Featured Authors

Linda Essig is Director of the School of Theatre and Film in the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. She serves as Artistic Director of the Herberger College MainStage and directs ASU’s arts entrepreneurship program, p.a.v.e., the performing arts venture experience. A professional lighting designer, She is the author of numerous articles and two books: Lighting and the Design Idea and The Speed of Light: Dialogues on Lighting Design and Technological Change.

Whitney Ferre’s creative career began in 1996 when she opened The Creative Fitness Center in Nashville, TN. The center provided it’s clientele with the opportunity to work out their creative muscles with visual art classes. Ferre’s book, The Artist Within: A Guide to Becoming Creatively Fitthat was just published November 2008.Whitney Ferre also co-owns a wine bar in Nashville (rumourswinebar.com).

Barbara is a professional, actor, director and acting/speaking coach, who has worked in over 300 plays, movies, television series, soaps, commercials, industrials and voice-overs. She was Creative Director on TANGOING WITH TORNADOES (a play about domestic violence) written by award winning Oregonian journalist, S. Renee Mitchell.

Adam Shames is the founder of Adam Shames Consulting and the Kreativity Network. He has taught, facilitated and studied creativity for the past 20+ years. As an innovation consultant, facilitator and speaker specializing in leadership retreats, learning seminars and teambuilding events, Adam helps organizations build cultures of innovation and collaboration.