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 SUPPORTS | Restorative Justice, Creative Justice, Systems Change, Emergent Strategy, Intersectionality.
SPECIFIC TRAININGS | Language matters, intersectionality, processing grief and injustice, building boards, systems leadership models.
MAPPING + LEADERSHIP | Asset mapping, power mapping, systems analysis, field scans, leadership coaching, leading with emergence, managing leadership change processes.
RESEARCH | Engaging 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 course with wrap-around supports, open to arts and culture leaders committed to building creative justice.
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 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, Dunamis, The Flavor Continues.
Learn more by visiting the CEI website, below.