Fadeout or Pivot? US Arts Incubators and the Evolution of Entrepreneurial Support
Linda Essig, MFA, PhD, is currently Baruch College’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. She previously served as dean of the College of Arts & Letters at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) where she was responsible for nine academic departments, four centers, and the university’s gallery. Prior to Cal State LA, Dr. Essig was director of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Programs for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University (ASU) and founding director of its School of Theatre and Film. She also served as chair of the Department of Theatre & Drama and director of University Theatre at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Essig has authored four books and numerous articles and book chapters on both arts entrepreneurship and theatre lighting design. Her most recent book Creative Infrastructure: Artists, Money, and Entrepreneurial Action was published with Intellect Books in 2022. She also launched Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, a premiere research journal for the field.
We invite Linda Essig to explore the phenomenon of arts incubators and spaces where creative, economic and social value co-mingle.