Tag Archives: arts policy

The Symbolic Capital of Arts Commissions

Posted on January 24, 2011 by lindaessig

I learned late last week that Arizona governor Jan Brewer’s budget proposal zeroes out the general appropriations line for the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a cut of approximately $665,000, as part of her cost-cutting plan. The plan also includes … Continue reading →

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Half Full or Half Empty

Posted on January 21, 2011 by lindaessig

  NEA research director Suyin Iyengar posted an interesting report today.  It’s really a “report on a report” by the Arts Council England about online engagement with arts and culture.  The report indicates that 53% of people online “used the … Continue reading →

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Bricks and Mortar

Posted on January 17, 2011 by lindaessig

An article in yesterday’s NY Times about Arena Stage’s new “Cradle” for new play development and a tour I had this morning of the newly renovated Chandler Center for the Arts are reminders that sometimes infrastructure for the arts is … Continue reading →

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“Peaceful Assembly”

Posted on January 13, 2011 by lindaessig

President Obama delivered a tender, inspiring, and thoughtful speech last night in memory of the victims of the recent shooting in Tucson.  At first blush, one might wonder what the speech has to do with infrastructure for the arts. It … Continue reading →

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Arts giving: Tax deductions or tax credits?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by lindaessig

One of my concerns about our very decentralized arts funding structure is that so much depends on the tax deduction for charitable giving.   This concerns me less because of rumblings about repealing the deduction and more because the beneficiaries of … Continue reading →

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On “Antiques Roadshow”

Posted on January 5, 2011 by lindaessig

I caught a few minutes of “Antiques Roadshow” the other night. Whenever I land on “Antiques Roadshow,” I’m reminded of an old episode of Frasier in which Frasier and his dad are arguing over what to watch on TV, not … Continue reading →

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What Paul Krugman and Arlene Goldbard have in Common

Posted on January 4, 2011 by lindaessig

In his Op-Ed piece Monday in the New York Times, Paul Krugman wrote, “A rational political system would long since have created a 21st-century version of the Works Progress Administration — we’d be putting the unemployed to work doing what … Continue reading →

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New Year, new blog

Posted on December 31, 2010 by lindaessig

I think a lot about the infrastructure that is needed to support creative work in the arts.  Some of that thinking led to and subsequently derives from my work in arts entrepreneurship education and is given voice in both scholarly … Continue reading →

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