Culture Hustlers Lucas Spivey

HOW DO PERFORMERS PANDEMIC PROOF THEIR CREATIVITY?

In early 2020 COVID-19 cancelled all live events worldwide, but how do performers earn a living without a live audience? Across the globe, comedians, poets, dancers, teachers and musicians had to pivot to livestream to stay alive. Some things worked and some things didn’t, but we’ll never go back to the way things were. Here’s what we’ve learned about pandemic-proof creativity.

As creators we must do something never done before. But are we doing this alone? Or are we in it together? We brought the Mobile Incubator to Tulsa, OK to ask 100+ artists one question: How does collaboration expand your creativity?

We asked 60 artists what made you creative? What was the moment you knew? What experience changed you?

Hosted by Lucas Spivey, edited by Tun Myaing, music by Otis McDonald, Dan Leibowitz, Tours, Poddington Bear, and Sajada Domino

What makes local food better? More delicious? More nutritious? Or is it the story? We barnstormed Fermentation Fest in Reedsburg Wisconsin and asked 100+ people, "What local food would you be willing to pay double for?... And why?"

The demolition of a two mile bridge invokes the collective ghosts of Seattle past and present. With $3.3 billion on the line, we jump into a time machine and find that rational decisions about money are emotional after all.

Why are most creators in worse shape after school? Grades can punish true creativity, and teach us to do what's already been done. Through his personal story, BFA/MBA Lucas Spivey lays out scandals in higher ed, arguing that it's time for creators to banish grades, and create a new kind of education, one that rewards true creativity.