Artists working with science and new technologies are often required to innovate and invent. Their choice is too often limited to the under-funded world of non-profit institutions or the for-profit world with its short term and profit focus. We think there is a niche for artists that straddle the non-profit/for-profit worlds.

       - Roger Malina, Executive Director, Leonardo/ISAST

It's tempting to speculate that many people in the creative community may embrace a connection to the marketplace if they knew the motivation was deeper than simply maximizing profit.

       - Michael Naimark, Director, ArtsLab Project

ArtsLab is a project to study the feasibility of building a new kind of arts and research laboratory, structured as a not-for-profit corporation and managed with the discipline of a commercial enterprise. The goal is to be sustainable with little compromise of artistic or research values.

ArtsLab is a Leonardo/ISAST project supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.