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Tag Archives: value
Working through an idea
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
Posted in arts infrastructure, Institutional Infrastructure
Tagged Bill Sharpe, culture, economies, experience economy, Moebius strip, Ouroboros, value
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Sharing and Value
I continue to explore, somewhat casually and, unfortunately, intermittently, the concept of “sharing” and what it could mean to have a true “sharing economy” for the arts. As part of that exploration, I am reading Arjo Klamer’s Doing the Right … Continue reading
Thoughts While Waiting for a Plane: Value and Values
“Value” and “values” are such loaded words. Because the various concepts of both are top of mind as I teach arts entrepreneurship to a variety of student constituencies this semester, I’ve written several times recently about “values,” those ethical concepts … Continue reading
Posted in Arts entrepreneurship, Personal infrastructure
Tagged aesthetic value, hedonic value, market value, value, value scale, values
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What is the value of an ART degree?
Earlier this evening, I shared a small stage at the Chandler Center for the Arts with my colleague Adriene Jenik, director of ASU’s School of Art, as we accepted first and second place awards in the Arizona Art Tank Business … Continue reading
Posted in Arts education, Arts entrepreneurship, arts infrastructure, Higher education
Tagged Art degree, MFA, value
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It’s Complicated
Relationships are complicated. Perhaps none are more complicated than the relationship between art and money. What makes the relationship so complicated isn’t “love,” but “value.” Economic theories from Adam Smith to Karl Marx focus on the distinction between value-in-use (a … Continue reading
My BIG Questions
Here are the questions that keep me awake at night: How does an arts organization provide value to its community? Should an arts organization measure the value it provides to its community? If so, how? How does the way an … Continue reading
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