by John M. Eger July 15, 2025 San Diego has all the ingredients to become a city-state in function, if not in law. Consider what sets us apart: As global […]
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JOHN M. EGER (Cultural Correspondent)
Emeritus Director of the Creative Economy Initiative at SDSU, previously held the Van Deerlin Endowed Chair of Communications and Public Policy and taught in Journalism, Media Studies, and the Honors Program. A former adviser in the White House and FCC, he played a key role in reshaping U.S. telecommunications and later served as Senior VP at CBS, helping open China to commercial television.
COMMENTARY: From Starry Nights to San Diego: When Art Becomes Medicine
by John M. Eger July 7, 2025 We know that Vincent van Gogh famously severed part of his ear after a confrontation with his friend, the painter Paul Gauguin. We […]
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COMMENTARY: Can Art Heal a Fractured World?
by John M. Eger June 29, 2025 It may seem naïve to believe that art holds the key to healing our divided world. Yet art is perhaps the purest expression […]
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OPINION: Creative and Innovative Workers in Demand: Can Universities Still Deliver?
by John M. Eger June 23, 2025 For decades, higher education—even in models where art and science are integrated—has been seen as the surest path to upward mobility. But that […]
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OPINION: The Unraveling of DEI: Why Abandoning Inclusion Threatens Innovation and Economic Growth
by John M. Eger June 7, 2025 For nearly 60 years, the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)—enshrined in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and upheld by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego’s Museums and Libraries Are Resilient — and More Vital Than Ever
by John M. Eger May 21, 2025 For nearly three decades, a little-known but essential federal agency — the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) — has quietly fueled […]
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OPINION: Feds to Cities: You’re on Your Own
by John M. Eger May 7, 2025 At the start of the Trump administration, we saw mass resignations from the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, the President’s Committee on the Arts […]
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COMMENTARY: Street Art Can Make a Community
By John M. Eger April 30, 2025 Public Art , often called “street art”, sometimes graffiti to the eye of the beholder, is vitally important to communities in the new-creative […]
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OPINION: Business Support of the Arts isn’t Philanthropy
by John M. Eger April 22, 2025 When the San Diego Natural History Museum recently received a transformative $10 million gift from Dr. Irwin Jacobs, the community celebrated not only […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego’s Arts and Culture Districts: Incubators of Creativity
by John Eger March 24, 2025 In San Diego, according to the San Diego Tourism Authority, the city is proud to be part of California’s inaugural cultural district initiative. The […]
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OPINION: Artificial intelligence is faster and cheaper than human labor. But it lags in creativity.
Robots don’t take vacations or coffee breaks, they never get sick or protest working conditions. Not yet anyway. By John Eger March 8, 2025 For the last few years, some of […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego’s Creative Vision: How Art and Innovation Are Shaping the City’s Future
by John Eger February 10, 2025 Jonathon Glus, Director of San Diego’s Department of Cultural Affairs wants the City “to capture the power of our many traditions, ecologies, and creative capital […]
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THE BUZZ: The Future of Work: It’s Not Just Art
Written by John M. Eger February 15, 2022 At a policy meeting of the Alliance for Arts Education, the council was talking about the role of art in education. Melisa […]
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