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
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
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
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
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
The Theater Offensive: Can A Continent Be Our Neighborhood?
An in-depth case study documenting The Theater Offensive’s ambitious project to host a national network to support queer youth theater organizations in North America.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: Epiphanies and Contradictions in the Art of Slowing Down
An in-depth case study about The Porch Project, an experimental community engagement project on “radical slowness” by the Chicago-based Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
Alternate ROOTS: Innovation Through Membership and Memory
An in-depth case study documenting the journey of Alternate ROOTS, a regional arts and social justice organization in the South that entered EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for Arts Development Agencies in 2013 to rethink and test new membership structures.
Our article in GIA Reader! The story behind Community Innovation Labs
Our article has just been published in the GIA Reader, Vol 26. No 3! It is written by Richard Evans and Karina Mangu-Ward, and provides a thought-provoking overview of the origins, inspirations and context behind the Community Innovation Labs.
Lessons from the Field: Case Study on Latino New South
An in-depth case study documenting the successes of Latino New South, a collaborative innovation between Levine Museum of New South, the Atlanta History Center, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. These three organizations entered EmcArts Innovation Lab for Museums with the intention of making their programs and institutions more resonant with, and responsive to, the fast-growing Latino communities in their respective cities.
Three Case Studies: Innovating at the Intersections of Arts and Social Justice
Featuring Alternate ROOTS, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and The Theater Offensive, this rich and rigorous publication examines the contours, possibilities and limitations of adaptive change for three arts and social justice organizations in our Labs.
Lessons from the Field: Case Study on COCABiz
An in-depth case study documenting the successes of COCABiz, a program of the Center for Creative Arts that supports the business community in St. Louis, Missouri with integration of artistic practices.
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.
ArtsFwd is Two Years Old! What’s Next?
The Activating Innovation & ArtsFwd Two Year Report is a look back at what we’ve done, who has participated, and what we’ve learned.