Photo from a community art intervention in SF to collect data.
Build the world(s) you want to live in .
● About
We tap into deep play, imagination, and art so you can tap into possibility...
…because what you want to see in the world requires fun, exploration, relationships, and creativity.
Moving from idea to action, vision to reality, and possibility to practice calls for experiences that inspire and excite others to dream alongside you.
With a global village of artists, researchers, and facilitators, we reimagine how we learn, educate, grow, and work in communities. Activating places, spaces, and ideas so clients gain clarity, build relationships, see possibilities, and develop responses that meet the moment.
The space between your dreams and their realization is such a special space. Why not treat how you do the work as special too?
Photo from a multi-dayorganizational retreat we co-designed and facilitated.
Because you should find joy in world-making too.
●Services
Ways To Work Together
Design & implement art activations, exhibits, and installations to inform design and build
Communication & visual branding for projects
Interactive data collection, engagement, and co-design around new buildings, spaces, & places
Develop clarity around new concepts and next steps
Reimagine existing projects, programs, and initiatives
Design & facilitate collective conversations or town halls
Create/update organizational strategic frameworks for government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and community groups
Develop & facilitate trainings, retreats, and conferences
Legal drafting and legal support
Organizational design, processes, or structuring
Program or initiative evaluation and research
Design and facilitate community learning circles
Design and facilitate cohorts and collective learning curricula
Design community art activations, interventions, and experiences
Design and build community spaces, places, or opportunities for collective practice, learning, and rehearsal
Design and fabricate community art installations
Photo from a week long adaptive change intensive we facilitated for a design school.
Our Approach to the Work
We work at the intersections of art, law, strategy, design, planning, and architecture. Working alongside individuals, and organizations of all sizes and in all phases.
Creating world(s) we’ve never seen requires we pause, stop, and think together, play together, and understand together to put our dreams into action.
EMPLLC creates those opportunities—whether you’re just getting started, have been at it for 50 years, an organization of 30, or a dreamer of 1.
Reach out and let’s see how we can meet you where you are to get you where you want to go.
Photo from a design your space community art intervention for a collaborative arts complex
Photo of custom block prints created to gather research and data.
● Contact
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Whether you’re curious about the work, want to start your own project, or see how we can partner, we’re here to talk.
We’re also happy to talk through budgets and plan ahead—don’t be shy!