There's a great new essay series published by the Center for Arts Policy at Columbia College Chicago.

DemocraticVistasProfiles: Essays in the Arts and Democracy is commissioning great journalists to write readable, interesting stories about a diverse range of creative types—the guy who helped start Cirque du Soleil, the independent radio pioneer Jay Allison, choreographer Liz Lerman, and more . . . Check it out, and make suggestions for folks you think should be profiled in the future!

http://artspolicy.colum.edu/DVProfiles.html