INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINED CREATIVITY

Partnership Program

We cultivate relationships with organizations that lead with generosity, embrace change, and work to elevate the role of artists in society.

A vital part of ISC’s work is building cross-sector partnerships around shared commitments. We welcome support from — and facilitate connections between — nonprofits, foundations, corporations, and other institutions that recognize the essential role creativity plays in civic life, innovation, and well-being. Through sponsorships, in-kind support, sharing of resources, mentorship, and our connection hub, we focus on collaborating with organizations (and individuals) that may not typically work together.

Our goal is to bring more voices, perspectives, and resources into meaningful, pragmatic conversations about creative sustainability. We believe deeply in the power of the arts to enhance well-being and longevity, particularly within underserved artist communities.

Areas of emphasis:

• Identifying, highlighting, and sharing the many valuable assets artists bring to the table, including our work ethic, how we think & problem-solve, and how we can create something from nothing, to name just a few.

• Artists are far more than makers: we lead with our ideas.

• Artists embody freedom of expression.

• How artists can contribute to a relatively new area of development — Creative Aging — including partnering with nonprofits and foundations that are helping it grow.

• Embedding artists in non-arts sectors, such as within the healthcare industry and civic planning.

• Developing contemporary pedagogy included in arts education, from K-12 to higher ed to adulthood learning.

ISC invites partners, collaborators, and sponsors to join us in advancing the sustainable creative lives of artists:

• Sponsor Our Initiatives
  We invite sponsorship of an event, an arts leader on the ground, a workshop, a mentor, a publication of a study or report, or a brand new initiative.

• Endorse The Institute for Sustained Creativity
  Endorsement can come in many forms, such as sharing events and public offerings through your mailing lists and networks.

• Be a Part of Our Team
  Endowing a named position for one of our team members.

• Host an Informal Gathering
  There are innumerable opportunities for artists and organizations to get together all across the country and we would love to partner with you to host one.

• Co-author with ISC publications, surveys, and other projects in the works

Our partnerships involve collaborating with these institutions and their like-minded values:

21c Museum Hotels, AICAD, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Augusta Arts Council, Augusta University, Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin, Bunnell Street Arts Center, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Cleveland Institute of Art, College of Creative Studies, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Davidson College, Erie Art Museum, Esse Purse Museum, Florida State University, Foundwork, Future Front Texas, Global Education Center, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at Charleston College, Hamilton College, Jentel Residency & Neltjie Center, Lehigh University, McColl Center, MoCA Cleveland, Mennello Museum of American Art, Moravian University, NCECA, Ohio University, Peninsula School of Art (PENART), Penn State University, Ringling School of Art and Design, Rollins Museum of Art, School of Visual Arts, Strand Bookstore, Tampa Museum of Art, UMass Lowell, University of Central Arkansas, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of South Carolina, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Vanderbilt University, Wasserman Projects, and Western Carolina University…and many more coming soon!