by It's Me! | Mar 5, 2009 | Advocacy, Creative Capital, Cultural Economy
Artists are a renewable resource. They often produce so much out of thin air that it seems like photosynthesis to me. And they seem compelled to produce creative ideas and objects regardless of the outcome, unable to resist some cellular imperative – kind of like...
by It's Me! | Jan 15, 2009 | Capacity Development, Economics
As I sat in a room full of creative thinkers, stimulated beyond belief by feeling connected and understood – hearing about the innovative projects that represented “Silo-Busting Strategies” from different parts of the world – I realized once again that...
by It's Me! | Dec 17, 2008 | Capacity Development, Leadership, Professional Development
Here’s the summary of a conversation I recently had with a member of an Artist-Run Centre’s management collective. I sit on the Board, and chair the HR committee: To help you manage the interruptions in the open office: tell people you need to manage your...
by It's Me! | Nov 9, 2008 | Creative Capital, Cultural Economy
(from a posting I made to the Sirolli Institute Public Forum on April 21, 2007, which generated a little bit of a buzz) ….I apologize in advance for the length of this rant, but here goes.. The coveted Creative Class referred to by Florida, is that...
by It's Me! | Sep 2, 2008 | Cultural Economy
There has been something bugging me amidst all the ballyhoo about the arts driving the economy, the rise of the creative class and the cult of innovation. I live in a city swimming in creativity, stuffed with artists, overwhelmed with visual stimuli, intellectual...
