ECC is a consulting firm with roots dating to 1995. Established by ECC’s founding CEO, Luis R. Cancel, the company has helped non-profit organizations, foundations, and corporations to address an assortment of challenges revolving around organizational vision and strategic planning; integration and use of new media tools; and cultural facility planning. Take a moment to learn how our unique background has helped numerous clients to find the right path for growth in these uncertain times.

Strategic & Facilities Planning

Over the course of 30 years in the cultural field, Mr. Cancel has helped numerous public agencies and private NGOs to develop a strong institutional consensus around a clear mission-based vision. These strategic planning documents have varied in their time horizons between 3 - 5 years and are often produced by engaging key constituents and staff members in their drafting and adoption. Mr. Cancel has also been involved with and evaluated dozens of space plans for a wide range of cultural organizations, both as an insider and as a funder. He brings years of practical, hands-on operational experience that provide client/owners with a seasoned voice at the table when discussing facility expansion and renovation plans with architects and Boards. These discussions often help clients to optimize the use of space and minimize future operating costs. 

Utilization of Media Tools

Mr. Cancel has been a pioneer and advocate for the use and introduction of digital media in museums. As the head of various public and private agencies, he has introduced the use of social media tools, Internet Radio, Podcasting, video streaming of live and recorded events, and the optimization of organizational messaging across various media platforms. He has worked as the mediator between highly technical producers and their less tech-savvy clients and helped clients to achieve cutting edge style while maintaining broad audience appeal. He has maintained an active interest in both the arts and sciences, and he has been at the forefront of urging cultural organizations to utilize the Internet to reach new audiences. He hosted a weekly 2-hour Internet radio Podcast, Loisaida Cultural Wire, and in San Francisco, he established CultureWire, a weekly cable TV and Internet-based television program that interviewed artists and covered important cultural events.

Curatorial Services

As a recognized scholar on Latin American and Latino art, Mr. Cancel has curated several major exhibitions, including the landmark "The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970" organized while he was Director of The Bronx Museum of the Arts. He has curated one-person and large group exhibitions and circulated those exhibitions both domestically and internationally. Additionally, Mr. Cancel has written about contemporary artists and photographers including:  

Devastation/Resurrection: The South Bronx, (1979)

Krishna Reddy, a Retrospective, (1981)

Canadian Contemporary Printmakers, (1982)

Mohamed Melehi: Recent Paintings, (1984)

The First Emerging Expressions Biennials: The Artists and the Computer, (1985)

The Second Emerging Expressions Biennials: The Artists and the Computer , (1987)

The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920‑1970, (1988)

The Third Emerging Expressions Biennials: The 3rd Dimension and Beyond, (1991)

Legacy / Legado, (1996)

Resistance and Collaboration: The Path to Remember Clemente Soto Vélez, (2012)

The Travails of the Hero, (2014)

Dancing with Janus: The Work of Yaacov Agam, (2015)

Paulo Fabre – Pé Direito (Off on the Right Foot), (2015)

New Yorkers and their Museums - Let the Tourists Pay, (2017)

Toulouse-Lautrec A Fundamental Figure, (2020)

Renoir and His Zest for Life, (2020)

A Bountiful Trinity: The Works of Romero Britto, (2021 unpublished)