Creative Business Model Responses to the Corona Crisis

Creative Business Model Responses to the Corona Crisis

As the world is facing the Covid-19 crisis, many wonder about it's effect on the short as well as long term. For the cultural sector,...
As the world is facing the Covid-19 crisis, many wonder about it's effect on the short as well as long term. For the cultural sector, the question rises what the post-pandemic arts scene will look like. For a sector that heavily relies on bringing large crowds together to enjoy cultural performances and to connect to each other, the Coronavirus has serious repercussions. As an immediate response to the world-wide lockdowns, many cultural institutions were quick to explore alternative digital spaces with online exhibitions and a rise in virtual reality. The Guardian has already touted this to be the beginning of...
The Creative Lenses research on business models in the arts

The Creative Lenses research on business models in the arts

Over the last four years, the team of the Creative Lenses project, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union, explored the issue...
Over the last four years, the team of the Creative Lenses project, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union, explored the issue of sustainability of European arts and cultural organisations. In particular, Creative Lenses aimed to address the question of how might cultural organisations become more financially sustainable without compromising their missions and values to achieve “stronger arts and cultural organisations for a greater social impact”. Also, its mission was to empower cultural organisations with knowledge, methods and tools to become more resilient so they can better create value for society. Some of the main tasks of...