New Pathways to Resilience Series: Making Disorder Generative
Making sense of the context around you and taking good decisions about what to do next Looking beyond crisis management, … Continue reading
Author: Richard Evans, President Emeritus, EmcArts
About Richard Evans, President Emeritus, EmcArts
On Adaptive Capacity and Resilience
Written by Richard Evans, January 2017, revised January 2020 As a concluding activity to the eight years of national Innovation … Continue reading
Announcing a New Chapter for EmcArts!
EmcArts and the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) … Continue reading
Eight Adaptive Capacities
These days, it’s a volatile, uncertain and complex world out there for the arts. To achieve our goals, it’s no … Continue reading
The Artistry of Systemic Change
EmcArts is pleased to share our newest article, which has just been published in the GIA Reader, Vol 28. No … Continue reading
Somewhere Becoming Rain: Adaptive Change is the Future of the Arts
To our ArtsFwd readers: I am delighted to present to you Somewhere Becoming Rain: Adaptive Change is the Future of … Continue reading
Announcing Community Innovation Labs
Community Innovation Labs offer the opportunity for the cultural sector to play a vital role in community change, using artistic practices to build a shared vision, explore new possibilities, and advance adaptive solutions.
11 Alaskan Organizations Will Tackle Complex Challenges Together
Announcing the first cohort of New Pathways | Alaska, a new program developed by EmcArts, the Foraker Group, Rasmuson Foundation, and Alaska State Council on the Arts.
Announcing 5 New Services for Individual Organizations
EmcArts now offers new programs geared for organizations interested in working on their own — rather than in a national or local cohort — to increase their adaptive capacity.
Blogathon: Arts Entrepreneurship on Barry’s Blog
This week, Richard Evans is contributing to a discussion about arts entrepreneurship on the WESTAF blog.
Lessons in Innovation: Shifting Organizational Culture
At Woolly Mammoth and Denver Center Theatre Company, leaders shifted the existing organizational culture to embrace change.
Announcing New Pathways | Alaska
EmcArts, Rasmuson Foundation, the Foraker Group, and Alaska State Council on the Arts have launched a new program for and with Alaska’s arts organizations.
Learning from Innovation: Woolly Mammoth and Denver Center Theatre Company
Our new publication presents two in-depth case studies on the productive messiness of adaptive change in practice.
EmcArts 2013: Year in Review
2013 was a period of tremendous growth and discovery for EmcArts. In this report, we share where we’ve been and what we’ve learned.
Business-As-Usual Is “No Longer an Option” for Heron Foundation
Clara Miller of the Heron Foundation reminds us in her “President’s Letter” that in order to stay relevant, we must all be continually adaptive.