{"id":1434,"date":"2012-04-18T07:58:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/?page_id=1434"},"modified":"2012-04-18T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:12:08","slug":"ems-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/ems-list\/","title":{"rendered":"EM&#8217;s List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EM&#8217;s list exists to recognize arts organizations and arts programs that promote substantive engagement between the arts and the community. Its goals are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage arts programs that effectively engage their communities<\/li>\n<li>Reward and promote arts organizations that are committed to substantive engagement<\/li>\n<li>Highlight the effectiveness of community engagement programs<\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness of the benefits of community engagement to arts organizations and to communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyone who would like to nominate a program or organization for this list should contact <a href=\"mailto:stephanie.moore@artsengaged.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Moore<\/a>, editor and curator of the list. (See Criteria below.) EM&#8217;s list is a periodic feature of Engaging Matters. The frequency of postings depends upon the level of interest, the number of nominations, and Stephanie&#8217;s ability to keep up with it all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/ems-list-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">The List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EM&#8217;s List Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Candidates are arts organizations that produce projects and\/or programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed to\n<ul>\n<li>address community issues or<\/li>\n<li>establish the arts organization as a valued \u201cgood neighbor\u201d<\/li>\n<li>That actively involve populations historically under-served by the arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preference is given to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Programs involving collaboration between an arts organization and an organization that does not have an arts-related mission<\/li>\n<li>Organizations that reflect adherence to principles of good practice for community engagement:\n<ul>\n<li>Readiness through self-reflection<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration rooted in a mutuality of respect and benefit<\/li>\n<li>Work that comes out of relationship-building (the relationship was developed first)<\/li>\n<li>Arts experiences tied to community feedback and growing relationships (<em>i.e.<\/em>, the arts serve as the centerpiece of a broader, ongoing effort)<\/li>\n<li>Organizations that have an arts-centered (as opposed to a service or advocacy) mission<\/li>\n<li>Organizations that have \u201cmainstreamed\u201d engagement (<em>i.e.<\/em>, all functions\u2013including programming\u2013grow out of engagement rather than engagement being an add-on activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1341\" title=\"StephanieMoore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/StephanieMooreColor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"124\" \/>Stephanie Moore<\/strong> is a freelance arts and culture researcher based in Los Angeles, CA. Her continued research on cultural mapping and community development stems from her longstanding interest in folk and traditional arts. Her research <em>Cultural Mapping: Building and Fostering Strong Communities <\/em>earned her a Master\u2019s degree in Arts Management and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Oregon in 2011. Stephanie has worked as a research assistant on multiple cultural planning and collaboration initiatives with Creative Planning, the Sustainable Cities Initiative, and the California Association of Museums.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EM&#8217;s list exists to recognize arts organizations and arts programs that promote substantive engagement between the arts and the community. Its goals are to: Encourage arts programs that effectively engage their communities Reward and promote arts organizations that are committed to substantive engagement Highlight the effectiveness of community engagement programs Raise awareness of the benefits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1434","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1G6h9-n8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/ems-list\/ems-list-members\/","url_meta":{"origin":1434,"position":0},"title":"EM&#8217;s List Members","author":"Doug Borwick","date":"April 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"EM's List: A Work In Progress Community Understanding through Theater Citizen Musician Initiative Passage Theatre Company Shakespeare Festival St. Louis The Atlanta Opera Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Brooklyn Philharmonic The Ink People Houston Grand Opera Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/engage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1434,"position":1},"title":"Engaging Matters","author":"mclennan","date":"July 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The arts began as collective activity around the campfire, expressions of community. 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