Tag Archives: arts entrepreneurship

Willingness

Posted on March 24, 2018 by

You may have heard about the recent late winter storm that rocked the east coast. Thanks to that storm, I was stranded in Washington DC in between a meeting of the RUPRI/NEA Rural Cultural Wealth Research Lab and the Mike … Continue reading →

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Look Around, Look Around

Posted on February 13, 2018 by

After telling a story to my undergraduate arts entrepreneurship seminar yesterday, one student said, “that would make a good blog post.” So….here it is. First, the set-up: One of several objectives for this course is to help students increase their … Continue reading →

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Bread and Bitcoin

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

“Bread is the staff of life,” or so the saying goes. When I was studying lighting design at NYU, my teacher there, Arden Fingerhut (who became my dearest mentor and friend), would ask students to bake something to bring in … Continue reading →

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#Resistance Values

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

When I start teaching a new semester of arts entrepreneurship or cultural leadership with graduate students or advanced undergraduates, I usually have them do an examination of their own values so that they can consciously consider the values that drive … Continue reading →

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Arts Entrepreneurial Mindset

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

[I continue to develop essays on art, innovation, entrepreneurship, and money as part of my book project. Here are a couple of paragraphs from this morning’s writing:] The independent self-determined mindset, the sense of one’s own responsibility and accountability toward … Continue reading →

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Porchfest

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

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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A Short Story of Cultural Bifurcation

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

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 →

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