Name that is ushering in artistic work? (8)
I believe the answer is:
calliope
'artistic work?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'name that is ushering in' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'call' (to call them someone something is to name them).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'ushering' becomes 'op' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ie' placed around 'op' is 'iope'.
'call'+'iope'='CALLIOPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for calliope that I've seen before include "source of inspiration?" , "something powered by steam" , "inspiration for poets" , "One Muse" , "Greek Muse of eloquence and epic poetry, or a kind of organ" .)