Engage Houston is Mid-America Arts Alliance’s professional development program for small to midsize organizations in the counties of Harris, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller.
Engage provides focused professional and organizational development training using a combination of peer learning, coach consultations, financial coaching and workshops (private and public). Organizations meet monthly as cohorts and individually with their assigned coach consultant.
“Our funding is an investment in our community,” said Ann B. Stern, president and CEO of Houston Endowment. “We try to place all of our resources where they will have the greatest impact. That means investing in efforts like Engage that can help build the capacity of not just one but dozens of small and midsize arts organizations that contribute to the vibrancy of our region. We have worked closely with Mid-America Arts Alliance to develop this program, and we share the same goal: to nurture a strong arts ecosystem in Houston.”
Past Participants
CHAT (Culture of Health-Advancing Together); Jazz Education Inc; Project Row Houses; Texas Center for African American Living History, Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum; Houston Maritime Museum; Preservation Houston; The Printing Museum; West Bay Common School Children’s Museum; Ars Lyrica Houston; Bayou City Performing Arts; Catastrophic Theatre; Houston Boychoir; Houston Early Music; Main Street Theater; Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company; Musiqa; Next Iteration Theater Company; Urban Souls Dance Company; Viruosi of Houston; WindSync; Wordsmyth Theater Company, Fresh Arts; Glasstire; Houston Palestine Film Festival; Lawndale Art Center; Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Peer-to-Peer Learning Cohorts
Peer Connect
The Peer Connect group is for small to midsize arts and cultural organizations located in the eight county service area.
Peer Leadership
The Peer Leadership group is for individual arts leaders whose organizations have already completed the Peer Connect program of Engage.
