The article, "Introducing Community Innovation Labs: A New Approach for Harvesting the Power of the Arts to Unlock Complex Problems in Local Systems" is written by Richard Evans, EmcArts' President, and Karina Mangu-Ward, EmcArts Director of Strategic Initiatives. It is published in the GIA Reader, Vol 26. No 3, Fall 2015, and provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking overview of the origins, inspirations and context behind EmcArts' new program — Community Innovation Labs.