Like Art? Hire Artists: The Cultural Infrastructure for Creative Collaboration
This webinar will explore the transformative potential of integrating artists into non-art academic structures in long-term positions.
Drawing on five years of experience from the Target Studio for Creative Collaboration at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum, the speakers will present theoretical and practical approaches to curating sustainable artist-researcher partnerships across disciplines. They will present case studies from mental health research and engineering pedagogy, demonstrating how artists’ unique perspectives enhance clinical, research and teaching practice.
Throughout, they will address crucial questions: What kinds of artists can be effective collaborators in university settings? How can universities create sustainable structures for these partnerships? How do we fund collaborations outside predetermined disciplinary frameworks? The presenters will offer practical insights for cultivating meaningful artist-researcher partnerships that advance arts integration across higher education.
