FROM THE BLOG

Creating an institution is not unlike creating a work of art. In this case, the art form is theater. But like every act of creativity, it starts from a vision of something that will be called into being by the people who are making it.David Dower and David C. Howse have been co-leading the work of calling into being a vision for ArtsEmerson with the goal of creating an arts organization that serves as a place of belonging for all of Boston, connects audiences across difference, and helps our city transcend its history with race, inequity, and geographic segregation.And, like a director who knows when the show is ready to open, good institutional leaders recognize the moment where it is time to transition from the energy of building out a vision to the energy of sustaining it. When the vision moves from aspirational to actualized, new and different skills are needed.