{"688152":{"#nid":"688152","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Pilot Program to Support Rural Arts Organizations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI\u00b2) is launching a new pilot initiative designed to strengthen rural arts organizations across Middle Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeginning this March in Perry, Georgia, EI\u00b2 will launch the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Arts Innovation Network (GAIN)\u003C\/strong\u003E, a six-month pilot program that supports arts-related nonprofits and businesses through capacity building, technology adoption, business strategy, and placemaking. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the program is open to arts organizations and creative businesses in Perry, Houston County, and surrounding Middle Georgia counties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGAIN is the first EI\u00b2 program dedicated specifically to the arts and reflects Georgia Tech\u2019s broader commitment to serving communities statewide through creativity, innovation, and economic development. According to Jason Freeman, the initiative also creates opportunities to strengthen arts-based partnerships across Georgia and inform future collaborations, including work connected to Georgia Tech Arts and the Creative Quarter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe pilot is supported in partnership with the Georgia Council for the Arts and aims to develop a model that could be expanded to other regions of the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecruitment for the inaugural GAIN cohort begins in February\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-launches-pilot-program-to-support-rural-arts-organizations\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E article.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI\u00b2) is launching the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Arts Innovation Network (GAIN)\u003C\/strong\u003E, a six-month pilot program supporting arts nonprofits and creative businesses in Middle Georgia. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the program will provide training, technical assistance, and placemaking support to help strengthen local arts ecosystems.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI\u00b2) is launching the Georgia Arts Innovation Network (GAIN)"}],"uid":"36758","created_gmt":"2026-02-09 20:44:53","changed_gmt":"2026-02-12 16:29:05","author":"LaKenya Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679234":{"id":"679234","type":"image","title":"Georgia-rts-painting.png","body":null,"created":"1770670139","gmt_created":"2026-02-09 20:48:59","changed":"1770670139","gmt_changed":"2026-02-09 20:48:59","alt":"Georgia-rts-painting.png","file":{"fid":"263367","name":"Georgia-rts-painting.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/09\/Georgia-rts-painting.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/09\/Georgia-rts-painting.png","mime":"image\/png","size":233792,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/09\/Georgia-rts-painting.png?itok=_FliyTEA"}}},"media_ids":["679234"],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"660380","name":"GT Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"185855","name":"GT arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}