by It's Me! | Nov 25, 2010 | Advocacy, Creative Capital, Cultural Economy
This is a thought-provoking message from CAR/FAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens) that highlights one of the reasons that many visual artists, no matter how valuable their works may become, continue to live at poverty levels in...
by It's Me! | Jul 1, 2010 | Advocacy, Creative Capital
I wanted to let you know about a recent epiphany that has me finally grokking the digital policy landscape and what needs doing about it. All because I was sick and channel surfing. I happened to catch a broadcast on CPAC of the June 8 Panel at the Telecom conference...
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! | 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...
