Supported by CCI and led by The Workers Lab and the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, “Just Make It Better.” What Gig Workers Have to Say About Gig Work is a unique new piece of research on “gig” work, co-authored by active gig workers as participant-researchers. The goal of this project is to better understand gig work and workers directly from the gig workers themselves, regarding their motivations, challenges, and solutions that would impact their lives personally and professionally.

In January 2021, Center for Cultural Innovation, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commissioned a new report to help arts advocates, labor advocates, and policy makers create more fair conditions to include more types of workers. Researched and authored by the Urban Institute, the report outlines the working arrangements of the more than 600,000 arts workers in California and sheds new light on the challenges and issues they face, particularly when working as independent contractors. It also identifies policy shifts to update systems, for those in California or nationally, that could be more inclusive of artists and others who operate outside the traditional bounds of employment.

Angie Kim shares CCI’s learning and recommendations regarding relief funding during the COVID crisis.

Policy brief on individual artists in Los Angeles and future policy implications and opportunities, commissioned by Center for Cultural Innovation.