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Project Updates

Photo Essay: A Lab Concludes, But the Work Goes On…

By Ben Sachs-Hamilton
Jan 12, 2018

On December 6th, the conveners and participants in the Dallas Community Innovation Lab gathered together to celebrate the conclusion of the … Continue reading →

Project Updates

Photo Essay: Planting New Seeds to Cultivate Food Security in Dallas

By ArtsFwd
Oct 17, 2017

Community Innovation Lab | Dallas is part of the second round of EmcArts’ Community Innovation Labs program, which addresses tough social challenges in … Continue reading →

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Photo Essay: Looking for Leverage in the Providence Community Innovation Lab

By Nayantara Sen, Communications Manager, EmcArts
Feb 3, 2016

Dilan Alvarado and Jose Navarro-Robles at AS220 Youth in Providence produced this photo essay documenting the second Providence workshop, Looking for Leverage.

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Photo Essay: Seeing Local Systems in the Providence Community Innovation Lab

By Nayantara Sen, Communications Manager, EmcArts
Jan 28, 2016

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.

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Photo Essay: Looking for Leverage in the Winston-Salem Community Innovation Lab

By Christine Rucker
Jan 14, 2016

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.

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Photo Essay: Seeing Local Systems in the Winston-Salem Community Innovation Lab

By Christine Rucker
Dec 16, 2015

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.

Springboard Responds: This Is What An Adaptive Board Looks Like

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Aug 27, 2014

Springboard for the Arts responds to our August topic about adaptive boards with an awesome photo essay. They rock!

Project Updates

Creative Visions of Food and Community: The Story of the Dallas Community Innovation Lab (Part 1)

By Mitty Owens
Sep 7, 2018

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 →

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Making Innovation “Stick” with an Adaptive Leadership Circle

By Louise Brooks
Feb 28, 2018

“How do we get this work to stick?” This is one of the questions that EmcArts facilitators get most often … Continue reading →

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More than a Great Date: Sustaining Innovation at the Alutiiq Museum

By Louise Brooks
Jan 22, 2018

In February 2017, we profiled the efforts of Alaska’s Alutiiq Museum as it worked to reach beyond its core group … Continue reading →

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Learning from the Community Innovation Lab Pilots: A Revised Framework for Round 2

By Karina Mangu-Ward
May 25, 2016

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.

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Goodbye from our 2016 Communications Fellow, Anushya Badrinath

By Anushya Badrinath
Mar 30, 2016

As she finishes up her Communications and Media Fellowship with us, Anushya Badrinath writes about her experiences and learning at EmcArts and ArtsFwd, and the work she will be now be doing in India.

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Community Innovation Labs: Now Accepting Letters of Inquiry

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Mar 25, 2016

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.

Publications

Three Case Studies: Innovating at the Intersections of Arts and Social Justice

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Jun 30, 2015

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.

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How Visitors Changed Our Museum

Oakland Museum of California
Feb 6, 2013

A traditional art gallery is transformed by a unique team that puts the visitor experience at the heart of an effort to create a 21st century museum.

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