Ask Yale Ventures: What Does Innovation Look Like in the Creative and Cultural Space?

​LINK TO JOIN: https://yale.zoom.us/j/96916386982

​Innovation isn’t just for labs and startups—it thrives in studios, stages, and across Yale’s vibrant cultural disciplines. In this session, Frances Pollock, of Yale Ventures’ Cultural Innovation Lab and co-founder Midnight Oil Collective, will explore how creators, artists, and cultural producers can protect and amplify their work through creative IP strategies, partnerships, and entrepreneurial thinking.

​Whether you're composing, choreographing, curating, or coding, this session will help you understand the unique opportunities and pathways for innovation in the arts and culture sector.

​What You’ll Learn:

​How creative works—like performances, designs, media, and software—can be protected through copyrights, licensing, and creative IP frameworks

​Real-world examples of artistic entrepreneurship and cultural ventures

​Insights into the Cultural Innovation Lab and how it supports interdisciplinary experimentation and public impact

​How to work with Yale Ventures to scale your creative ideas

​Featured Speaker: Frances Pollock, Cultural Innovation Lab at Yale Ventures, Co-Founder of Midnight Oil Collective