Tag Archives: arts entrepreneurship

Incubating the Incubators

Posted on October 2, 2011 by lindaessig

Devon Smith recently visited the ASU campus as part of the p.a.v.e. program in arts entrepreneurship speakers series.  Her visit followed close on the heels of her blog about arts incubators and how they differ from business incubators.  In response … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Rocket Science

Posted on October 1, 2011 by lindaessig

I’m teaching a unit on fiscal literacy next week in my arts entrepreneurship class, leading up to the unit on budget and finance. This content spurred me to revisit something I posted on the entrepreneurthearts blog last year.  Because it … Continue reading →

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Can’t Stop Thinkin’ about Tomorrow

Posted on July 8, 2011 by lindaessig

I always enjoy it when my brother’s Psychology Today blog intersects with the themes here at Creative Infrastructure.  His topic this week is “the future,” or rather the nostalgia he feels for the way we used to imagine the future … Continue reading →

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Prague, Vienna, and artistic production

Posted on June 24, 2011 by lindaessig

In the car today, my son asked, “how much art does an artist usually make?”  We had returned less than 48 hours previously from a ten-day trip to Prague and Vienna, during which my children were exposed to more creative … Continue reading →

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Conference Shake-up

Posted on March 29, 2011 by lindaessig

I posted the following comment response to Diane Ragsdale’s blog post decrying the structure of annual arts organization conferences: Perhaps the conference model can be reconceived along the lines that some arts orgs are evaluating their value proposition: 1) who … Continue reading →

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Bragging Rights

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lindaessig

Because Creative Infrastructure is what my brother would call a “vanity blog” I’m going to use my wordpress space today to brag – not about me, but about the p.a.v.e. program in arts entrepreneurship and the creative, enthusiastic students who … Continue reading →

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Please Don’t Blame (only) the Artists

Posted on March 20, 2011 by lindaessig

A tweet from 20Under40 called my attention to an open letter from the “Creative Arts Think Tank,” a “loose collection of [New York-based] contemporary performance stakeholders” about improving the business ecosystem for the contemporary performing arts.  There’s a lot to … Continue reading →

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A FOURTH Dimension of Arts Entrepreneurship

Posted on March 9, 2011 by lindaessig

Sometimes, coincidences mount in ways that are truly mysterious.  On March 5, I completed work on a co-authored book chapter, The Enterprising Artist and the Arts Entrepreneur: Emergent pedagogies for new disciplinary habits of mind for a forthcoming volume on … Continue reading →

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Measuring Success (first thoughts)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lindaessig

Late last week, the NEA released a re-interpretation of its 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.  In the announcement of the new analysis, the agency writes “For nearly three decades, the periodic survey has focused primarily on live … Continue reading →

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Kickstarting Entrepreneurial Learning

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lindaessig

I met last week with Cindy Au of kickstarter.com, the crowd-sourced financing site for creative projects.  In talking with her about kickstarter’s approach to project selection, I realized that the site is more than just a way for arts entrepreneurs … Continue reading →

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