EmcArts Community and Artist Change Workshop Update!
In 2018 and 2019, EmcArts has been proud to partner with eight communities across the United States to offer two … Continue reading
EmcArts Community and Artist Change Workshop Update!
In 2018 and 2019, EmcArts has been proud to partner with eight communities across the United States to offer two … Continue reading
Staging Change | Toronto Stage 2 Update
EmcArts began work last month with the 8 organizations selected to move forward into On-site Organizational Coaching in the second … Continue reading
New Pathways | Charlotte Update
The first quarter of 2019 brought exciting progress to the 10 organizations participating in New Pathways | Charlotte. Retreat The … Continue reading
Participants Selected for Staging Change | Toronto!
With great pleasure and excitement, EmcArts announces the cohort of fourteen Toronto-based performing arts organizations that have been accepted into … Continue reading
New Pathways | Charlotte Enters Phase Two
Having completed a workshop series on the roots of innovation, the participating organizations in New Pathways | Charlotte are about to enter the … Continue reading
Adventures in Community Connectedness: An Interview with Becky Kendall of the Anchorage Concert Association
The Anchorage Concert Association (ACA) is the largest nonprofit presenting organization in Alaska, presenting everything from Broadway shows to Americana to spoken word. In 2014, ACA … Continue reading
Announcing Host Sites for EmcArts Community Change Workshops!
EmcArts is delighted to announce the first three locations for our two new workshop programs in pursuing community change through … Continue reading
Innovation Forum Celebrates Work of New Pathways Participants
On April 24th, participants in the New Pathways | Houston program gathered at Houston’s Ensemble Theatre for the third and final … Continue reading
New Resources on Audience and Community Engagement
Over the course of ten years, the EmcArts Innovation Labs for the Performing Arts and Innovation Labs for Arts Development Agencies created spaces … Continue reading
Learning to Start Small: An update from the Usdan Summer Camp for the Performing Arts
Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts sounds just a little bit like paradise for artistic kids. For fifty years, the … Continue reading
Announcing Staging Change | Toronto!
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation and EmcArts proudly announce the launch of Staging Change, a multi-year strategic investment program geared to strengthen … Continue reading
Finding Creativity in the “Shadow System”: An Update from the Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival
A signature cultural event for its region for over three decades, Canada’s Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival found itself facing … 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
Flipping the Script: We’re Not the Experts, They Are!
Having recently completed EmcArts’ Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators (ALACI) Fellowship, I jumped at the chance to reflect on my … Continue reading
Innovation as a Way of Working: A case study of 3 organizations (Part One)
Context In 2014, I was working at Pillsbury House + Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, when we were selected to participate … Continue reading