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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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A Broken String

Posted on March 12, 2011 by lindaessig

The Bead Museum in Glendale AZ shut its doors today.  It did so, according to a posting on the AZ Commission on the Arts website, because of significant decrease in contributed income over the last several years due to the … 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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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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Arts Policy: Oranges and Pomegranates

Posted on February 13, 2011 by lindaessig

The arts policy conversation was fueled last week by an announcement from the governor of Kansas that the state’s arts commission would cease to be a state agency and by Texas Governor Perry’s statement that the Texas arts commission was … Continue reading →

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Dream + Action = ?

Posted on February 8, 2011 by lindaessig

There has been a lively online conversation over the past twelve days since Rocco Landesman’s comments about the supply/demand equation for arts organizations.  I’ve read economic arguments from both the left and the right, a reminder of the dearth of … Continue reading →

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Supply, Demand, and Rocco Landesman

Posted on January 29, 2011 by lindaessig

Robin Pogrebin reported in the Arts Beat column today and online yesterday on NEA chairman Rocco Landesman’s remarks at Arena stage earlier in the week.  He “addressed the problem of struggling theaters. “You can either increase demand or decrease supply,” … Continue reading →

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