and enjoying their community. … Continue reading
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