

Arts Management and Technology Laboratory
Arts Management and Technology Lab
This monthly podcast explores the intersection of technology and arts management through interviews, product reviews, humorous dialogue, and more! The Technology in the Arts podcast is produced by the Arts Management and Technology Lab, a research center of the Master of Arts Management program in Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. The AMT Lab staff currently includes Dr. Brett Crawford (Executive Director), Lutie Rodriguez (Chief Editor of Research), Angela Johnson (Podcast Producer), B Crittenden (Technology and Interactive Content Manager), and Devyn Hinkle (Social Media and Marketing Manager).
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Apr 13, 2023 • 23min
Identity, Ethics, and Voice in AI with Dorothy Santos Part 2
In the latest installment of our Let's Talk podcast series, AMT Lab staff member Samantha Sonnet interviews interdisciplinary scholar and creative, Dorothy Santos. The two discuss the future of AI, identity, tech and culture, tarot reading, and much more.

Mar 10, 2023 • 20min
Jeff Poulin: Arts Advocacy and Youth Empowerment (part 2)
In this podcast interview, AMT Lab staff member Natalie Larsen talks with Jeff Poulin, the founder, and Managing Director of Creative Generation, a values-driven global collective that believes that youth create change. In the first part of our podcast interviews, Jeff talked about what arts advocacy is, and how we can begin to think of ourselves as advocates. In the second part of our podcast interviews, Jeff discussed the intersection of the arts with other issues, and the importance of arts advocacy in the digital age.

Mar 10, 2023 • 16min
Jeff Poulin: Arts Advocacy and Youth Empowerment (part 1)
In this podcast interview, AMT Lab staff member Natalie Larsen talks with Jeff Poulin, the founder, and Managing Director of Creative Generation, a values-driven global collective that believes that youth create change. In the first part of our podcast interviews, Jeff talked about what arts advocacy is, and how we can begin to think of ourselves as advocates. In the second part of our podcast interviews, Jeff discussed the intersection of the arts with other issues, and the importance of arts advocacy in the digital age.

Feb 21, 2023 • 18min
Let's Talk: Arts Education & GIS: Art Transforming Communities
In the latest installment of our Let's Talk podcast series, AMT Lab contributors Ellena Sakai and Blake Aber are interviewed by host Maraika Lumholdt discuss their research into arts education and its transformative power, as well as the potentials for GIS to enhance connections with art in the museum space.

Jan 26, 2023 • 24min
Let's Talk: Digitization And UX Design In Museums
In this installment of the Let's Talk podcast series, AMT Lab staff Rachel Broughton and Samantha Sonnet discuss innovative user experience (UX) design in museums, as well as digital engagement with museums and where both fields might be headed in the future.

Jan 13, 2023 • 28min
Let's Talk: 2022's Biggest Topics in Tech and 2023 Predictions
In this month's installment of the Let's Talk podcast series, staff members Natalie Larsen and Maraika Lumholdt discuss some of the biggest and most influential tech scandals we saw occur in 2022, and how they affect the ongoing of arts organizations. They also discuss where we might see policy headed in 2023.

Dec 15, 2022 • 30min
Do Big Tech Flops Impact the Future of the Arts?
Covering industry news from November 2022, AMT Lab staff members Natalie Larsen and Maraika Lumholdt discuss recent failures in big tech, crypto, and the ticketing industry, as well as how AI continues to change the arts.

Nov 28, 2022 • 34min
The Art Of Technology: Robotics And Textiles
In the latest installment of the Let's Talk Podcast Interview series, AMT Lab staff member Natalie Larsen interviews a group of Carnegie Mellon University students & faculty who worked conjointly on a week-long "Jam"' at the Textiles Lab in order to create a fabric that produces sounds when stretched and manipulated.

Nov 7, 2022 • 22min
Let's Talk: The Dawn of AI Policy and the Decline of Meta
In this month's installment of our Let's Talk podcast series, AMT Lab staff Maraika Lumholdt and Natalie Larsen continue discussing the ever-evolving world of technology and privacy policy, especially in the realms of theater and music. The AI Bill of Rights, an essential new blueprint for the future of technology policy, is also examined.

Oct 13, 2022 • 25min
Ultraviolet Light and Creative Engineering for Photography with Mikael Owunna
In this podcast interview, AMT Lab staff members Rachel Broughton and Maraika Lumholdt talk with Mikael Owunna, a Nigerian American multi-media artist, filmmaker, and engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mikael discusses how technology, as presented in traditional African cosmologies, has influenced his creative practice and shaped his recent works.


