Are you a performing arts or arts service organization seeking a new, strategic response to a complex challenge? Apply to the Innovation Lab by May 30.
The Innovation Labs give arts and arts service organizations the time and space they need from the regular workplace to question, rethink, plan and learn how to innovate effectively.
EmcArts is pleased to accept proposals for two final rounds of the Innovation Lab, our 16-month-long immersion programs for United States-based arts and arts service organizations seeking to uncover adaptive strategies and responses to their most complex challenges. These programs are designed and managed by EmcArts, and made possible with the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF).
Four organizations from across the country will be selected for each of these two rounds (eight participating organizations in total).
The deadline for proposals to both Round 9 and Round 2 of the Innovation Labs is Friday, May 30, 2014.
The Innovation Lab was created in 2008 to help teams from selected organizations design and prototype new ideas and launch real-life projects that address complex challenges.
Participants take part in a 16-month immersion program featuring an extended framework of individual coaching and group facilitation, guided by field research and lead by EmcArts' expert facilitators. The Labs give arts and arts service organizations the time and space they need from the regular workplace to question, rethink, plan and learn how to innovate effectively. Participating organizations also receive much-needed change capital ($30,000, plus $9,000 in unrestricted funds) to underwrite experimentation and support the evaluation of their strategies before fully launching them.
To learn more about the Innovation Labs, visit EmcArts.org.