Arts Agencies
State and regional arts agencies provide a number of valuable services, including:
- funding performance tours, festivals, exhibits, concerts and poetry readings
- catalyzing partnerships between the arts and other sectors
- supporting in- and out-of-school arts activities for young people
- educating the public and decision makers about the essential role of the arts
- providing services to improve arts organization management and artists' entrepreneurial skills
- advancing arts education through training, programs and residencies
- preserving and promoting state cultural and heritage resources
- recognizing and publicizing artistic achievement
Below is a list of U.S. BASED ARTS AGENCIES. For more information, visit the National Assembly of States Arts Agencies.
Also, check out the following REGIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
| ORGANIZATION | PHONE |
|---|---|
| Arts Midwest (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI) | 612.341.0755 |
| Consortium for Pacific Arts & Culture ((AS, CM, GU) | 808.946.7381 |
| Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VI, VA, WV) | 410.539.6656 |
| Mid-America Arts Alliance (AR, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX) | 816.421.1388 |
| New England Foundation for the Arts (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 617.951.0010 |
| Southern Arts Federation (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) | 404.874.7244 |
| Western States Arts Federation (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY) | 303.629.1166 |