Written by: Michael Weigel As a graduate research assistant at the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab at the IU Center for Cultural Affairs, much of my work in the past two years has focused on economic factors that influence artists who use crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter to finance and showcase their work. Kickstarter… Read more »
Written by: Michael Weigel, O’Neill MPA student While many people were quarantined at home, the Center for Cultural Affairs and the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab at the O’Neill School worked diligently to bring those in the creative sector together to look toward the ever-evolving future of the arts in a post-COVID world…. Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global arts sector in unprecedented ways. Museums had to close their doors. Concerts were cancelled. Artists who perform on urban streets were forced indoors due to stay-at-home orders. O’Neill IUPUI Professor Doug Noonan and colleagues from the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (AEI) Lab are working to understand how… Read more »
By Kaisee Riddell, AEI Lab graduate student research assistant As the world reacts to the impact of COVID-19, some leaders in the arts world are considering the long-term impacts that it might have on the industry and how it will be changed after this pandemic. In fact, NPR reported on April 24, 2020, that… Read more »
This blog is the result of a research partnership between the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts: the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (AEI) Lab. By Jessica Sherrod Hale and Dr. Joanna Woronkowicz Artist-in-residence programs are a way for spaces that don’t typically include artists’ input—such as hospitals, corporations,… Read more »
