What: Beginning in 2007, the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) will formally open a nonprofit Project Incubator in San Francisco, CA to work on carefully chosen projects with select teams of thought leaders, funders, artists, field practitioners and other innovation partners who have the capacity and readiness to work strategically with CCI on important problem-solving efforts that can result in advancements, and even breakthroughs, in the current support systems for artists in the field.
Why: Ironically, there has been little room for real experimentation and “failure” in the nonprofit arts arena. Yet research has shown that innovations in the ways artists are trained, funded, housed and insured, validated by the public and connected to the marketplace, and each other, are sorely needed. CCI will serve as a “think tank” and “research and development lab” for this purpose.
How: Many potential projects will be considered, but few will be selected. Carefully defined criteria will be used for approving projects to ensure that time and money invested in the Incubator are well spent, and that the results have a clearly defined role in addressing a critical field need.
The Incubator page is still under construction. Please visit it again in the near future for updated information.
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