About Culturalyst
Culturalyst provides a shared digital infrastructure to empower and connect cultural communities. We build and manage
technology to create transparency and discoverability within and between cultural communities.
- Artist & Organization Directory
- Local, National, and International Opportunity Engine
- Community-led Event Calendar
- Cultural Data Dashboard
Our Vision
We're working to build a shared, global resource that democratizes cultural discovery and support and benefits every actor in a cultural ecosystem - artists, organizations, cultural consumers, and local municipalities.
For Artists
- SEO-friendly profile in city artist directory.
- Customized discovery of grants, residencies, gigs, open calls, etc.
- Direct financial support via Venmo, Cash App, Paypal, and Zelle right from your Artist Profile
- Publish events to community-led events calendar
For Arts Organizations
- SEO-friendly profile in city organization directory.
- Publish opportunities for grants, residences, etc locally, nationally, or internationally.
- Publish events to community-led events calendar
For Lovers of Culture
- Discovery of artists and orgs in your city + their events without clutter, ads, despair, or data mining.
Our Partners
Culturalyst is made possible in each community through a partnership with a leading cultural organizations or Arts Council. Culturalyst's Admin Dashboard empowers cultural leaders with data and tools to manage their cultural ecosystems.
Our U.S. Partners:
Our European Communities:
Our Story
Culturalyst started as an idea in 2015, became a prototype in 2016, and a scalable software solution in 2019. It has been built entirely without funding by a cast of people passionate about creating equity in local cultural economies.
Team
- Aubrey Allison - Marketing & Community
- Cliff Hall - CTO
- David Baker - Communications
- Emanuel Ashiedu - Software Development
- Sam Bowler - Founder, Director
Operation Spark Engineers & Early Believers
- Nic Briere Aziz
- Mykia Smith
- Mary Scinto
- Alon Robinson
- Alice Green
- Victor York-Carter
- Ryan Bascle
- Mykia Smith
- Brian Kustra