Culture Foundry
Where ideas become culture
Convening scholars, artists, writers, and creative professionals to develop critically-informed original work across disciplines and media.
The Culture Foundry fuses rigorous scholarship and ambitious artistry to create original IP that fosters an informed citizenry.
Cultures are shaped by their past and will be changed by the research we produce, the art we create, and the communities we convene today. Critical inquiry is a vital part of a healthy and thriving democracy, and our challenge is to embed it in the media people consume: the films they watch, the games they play, and the stories they follow. In order to do so, we must be intentional about the work we produce, how people access it, and the communities included.
The Culture Foundry is an intervention in the institutional practices of knowledge and content production in academia and the arts. We connect the exceptional talent in higher education to the creative industries outside it to create and develop original work that carries big ideas into the wider world.
Our humanities-based approach emphasizes that moral character can be developed, that individual growth occurs in a community, and that intentional communal transformation is possible.
Creator-led methods
We know the most original work is generated in environments that invite experimentation, failure, and iteration. Without the pressure of commercial bottom lines, our programs allow artists and scholars to collaborate in generative, unobstructed environments.
By trusting the creative processes of experts, we create the conditions for original IP to emerge—work that is intellectually uncompromising, civic-minded, and made for real audiences.
Collaboratories generate new work across a variety of disciplines and media.
Film and digital media
Documentary and narrative film, podcasts, short-form video, and digital series
Interactive narratives
Games, immersive experiences, and emerging formats
Live events and performances
Performances, exhibitions, and public programs
Convening
Dialogues, civic engagements, and democratic seminars
Help us create a more informed future
The Culture Foundry wants to partner with organizations and thinkers who believe the humanities should activate civic engagement, not just describe it. Let’s make something new together.