About The Authors

Lisa Canning


Lisa Canning is the founder of Entrepreneur The Arts. With a love for the arts, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, Lisa has developed, and helped others develop, ventures at the intersection of artistry and business for almost 30 years. Her passion is helping create organizations that maximize their value potential while realizing their highest purpose through using their creativity and artistry. In September of 2010 Lisa will open The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship, an entrepreneurial training school for artist, in Chicago. To read Lisa’s most recent posts click here:
Author: Lisa Canning

John Cimino


John Cimino is president and CEO of Creative Leaps International. As a champion of the arts in education, business and professional life, Cimino has brought his “Concerts of Ideas” and other innovative programs into projects of the White House, the Center for Creative Leadership and the leadership training programs of dozens of Fortune 500 companies. To read John’s most recent posts click here:
Author: John Cimino

David Cutler


Dr. David Cutler balances a varied career as a jazz and classical composer, pianist, educator, arranger, conductor, collaborator, concert producer, author, blogger, consultant, and speaker. His book The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living, & Making a Difference was heralded by Jeff Ziegler of the Kronos Quartet as “hands down, the most valuable resource I’ve come across for the aspiring musician.” To read David’s most recent posts click here:
Author: Dr. David Cutler

Linda Essig


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. To read Linda’a most recent posts click here:
Author:Linda Essig

Whitney Ferre


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 Fit that was just published November 2008.
Whitney Ferre also co-owns a wine bar in Nashville (rumourswinebar.com). To read Whitney’s most recent posts click here:
Author:Whitney Ferre

Amy Frazier


Amy is passionate about the connections between the arts and personal and professional development. As a theater professional, Amy has acted, directed, created and produced theater for over two decades. Amy is a student at the International Center for Studies of Creativity where she is working on a graduate certificate in Creativity and Change Leadership. To read more of Amy’s posts click here:
Author: Amy Frazier

Jim Hart


Jim Hart is an award-winning actor, director and producer and the founder and former Dean of TITAN Teaterskole (The International Theatre Academy Norway), an entrepreneurial training school for artists, in Oslo, Norway. In the fall of 2010, Jim will open his second entrepreneurial training school for artists, The Austin Conservatory of Professional Arts, (ACPA) just like the one he built in Norway. Applications will be accepted for student enrollment in Jan 2010. To read more of Jim’s posts click here:
Author: Jim Hart

Barbara Kite


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. To read Barbara’s most recent posts click here:
Author:Barbara Kite

Adam Shames


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. To read Adam’s most recent posts click here:
Author: Adam Shames