Richard Evans directs EmcArts’ programs and strategic partnerships. Richard’s recent research, program design, and facilitation places particular emphasis on innovation, adaptive organizational change, and effective ways that the arts and culture field can respond to the demands of a new era for the sector.  He is a frequent speaker on the relationship between cultural policy and emerging practices in the arts.  Richard’s past research and analytical expertise has been published in numerous field studies in the United States and the UK.

Richard received his M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Prior to founding EmcArts, he held numerous senior positions in performing arts management and philanthropy, including co-director of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Advancement Program, Chief Executive of the Bath International Festival of Music & the Arts, England, and Vice President of the National Arts Stabilization Fund.

Session(s):
Shift Happens in the Generation Gap
New Pathways to Innovation in Your Community