The Echo Effect: How the Community Innovation Lab in Winston-Salem lives on
It’s been nearly four years since EmcArts began collaborating with the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at UNCSA … Continue reading
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Creative Visions of Food and Community: The Story of the Dallas Community Innovation Lab (Part 2)
ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE In the second phase of the Lab, three “ensembles” were formed to carry out prototypes that would test … Continue reading
Creative Visions of Food and Community: The Story of the Dallas Community Innovation Lab (Part 1)
What role can artists and arts agencies play in addressing the persistent challenges facing communities today—challenges relating to race, class, poverty, and power that are so … Continue reading
Building a Developmental Evaluation Framework for the Community Innovation Labs
Developmental evaluation mixes the critical thinking typical of evaluation with the creative thinking necessary for innovation. Previously, Jamie Gamble of … Continue reading
Learning from the Community Innovation Lab Pilots: A Revised Framework for Round 2
As we head into Round 2 of Community Innovation Labs in two new cities, we’re pausing to reflect on takeaways from our pilot Labs and to share updates on our revised program design.
Community Innovation Labs: Now Accepting Letters of Inquiry
EmcArts is pleased to announce an open call for letters of inquiry for Community Innovation Labs. We will be launching Labs in two new communities across the U.S in 2016-2017. Read this post to learn more, and submit an inquiry by April 11th, 2016.
EmcArts Receives $1.5 Million from Kresge Foundation for Community Innovation Labs
EmcArts is pleased to announce that our Community Innovation Labs program has been selected to receive a grant of $1.5 million from the Kresge Foundation.
Photo Essay: Looking for Leverage in the Providence Community Innovation Lab
Dilan Alvarado and Jose Navarro-Robles at AS220 Youth in Providence produced this photo essay documenting the second Providence workshop, Looking for Leverage.
Photo Essay: Seeing Local Systems in the Providence Community Innovation Lab
In the Community Innovation Lab pilot sites of Winston-Salem, NC and Providence, RI, we commissioned local photographers to produce original art in the form of photo essays. This photo essay by Dilan Alvarado and Jose Navarro-Robles from AS220 Youth in Providence documents the first Providence workshop on Seeing Local Systems.
Photo Essay: Looking for Leverage in the Winston-Salem Community Innovation Lab
In the Community Innovation Lab pilot sites of Winston-Salem, NC and Providence, RI, we commissioned local photographers to produce original art in the form of photo essays. This second photo essay by Christine Rucker from Winston-Salem documents “Looking for Leverage,” the second Lab workshop.
Photo Essay: Seeing Local Systems in the Winston-Salem Community Innovation Lab
In the Community Innovation Lab pilot sites of Winston-Salem, NC and Providence, RI, we commissioned local photographers to produce original art in the form of photo essays. This photo essay by Christine Rucker from Winston-Salem captures and documents the first Lab workshop on Seeing the System.
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.
EmcArts Announces Providence and Winston-Salem as Pilot Sites for Community Innovation Labs
EmcArts is pleased to announce that Winston-Salem, NC and Providence, RI have been selected as the two pilot sites for the Community Innovation Labs.
Selecting Pilot Cities for the Community Innovation Labs
This third post in our Community Innovation Labs blog series lifts up learnings and recommendations from our pilot identification process, which generated 92 inquiries from 71 communities across the country. Read the post to learn about how we approached site visits and shortlisted two pilot cities.
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.