EmcArts & The Foraker Group – Learning Together
EmcArts has been fortunate to work alongside The Foraker Group in our New Pathways | Alaska program, and the connection has been … Continue reading
EmcArts & The Foraker Group – Learning Together
EmcArts has been fortunate to work alongside The Foraker Group in our New Pathways | Alaska program, and the connection has been … Continue reading
EmcArts presents: How do we lead, now? A four-part webinar series on Adaptive Leadership within Organizational Change
EmcArts is proud to present our next series of public webinars: How do we lead, now? A four-part webinar series on … Continue reading
Working Open: Center Stage’s Transparency Project
This is the last of a series of three Working Open posts about Center Stage’s learning journey through EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for Performing Arts Organizations.
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.
Working Open: Small Experiments at Staten Island Arts
Working Open Fellow, Monica Valenzuela from Staten Island Arts (SIA) created an abstract film featuring archival footage layered on top of video documentation from current programs. Her short film speaks to the complicated dynamics of history and place in the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, SIA’s new home. Her post elaborates on their experiments with arts programming and flexible, sliding-scale ticketing mechanisms. Watch the video and read her post here.
Working Open: Navigating Theatrical and Organizational Prototypes at Center Stage Theater
My 2nd Working Open post documents our unfolding prototype at Center Stage Theater, which involves experiments with new technology as well as flattened team hierarchies and decision-making structures.
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.
How do you keep your community in the loop as innovation unfolds?
This is Part 1 of a series of three posts I’ll be writing about The Network of Ensemble Theater’s organizational experimentation as a part of EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for Arts Development Agencies.
Working Open: What’s your experience using a sliding-scale?
At Staten Island Arts we’re experimenting with using a sliding-scale and suggested donations. Do you have stories to share about when these strategies have been useful for you?
Artist-Partners: New Directions in Artist-Driven Institutional Models
With the goal of redefining roles and division of labor in arts organizations, ICE created a new organizational structure in which ensemble members act as “Artist Partners” who lead and manage the organization. This new structure eliminates traditional silos between artistic and management functions, strengthens curatorial capacity, gives ensemble members more decision-making power, and supports creativity.
Questioning Assumptions: A Story from Alternate ROOTS
Our newest animated video explains how Alternate ROOTS went about re-assessing some of their long-held beliefs about membership.
New Videos: What’s Your Complex Challenge?
What happens when the usual tools of problem solving aren’t enough to address your organization’s issues? These two groups found that truly complex challenges require a different kind of approach.
4 Must-Watch Videos about the Power of Listening
These inspiring stories help us think about the intentional practice of deep listening. How can listening promote respect, justice, equity, and ownership?
Could a Costume Shop Be Reimagined as a Neighborhood Creative Center?
By opening the doors of their costume and prop shop to the local community, Center Theatre Group developed new partnerships and explored new ways to connect the craft of theatre with daily lives.
Systems Thinking Helped This Small Gallery Uncover Hidden Patterns
Watch this video about how systems thinking strategies helped SPACES Gallery think differently about cultivating individual donor relationships.