Now Hiring: Communications Fellow
EmcArts works alongside individuals, organizations and communities in the arts and social sectors to strengthen their capacity for innovation and adaptive change. We are seeking a Communications Fellow...
View ArticleJacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation: The Arts and Neighborhood Planning...
This is the second of a series of Innovation Stories about the National Endowment for the Arts’s Our Town program. These inspiring stories highlight communities strengthening their neighborhoods...
View ArticleWe’re Growing! Announcing New EmcArts Team Members
EmcArts is very pleased to introduce several stellar additions to our team. As our work for seeding innovation and adaptive change with individuals, organizations and communities continues to grow, we...
View ArticleSite-specific Storytelling: La Jolla Playhouse’s Theatre Without Walls
INTRODUCTION La Jolla Playhouse (The Playhouse) offers an annual subscription series of six new plays, re-imagined classics, and musicals. Since 1983, the Playhouse has produced 56 world premieres and...
View ArticleLeadership and Organizational Culture: Conversations with Edgar Schein
On September 17th, 2015, our first cohort of Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators (ALACI) attended their second seminar on organizational culture and adaptive change with Edgar Schein. Schein is one of...
View ArticleJane Addams Hull-House Museum: Epiphanies and Contradictions in the Art of...
We are pleased to present our new publication, Innovation In Action: Three Case Studies from the Intersection of Arts & Social Justice in EmcArts’ Innovation Labs. In this blog post, we will...
View ArticleThe Theater Offensive: Can A Continent Be Our Neighborhood?
We are pleased to present our new publication, Innovation In Action: Three Case Studies from the Intersection of Arts & Social Justice in EmcArts’ Innovation Labs. In this blog post, we will...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Seeing Local Systems in the Winston-Salem Community Innovation Lab
The Community Innovation Labs program addresses tough social challenges in local communities by deeply integrating artists, artistic experiences and cultural organizations into rigorously designed and...
View ArticleWorking Open Community Call 3: Learning through Transitions
On December 17th, 2015, we gathered our three Working Open Fellows and members of our Working Open community for our third community call. During this hour-long call — which took place by phone and a...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Looking for Leverage in the Winston-Salem Community Innovation Lab
The Community Innovation Labs program addresses tough social challenges in local communities by deeply integrating artists, artistic experiences and cultural organizations into rigorously designed and...
View ArticleNavigating Challenges as Arts Service Organizations
In this podcast, we explore the unique challenges facing arts service organizations, those important institutions working behind the scenes to help artists and arts organizations thrive. For arts...
View ArticleArts Leaders as Cultural Innovators: Announcing Cohort 2 Fellows from New...
Cohort 2 of Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators (ALACI) has launched! Our fellowship kicked off in New York City early this year, and we are excited to announce our amazing fellows who have been...
View ArticleNow Hiring: Communications Manager
Application Deadline for Communications Manager: October 26, 2016 Job Description and Responsibilities: EmcArts seeks a Communications Manager who will be charged with implementing our organizational...
View ArticleEric Booth on the Global El Sistema Movement
The music learning approach known as El Sistema began in Venezuela more than 40 years ago. Founded by orchestral conductor, pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician Jose Antonio Abreu,...
View ArticleArtist-Partners: New Directions in Artist-Driven Institutional Models
About International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) The Brooklyn-based International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is comprised of 35 leading instrumentalists who like to call themselves “creative misfits.”...
View ArticleLessons from the Field: Case Study on Latino New South
We are pleased to present our new publication, Innovation Lab for Museums: Case Studies in Innovation and Adaptive Capacity – featuring Latino New South. Download the one-page case snapshot here, and...
View ArticleWe’re Growing! Announcing New EmcArts Team Members
EmcArts is very pleased to introduce several stellar additions to our team. As our work for seeding innovation and adaptive change with individuals, organizations and communities continues to grow, we...
View ArticleSite-specific Storytelling: La Jolla Playhouse’s Theatre Without Walls
INTRODUCTION La Jolla Playhouse (The Playhouse) offers an annual subscription series of six new plays, re-imagined classics, and musicals. Since 1983, the Playhouse has produced 56 world premieres and...
View ArticleLeadership and Organizational Culture: Conversations with Edgar Schein
On September 17th, 2015, our first cohort of Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators (ALACI) attended their second seminar on organizational culture and adaptive change with Edgar Schein. Schein is one of...
View ArticleJane Addams Hull-House Museum: Epiphanies and Contradictions in the Art of...
We are pleased to present our new publication, Innovation In Action: Three Case Studies from the Intersection of Arts & Social Justice in EmcArts’ Innovation Labs. In this blog post, we will...
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