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In Praise of Cafe Culture

Posted on August 22, 2012 by lindaessig

David Dower and I recently discussed infrastructure for the arts in a Friday phone call.  David made the point, with which I agree, that the internet is a kind of digital arts infrastructure that makes traditional bricks and mortar less … Continue reading →

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Issues of Outcomes and Measurement

Posted on July 26, 2012 by lindaessig

After reading Ian David Moss’s critique of the “creative placemaking” logic model (or lack thereof) I couldn’t resist doing a little research so that I could better understand the issue.  After looking at the roots of creative placemaking in public … Continue reading →

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(Not) Having it All

Posted on July 2, 2012 by lindaessig

In late April, I posted a short note about “personal symbiosis,” the mutuality of our work and personal systems.  This was weeks before Anne-Marie Slaughter’s piece in the Atlantic that reminded women that having it all is nigh on impossible … Continue reading →

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Off Topic – A Veteran’s Story

Posted on June 28, 2012 by lindaessig

I go far off topic to share an important story, beautifully told by a lighting designer from San Francisco.  A veteran, she recently posted something on her twitter feed indicating that another vet acquaintance of hers, let’s call him K, … Continue reading →

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Hey, Where’d Your Creativity Go? Part II

Posted on June 24, 2012 by lindaessig

One of my earliest posts on this blog was in response to the question “Hey Linda, where’d your creativity go?” I wrote, “To a little orange room in a repurposed dorm in Tempe, Arizona” where I was creating curriculum for … Continue reading →

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It’s Not the Economy

Posted on June 20, 2012 by lindaessig

For years I’ve said that the economic impact argument doesn’t work for the arts and arts advocacy.  We keep making it, but it’s not working. A comment by John Shipley on Ian David Moss’s Createquity blog brought into clear focus … Continue reading →

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Culture Shock

Posted on June 18, 2012 by lindaessig

I recently returned from another conference (my previous post was also inspired by conference attendance).  The topic of this one was Creativity in Higher Education.  My presentation, snippets of which can be found in other postings, was entitled “Teaching Habits … Continue reading →

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Takeaways: Arts Administration Educators Conference

Posted on June 2, 2012 by lindaessig

I attended the annual conference of the Association of Arts Administration Educators for the first time, having now taught arts entrepreneurship for three semesters and seeing a course in arts management and another on arts policy on the not-too-distant horizon.  … Continue reading →

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Theatre Binge: Trends

Posted on May 17, 2012 by lindaessig

Last month I spent 72 hours in New York immersing myself in the kind of theatre and visual arts not readily available in Phoenix. It was a whirlwind: four shows, one of which was an eight-hour affair, plus the Cindy … Continue reading →

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1100 Seats

Posted on April 26, 2012 by lindaessig

If you are a stakeholder in the American nonprofit theatre community, you probably heard about or took part in the heated discussion last week about the announcement by the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis of its 50th anniversary season, a season … Continue reading →

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