I USA har nyligen National Science Foundation (typ Vetenskapsrådet) beviljat stöd till konstbaserade inkubatorer i syfte att stimulera kreativitet och innovation.
Projektet fick häromdagen uppmärksamhet i Huffington Post och såhär beskrev Harvey Seifter det nyss i ett mejl:
The incubators — hosted by San Diego’s Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry and Worcester’s EcoTarium — will bring together 30 cross-disciplinary innovation teams of STEM professionals, artists, educators, business leaders and students. The teams will learn arts-based techniques for generating, transforming, prototyping and communicating creative ideas and apply them to STEM-related civic innovation challenges. Participants will also collaborate on the development of new educational projects integrating arts-based approaches into STEM learning. Innovation festivals, art/science symposia and a traveling interactive exhibition will reach audiences across the country (and, hopefully, around the world!) with compelling stories about innovation at the intersection of art, science and learning.