Academic Partnerships
The arts and entertainment industries are at an inflection point. Nonprofit arts organizations and theaters are closing, the film and television industry is shut down, and advances in AI and other technology pose new challenges to the field. At Midnight Oil Collective, we understand that current circumstances are devastating and urgent– and that they also present an opportunity. An opportunity to disrupt patronage and studio models that have been problematic for artists for decades (or centuries). An opportunity to produce our own work and pilot new methods for engaging audiences. And an opportunity to adapt the innovations of the tech industry to help artists, rather than exploit them. Midnight Oil Collective believes that artists should be the leaders of the creative economy and the CEOs of their own artistic ventures, and we partner with schools and universities to offer programming, mentoring, and consulting to equip artists with the mindset and tools to see their visions through to fruition.