Interlochen selected to participate in the DeVos Institute of Arts and Nonprofit Management’s A3 Program
The seven-month initiative explores how AI can be practically and affordably applied to the field of arts administration.
Interlochen Center for the Arts has been selected to participate in the DeVos Institute of Arts and Nonprofit Management’s A³ (Arts x Admin x AI) Program.
Interlochen is one of just 16 institutions chosen through a competitive application process—which evaluated approximately 200 applicants—to take part in the program. Other participating organizations include the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, American Repertory Theater, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and the New York Museum of Contemporary Art.
The seven-month initiative, which runs May through December, explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can be practically and affordably applied in the arts administration industry. Designed as a partnership between arts-based nonprofit organizations, the program will help participants achieve ‘quick wins’ in areas such as automating repetitive tasks, improving communication, building deeper relationships with patrons, conducting donor prospect research, and generating marketing content.
Each month, participating organizations will engage in a two- to three-hour virtual training session that introduces available AI tools and offers examples of how they can make an immediate impact in the organizations' operations. The sessions will cover:
- Safe, Ethical, Exponential: Creating AI Strategy and Policy for Your Organization
- The AI Swiss Army Knife: ChatGPT and Other LLM Applications
- AI x Fundraising and Development
- AI x Marketing and Communications
- AI x Boards and Family
- AI x Financial Analysis and Planning
- Use Case Roundtable: AI in Practice
The program will be facilitated by DeVos Institute President Brett Egan and Senior Consultant Ben Dietschi, and feature field-leading experts in each topic.
At the conclusion of the program, participating organizations will contribute case uses to a Roadmap for Safe, Ethical, and Exponential uses of AI in the nonprofit arts and culture sector. By documenting practical usages of AI, these case studies will serve as a resource to help the sector respond proactively to AI’s growing influence, equipping organizations with strategies to integrate AI tools effectively and sustainably into their work.
