We’re Growing! Announcing New EmcArts Team Members
EmcArts is very pleased to introduce several stellar additions to our team in the areas of Process Facilitation, Communications, Operations, and Board Development.
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Introducing our new Communications Manager, Nayantara Sen
We’re excited to introduce Nayantara Sen, EmcArts’ new Communications Manager
Welcoming Maura Cuffie, EmcArts’ Operations and Program Coordinator
We’re finally formally introducing Maura Cuffie, EmcArts’ Operations and Program Associate.
Welcoming Emil Kang to EmcArts’ Board of Directors
Emil Kang, Professor of Practice at University of North Carolina has joined our Board of Directors.
Introducing our Summer Intern, Meera Chakravarthy
We’re excited to welcome Meera Chakravarthy to our team as our new Summer Intern.
Introducing our new Process Facilitator, Wesley Days
We’re excited to welcome Wesley Days, Jr to our team as our new EmcArts Process Facilitator.
QUIZ! What kind of innovation team member are you?
My first Working Open post is an interactive quiz that examines the different roles team members can take in an Innovation Lab. Click through to take the quiz and play!
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.
Designing EmcArts’ Community Innovation Labs
Here’s the second post chronicling EmcArts’ Community Innovation Labs program, from conception to design through piloting. This post documents our three Innovation Team meetings, which explored questions about artistic practice and community partnerships, surfaced assumptions and innovation strategies, and helped us develop a new Labs framework and design.
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?
Musings from Cohort 1’s First Seminar – Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators
ALACI Cohort 1 gathered for their first national seminar in Providence, Rhode Island from June 1st-3rd, 2015. This three-day convening brought ALACI fellows, faculty, executive coaches and EmcArts’ staff together, and featured inspiring and educational presentations on adaptive leadership topics such as emotional intelligence, organizational systems, authentic leadership, and more.
The origins of EmcArts’ Community Innovation Labs
Here’s the origin story and inspiration behind EmcArts’ new Community Innovation Labs program, which will pilot in two U.S communities in 2015. Community Innovation Labs is a new approach to solving tough social challenges by bringing together a diverse, cross-sector group of stakeholders, and deeply integrating artists and artistic experiences into rigorously designed and facilitated change processes.
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.