We are here
to support arts and culture workers, organizations and institutions in moving toward cultural equity and creative justice. We approach this work through an intersectional justice lens, in deep collaboration with our partners.
Sector Supports
Consult With ACI
we offer a suite of consultancy services, using art as a tool for transformation.
INTERSECTIONAL ANTI-RACISM | Decolonization, Restorative Justice, Creative Justice, Systems Change, Emergent Strategy, Intersectionality.
SPECIFIC TRAININGS | Implicit bias, language matters, exploring privilege, intersectionality, processing grief and injustice, building equitable boards, systems leadership models, reparations and decolonization, white supremacy and me.
MAPPING + LEADERSHIP | Asset mapping, power mapping, systems analysis, field scans, equity audits, leadership coaching, leading with emergence, managing leadership change processes.
RESEARCH | Equitable and participatory data collection and analysis, mixed-methods, arts-based and youth-based research methods.
OTHER INTERSECTIONS | Intersectional Disability Justice, Art for Social Justice, Gender Equity, Environmental Justice.
Cultural Equity Learning Community
The Cultural Equity Learning Community (CELC)
The CELC is a two-unit, 12 session, asynchronous anti-racism course with wrap-around supports, open to arts and culture leaders committed to building intersectional racial equity.
Since 2020, ACI has trained nearly 3K arts and culture workers through the CELC! The CELC is generously funded by Mass Cultural Council, and filmed by HipStory.
Cultural Equity Incubator
The Cultural Equity INCUBATOR (CEI)
The Cultural Equity Incubator (CEI) is a creative home for Boston’s small and mid-sized organizations and collectives led by, and for, Queer, Trans, 2-Spirit, Disabled, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QT2SDBIPOC) arts communities. At the CEI, we work to equitably share space, governance, networks, and resources to support one another in actualizing our creative efforts.
Core partners include: ACI, Abilities Dance Boston, Art in the Antilles, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, Danza Orgánica, Digital Soup, Dunamis, MASSCreative, Midday Movement Series, The Flavor Continues.
Learn more by visiting the CEI website, below.