This division fosters environments where creativity can lead directly to new ideas, new forms, and new pathways for social insight.
This division recognizes that artistic practice is not merely aesthetic—it is foundational to imagination, communication, and societal transformation.
The Arts & Cultural Innovation division supports creative expression, cultural development, and the advancement of the useful arts.
Areas of focus include:
Creative research and development
Design and visual communication
Digital arts and emerging media
Cultural preservation and community-based arts initiatives
“Better to be remembered for having helped, for having healed, for having made people laugh than to be remembered for having hurt anyone, anywhere ever.”
-D.R. Frohwerk