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Creative Community Initiative

Creative Community

Creative Community Initiative

Engaging the power of artists to improve the human condition.

Artists help build vibrant creative communities through their work, ideas and leadership. The Kenan Institute for the Arts is committed to empower and expand the influence of artists leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators by providing them access to space, training, networking, mentoring and material supports.

Creative Community Lab

The Creative Community Lab is a 2500-square-foot leased space in the historic Railroad Building on South Liberty Street. This innovative facility offers programmatic, office and "blue sky" meeting space for Kenan fellows, guest artists, partner organizations and others.

Arts Enterprise Lab

The Arts Enterprise Lab is a partnership between the Kenan Institute for the Arts and the Center for Creative Economy that encourages our creative community to collaborate and develop and grow their ideas. The Lab provides creative entrepreneurs with training and coaching sessions that target business and product development.

Kenan Arts Research Fellows

Kenan Arts Research Fellows are innovative research-based artist residency programs that support teaching and learning in arts entrepreneurship and social enterprise at the UNC School of the Arts.

And So We Walked

Cherokee actress and writer DeLanna Studi dreamed of one day following the footsteps her ancestors were forced to travel along The Trail of Tears and then finding a way to share their tragic yet triumphant legacy with audiences around the country.