A new collection of connected essays and case studies that delve deeply into the relationships between art innovation entrepreneurship and money.ampampampnbspAs in sports business and other sectors the top 1 of artists have disproportionately influenced public expectations for what it means to be a ampampquotsuccessful artist.ampampquot In Creative Infrastructures Linda Essig takes an unconventional approach and looks at the quotidian artistand at what they do not what they make. All too often artists who are attentive to the ampampquotbusinessampampquot of their creative practice are accused of ampampquotselling out.ampampquot But for many working artists that attention to business is what enables an artist to not just survive but to thrive. When artists follow their mission Essig contends that they dont sell out they spiral up by keeping mission at the forefront.