ADVOCACY
One voice for Indiana’s creative economy.
CELA carries a unified, pro-growth message for creative industries into Indiana’s policy conversations — at the Statehouse, with state agencies, and alongside economic development partners. When the creative economy speaks with one voice, it gets heard.
HOW CELA ADVOCATES
Collective advocacy in action.
CELA works through relationships with state and federal agencies, and elected officials to keep the creative economy on Indiana’s agenda. We advocate for policies, investment, and infrastructure that help creative businesses grow, create jobs, and retain talent.
One voice matters. Throughout the legislative session, we alert members to developments that affect creative industries — and, when it counts, activate our statewide network around a shared, pro-growth position.
Our advocacy is shaped by CELA’s sector councils and board, and carried out in partnership with our government affairs partner, Catalyst Public Affairs Group. Together, we develop and monitor legislation that affects Indiana’s creative economy and represent members’ interests where decisions are made.
During the session, members receive additional updates and calls to action as priority issues move. Leadership Members help set the priorities we carry.
How members plug in
01. Stay alerted
Members get session updates and policy alerts as issues affecting creative industries move.
02. Add your voice
When it counts, we ask members to weigh in — one state, many voices behind a shared position.
03. Help set priorities
Leadership Members and councils shape the agenda CELA carries into each session.
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COMING SOON · 2027 SESSION
Our policy priorities, taking shape now.
CELA’s 2027 legislative agenda is being developed with our councils, board, and members. It will be organized around four areas that determine whether Indiana’s creative economy can grow — previewed below.
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A consistent, statewide understanding of the creative economy — shared definitions, reliable data, and coordination so the sector can be tracked and supported like Indiana’s other priority industries.
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The tools and investment that let creative businesses start, grow, and stay in Indiana — from early-stage capital to place-based reinvestment that communities can put to work.
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Developing, attracting, and retaining the creative workforce Indiana’s future economy depends on — including the independent creators who are among the state’s fastest-growing segments.
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Districts, spaces, and communities where creative activity concentrates — giving cities and towns of all sizes tools to seed and sustain a more vibrant local creative economy.
Want the agenda first? Members receive CELA’s 2027 priorities and session alerts before they’re published here.
Add your voice to Indiana’s creative economy
Members shape these priorities and carry them into the session. Join CELA to help decide what Indiana’s creative economy asks for — and to be part of the voice that asks.