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ArtsFwd is an online community of arts and culture leaders committed to doing things differently in their organizations in order to stay relevant and vital in a changing world.

COCAbiz

A large multidisciplinary arts organization uses its knowledge and skills to develop a new program meant to train the business community by using the arts as a vehicle to stimulate leadership, creativity and innovation.

Charting the Future

Faced with serious financial and audience development challenges, the fifth oldest opera company in the United States considers a radical re-envisioning of their business model.

The Crossroads Project

An 100-year old settlement house boldly integrates its social service delivery with artistic practices in order to produce deeper relationships with neighbors.

Empowering Our Writers

One of the country’s leading playwright centers explodes the power their residency program by inviting the playwrights to co-create their own experience.

The Lobby Project

Discover how a multi-arts presenting organization on a major academic campus developed a new comprehensive approach to linking live and virtual spaces, engaging patrons and providing multiple entry points for the public.

The Teen Action Club

Willing to break down the barriers of class, culture and ethnicity, a Brooklyn-based dance company designs a teen program meant to give them a platform for achieving their personal best.

HERE: On Demand

A cutting-edged organization develops a robust interactive media platform to promote interaction among artists and audiences and involve artists more effectively in communicating about their work.

Curious

A provocative and socially committed theatre company focuses on alternative programming in order to achieve financial stability without compromising its strong mission.

New Media Initiative

A New York-based “theater of social investigation” combines artistic approach with social media to engage new audiences and develop artistic content.

The Cultural Investor Program (CIP)

A producing organization develops a system of patronage through a combination of online and live events and drives patrons to engage with the artists’ creative processes.

A New Identity

A key provider in Connecticut’s arts education landscape overcomes its challenges and develops new paradigm for moving forward with innovative projects.

A New Relationship with City Government

A municipally-owned center for the arts and humanities experiences a transformational shift in its organizational structure in order to overcome governance confusion and funding issues.

New York Live Arts

How one of the country’s leading single-choreographer dance companies merged with a 45 year old NYC dance presenter to create an ambitious new model for a producing dance organization.

Collaborative Workspaces

One of the largest Shakespeare theaters in the country develops a shared online script management system to improve accuracy, efficiency and communication throughout the complex production process.