Emergency Academy is a cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary, and cross-regional arts education initiative conceived by Liu Xiaoyi and Emergency Stairs in 2020. It serves as an artist incubation (online) program and a laboratory designed to cultivate future cultural leaders who aspire to influence, reform, and reshape existing ecosystems.

To date, this programme has seen the successful completion of two editions. Emergency Academy 1.0 spanned two years (2020-2022) and attracted 16 artists from 10 cities, including 6 from Singapore. Similarly, Emergency Academy 2.0, also a two-year endeavor (2022-2024), drew 24 artists from 12 cities, among them 11 Singaporean artists. These participants have since formed a tightly-knit international network for artistic exchange.

Vision: To nurture future cultural leaders who aspire to influence, drive and change the  existing ecosystems.

Mission: To establish a platform and network for artists from diverse locales to engage in discourse, introspection, and exploration of their artistic environments, while seeking avenues for self-empowerment.