Tag Archives: Ouroboros

Tenth Anniversary!!

Posted on December 31, 2020 by lindaessig

This isn’t just any New Year’s Eve post, this is the TENTH ANNIVERSARY of Creative Infrastructure! Continue reading →

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Last Words?

Posted on November 28, 2020 by lindaessig

I’m working on how to close out Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action. My thinking has evolved, somewhat circuitously, since I began studying entrepreneurship and then public administration fifteen years ago. The writing has really been about me untying … Continue reading →

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Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action

Posted on October 30, 2020 by lindaessig

Creative Infrastructures: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action is a labor of love, the culmination of fifteen years of ever-evolving thinking, and, now, a manuscript submitted to Intellect Books. A prologue, nine essays, and an epilogue (this last is still in … Continue reading →

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Real Estate

Posted on September 5, 2020 by lindaessig

All too often, artists who are attentive to the “business” of their creative practice are accused of “selling out.” But for many working artists, that attention to business–to revenue generation, asset accrual, the arts economy—is what enables an artist to … Continue reading →

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New Year Post 2019-20

Posted on December 31, 2019 by lindaessig

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! Since I launched this blog on New Year’s Eve 2010 it has been my tradition to offer a recap of the blog’s year, summarizing its stats and revisiting its most popular posts. As the … Continue reading →

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Back at it (Finally)

Posted on September 26, 2019 by lindaessig

After a summer vacation and some less fun issues (now completely resolved!) that unfortunately coincided with the very busy start of a new semester, I am back at work on my collection of  essays on the relationship between artists, money, … Continue reading →

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Foundations of Arts Entrepreneurship 1

Posted on June 2, 2019 by lindaessig

Four years ago, I created a series of short videos for use in my class Foundations of Arts Entrepreneurship. I’m no longer teaching the course (and the videos themselves admittedly could use some updating) but for those of you looking … Continue reading →

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I’m Still Here

Posted on December 27, 2018 by lindaessig

I’m still here. I launched this blog on December 31, 2010 and have written an anniversary post on or near New Year’s Eve each year since. These eight years have seen a lot of change – in the world, in … Continue reading →

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One sentence at a time

Posted on August 26, 2018 by lindaessig

As my book project, An Ouroboros: Art, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action, developed, I began posting paragraphs or short passages to help me work through ideas and garner feedback. With my transition into a new job, I am sometimes only able to … Continue reading →

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Working through an idea

Posted on July 26, 2018 by lindaessig

Now that I’m almost four weeks in to my new position as Dean of the College of Arts & Letters at Cal State LA, I have some headspace to return to An Ouroboros. I’m working through a thorny section of … Continue reading →

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