RESOURCES

Multi-Disciplinary

18th Street Arts Center
http://www.18thstreet.org
1639 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90291
Ph: 310.453.3711
Fx: 310.453.4347

Southern California's only international arts and residency center, dedicated to issues of community, diversity and beauty in contemporary society. 18th Street Arts Center aspires to be an artist-friendly gathering place, providing a physical center in a city characterized by its de-centralization.

Alliance for Artists Communities
http://www.artistcommunities.org
255 South Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
Ph: 401.351.4320
Fx: 401.351.4507

The Alliance of Artists Communities is an international consortium of organizations and individuals that offer time and space for creative work. The Alliance provides its members with unique opportunities to develop collegial relationships in the field and to be part of collective activities that further common goals.

Alternate Roots
http://www.alternateroots.org
Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
1083 Austin Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307-1940
Ph: 404.577.1079
Toll free: 1.888.871.9898
Fx: 404.577.7991

The mission of Alternate ROOTS is to support the creation and presentation of original art, which is rooted in a particular community of place, tradition, or spirit. ROOTS is committed to social and economic justice and the protection of the natural world and addresses these concerns through its programs and services.

Americans for the Arts
http://ww3.artsusa.org
1000 Vermont Ave. NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202.371.2830
Fx: 202.371.0424

One East 53rd Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Ph: 212.223.2787
Fx: 212.980.4857

Americans for the Arts is a $9 million dollar nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. It focuses on three primary goals: increasing public and private sector support for the arts; ensuring that every American child has access to a high-quality arts education; and strengthening communities through the arts. It is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Americans for the Arts has offices in Washington, DC and New York City and partners with local, state, and national arts organizations; government agencies; business leaders; individual philanthropists; educators; and funders throughout the country.

Artpublic
http://www.art-public.com

Art-public.com is a specialized online resource for information and documentation dedicated exclusively to art in the public arena.

Artists for Literacy
http://www.artistsforliteracy.org/home.html
2601 Mariposa Street, 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA 94110
Ph: 415.553.3330

Artist for Literacy's mission is to influence community, public and private sector support for literacy, and to enrich the lives of reading challenged youth and adults by responding to the need for dynamic and innovative learning tools that foster literary and artistic appreciation, critical thinking, increased confidence, curiosity, and life-long learning.

Arts for Life
http://www.arts-for-life.org/index.html
2043 32nd St., 3rd Floor
Astoria, NY 11105
Ph: 917.432.4144

Arts for Life is a consortium of artists working in all media that offers innovative arts-based programs to heal, enrich, and transform the lives of individuals, communities, and the world, inspired by myths of creation and rites of passage that human societies have used for thousands of years to enable individual and cultural healing.

Arts and Healing Network
http://www.artheals.org

The Arts and Healing Network is an online resource about the healing potential of art. The site includes healing artist pages, community-based projects, books, grants, an online newsletter, a live Connection Center forum, links, and more.

Art in the Public Interest
http://www.apionline.org
http://www.communityarts.net
P.O. Box 68
Saxapahaw, NC 27340
Ph: 336.376.8404

Art in the Public Interest (API) is a nonprofit organization that supports the belief that the arts are an integral part of a healthy culture, and that community-based arts provide significant value both to communities and artists.

Art Serve Michigan
http://www.artservemichigan.org/
17515 W. Nine Mile Rd. Suite 1025
Southfield, MI 48075
Ph: 248.557.8288

ArtServe Michigan, a unified arts and cultural organization, serves, supports, and advocates for an enriched cultural environment and promotes the arts.

Arts Midwest
http://www.artsmidwest.org
2908 Hennepin Ave., Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55408-1954
Ph: 612.341.0755
Fx: 612.341.0902

Connects the arts to audiences throughout the nine-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Arts Resource Network
http://www.artsresourcenetwork.net/

The Arts Resource Network is a service provided by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, formerly the Seattle Arts Commission. The Arts Resource Network provides important information to artists and arts organizations, cultivating personal and organizational growth, and the value of art throughout Seattle's communities.

Asian American Art Alliance
http://www.aaartsalliance.org
74 Varick St., Suite 302
New York, NY 10013
Ph: 212.941.9208
Fx: 212.941.7978

Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is dedicated to increasing financial resources and visibility for Asian American arts groups in New York City.

The New American Festival Project
http://www.appalshop.org/afp
91 Madison Avenue
Whitesburg, Kentucky 41858
Ph: 606.633.0108

The American Festival Project believes in the inherent value of cultural identity, cultural diversity and cultural exchange, supports and promotes community-centered arts projects and the development of critical analysis, documentation, and learning exchanges. Culture and the arts are our grounding place, where collaborations between artists and community members make the visible statement that the arts can bring diverse people together to create and foster social change.

Art Esteem
http://www.ahc-oakland.org/services/artesteem/artesteemSplash.html
3278 West Street (@ 33rd & West Street)
Oakland, CA 94608
Ph: 510.652.5530
Fx: 510.652.8233

ArtEsteem™ invites students to create and explore imaginary and real replicas of themselves and their environment through literacy, art, photography, fashion design, science and field trips. The union of these programs stimulates many levels of academic and cultural awareness, emotional literacy, creativity and technical skills.

Art for a Change
http://www.art-for-a-change.com

Mark Vallen's Art For A Change website hails from Los Angeles California and is dedicated to the arts and their role in transforming society, from his own realistic and socially conscious artworks to the works of other like minded artists possessing a critical vision. This site exists primarily as a gallery, educational forum, and resource center, but it should also be thought of as a platform for arts advocacy. The belief that art can make a difference in our world and that there can be no social progress without it, is the motivating force behind this website.

Arts & Culture Indicators in Community Building Project
http://www.urban.org/nnip/acip.html

The Arts and Culture Indicators in Community Building Project (ACIP) is an exploratory and experimental effort to develop arts and culture neighborhood indicators for use in local planning, policymaking, and community building.

Arts Alliance
http://www.abqarts.org/contact.htm
PO Box 27657
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87125
Ph: 505.268.1920
Fx: 505.232.5383

The Arts Alliance celebrates, supports, strengthens and promotes arts creators in music, theater, dance, visual and literary arts. Achievement is realized through advocacy and service efforts and the implementation of the Cultural Plan for Albuquerque.

Arts Corps
http://www.artscorps.org/who/index.html
5609 B Rainer Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98118
Ph: 206.722.5440
Fx: 206.722.5459

Arts Corps is a non-profit arts education program in Seattle and King County. The program recruits and places experienced Teaching Artists in a variety of after-school programs, working with young people in grades K-12.

Art Sanctuary
http://www.artsanctuary.org
Church of the Advocate
1801 West Diamond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121
Ph: 215.232.4485
Fx: 215.232.4088

Art Sanctuary, located in North Philadelphia (a poor and working class African-American community), uses the power of black art to transform individuals, unite groups of people, and enrich, and draw inspiration from the inner city. We invite established and aspiring artists to help create excellent lectures, performances, and educational programs.

Asian Arts Initiative
http://www.asianartsinitiative.org
1315 Cherry Street
2nd Floor East
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Ph: 215.557.0455

Created in response to community concerns about racial tension, the Asian Arts Initiative began programming in May 1993 with Philadelphia's first-ever Asian American Arts Festival. The Asian Arts Initiative has since expanded to become a community arts center that offers performances, exhibitions, workshops, and training for artists and everyday people who share our mission of community-based arts.

Barefoot Artists
http://www.barefootartists.org
PO Box 2348
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Ph: 215.735.7968

Barefoot Artists brings the transformative power of art to the most impoverished communities in the world through participatory and multifaceted projects that foster community empowerment, improve the physical environment, promote economic development, and preserve and promote indigenous art and culture.

Bread and Roses Cultural Project
http://www.bread-and-roses.com/index.html
330 West 42nd St.
New York, NY 10036
Ph: 212.603.1186
Fx: 212.603.1775

Bread and Roses is the not-for-profit cultural arm of New York's Health and Human Service Union, 1199/SEIU. Bread and Roses was founded in 1979 as a cultural resource for union members and students in New York City who would otherwise have little access to the arts. Bread and Roses actively strives to depict artistic, cultural and historical themes and issues affecting people from many backgrounds.

Center for Arts and Culture
http://www.culturalpolicy.org/index.cfm
Center for Arts and Culture
4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 740
Arlington, VA 22203
Ph: 703.248.0430
Fx: 703.248.0414

Founded in 1994 in Washington, DC, the Center is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that commissions research, holds public roundtables, and publishes new voices and perspectives on the arts and culture. The Center for Arts and Culture aims to inform and improve policy decisions that affect cultural life. The guiding principles of that mission include freedom of imagination, inquiry and expression, as well as freedom of opportunity for all to participate in a vital and diverse culture.

Chicago Public Art Group
http://www.cpag.net/home
1259 South Wabash
Chicago, IL 60605
Ph: 312.427.2724
Fx: 312.427.3413

The Chicago Public Art Group (CPAG) mission is to unite artists and communities in partnership to produce quality public art and to extend and transform the tradition of collaborative, community involved, public artwork. Our skilled, professional artists specialize in collaborating with community participants to make delightful, meaningful, permanent, and safe public artworks. CPAG partners with community development organizations, neighborhood groups, social service agencies, advocacy groups, and schools' designing projects to realize their social, cultural, educational, and aesthetic goals. CPAG artist consultants participate in planning processes for public spaces with architects, landscape designers, and municipal planners.

Community Program in the Arts (COMPAS)
http://www.compas.org
304 Landmark Center
75 West 5th Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102, USA
Ph: 651.292.3249
Fx: 651.292.3258

Formed in 1974, COMPAS is Minnesota's most widely used resource for artist residencies and community-building through the arts, engaging approximately 400,000 people in the arts in approximately 100 Minnesota towns each year. COMPAS began as Poets in the Schools in 1968, was incorporated as COMPAS in 1974, and merged with United Arts in 1998. With a mix of direct-service participatory programs and re-granting programs, COMPAS is similar to many of the local arts councils around the country.

Creative Work Fund
http://www.creativeworkfund.org
One Lombard Street, Suite 305
San Francisco, CA 94111
Ph: 415.398.4474

The Creative Work Fund invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to intellectual inquiry and to the strengthening of communities.

Community Arts Advocates
http://www.communityartsadvocates.org
PO Box 112
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Ph: 617.522.3407

Community Arts Advocates cultivates ongoing fundamental relationships between artists and communities by celebrating self-expression as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, individuals and communities. Community Arts Advocates, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding public awareness, participation in and support of the arts through performances and festivals, exhibits and workshops, publicity, educational forums, nonprofit arts management consultation services, and collaborative projects.

COSACOSA Art at Large
http://www.cosacosa.org/home.html
4427 Main Street
Philadelphia PA 19127
Ph: 215.385.2554
Fx: 215.487.2354

Founded in 1990, COSACOSA art at large, Inc. creates new art specific to Philadelphia neighborhoods and public spaces. Through collaborative art workshops, artist residencies, and media projects, we enable dialogue among our city's disparate cultures and communities. Our projects assure a sense of equality among people of diverse backgrounds and differing abilities, while building their participation in local communities, as well as in society at large.

Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
http://www.cultural-alliance.org
1436 U Street NW, Suite 103
Washington, DC 20009
Ph: 202.638.2406
Fx: 202.638.3388

The Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington is an organization dedicated to sustaining and increasing regional leadership, appreciation, support and resources for arts and culture. We build and nurture a regional network by enhancing the connection, collaboration, and conversation within the arts and cultural community and among business and other interest groups.

Elders Share the Arts (ESTA)
http://www.elderssharethearts.org
138 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Ph: 718.398.3870

Founded in 1979, Elders Share the Arts (ESTA) is a nationally recognized arts organization dedicated to bridging generational divides and generating a sense of community through the arts. Our staff of professional artists works with young and old in underserved communities to transform their life stories into dramatic, literary, and visual presentations that explore social issues, shed light on neighborhood history, and draw from their imaginations answers to community issues and conflicts.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
1300 Guadalupe Street
San Antonio, TX 78207

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (Guadalupe) was founded in 1980 as a nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization. Located in the heart of San Antonio's west side, the Guadalupe is the largest community-based, multi-disciplinary organization in the United States. Our mission is to preserve, promote and develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples for all ages and backgrounds through public and educational programming in six disciplines: Dance, Literature, Media Arts, Theater Arts, Visual Arts and Xicano Music.

In Dulci Jubilo
http://www.indulcijubilo.org
1255 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94702
Ph: 510.845.3499
Fx: 510.845.3487

In Dulci Jubilo, Inc. is a non-profit foundation established in 1978 to enhance the quality of life in Berkeley, California, by encouraging, inspiring, instructing and helping young people enrolled in Berkeley's pre-school, primary and secondary schools to develop values beneficial to the community. Its intent is to encourage discussion, development and adoption of values in the areas of ecology, ethics, aesthetics, hygiene & general education with the aim of enhancing each child's feeling of self worth as well as furthering an appreciation & recognition of worth in others, and in the environment in which we live. IDJ considers itself both a recipient and a disburser of funds.

Institute for Community Development and the Arts
http://www.artsusa.org/information_resources/research_information/institute_community_development/default.asp

Washington, DC Office
1000 Vermont Ave. NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202.371.2830
Fx: 202.371.0424

New York City Office
One East 53rd Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Ph: 212.223.2787
Fx: 212.980.4857

The Institute for Community Development and the Arts provides a research-based understanding of how the arts are being used to address social, educational, and economic development issues in communities across the country. Areas of research and publication have included youth at risk, artist training, economic development, arts and civic dialogue, public housing, cultural tourism, and program planning and evaluation.

The Institute for Community Research
http://www.incommunityresearch.org
Two Hartford Square West, Suite 100
Hartford, CT 06106-5128
Ph: 860.278.2044
Fx: 860.278.2141

The Institute for Community Research (ICR) uses the tools of research to build community capacity and foster collaborative community-based partnerships. By gathering information in partnership with residents, we are helping communities locally and globally to ask better questions and get better answers about the complex problems they face. We believe this process is the best way to support personal growth, broaden community leadership and foster robust democratic institutions.

Kearny Street Workshop
http://www.kearnystreet.org
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Ph: 415.503.0520
Fx: 415.503.0547

The mission of Kearny Street Workshop is to produce and present art that enriches and empowers Asian Pacific American communities. Our vision is to achieve a more just society by connecting Asian Pacific American (APA) artists with community members to give voice to our cultural, historical, and contemporary issues.

Latinamerican Folk Institute
http://www.lafi.org
3800 A 34th Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712-2045
Ph: 301.887.9331
Fx: 301.887.0308

The Latin American Folk Institute (LAFI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art, music, and folklore of the Americas. LAFI builds community through arts education and affordable cultural programs, and partners with other cultural organizations and professional artists to provide affordable events, concerts and classes to all members of the community. Using the arts as a vehicle to inspire cross-cultural understanding, LAFI makes the rich cultural heritage of the Americas accessible to everyone via educational and cultural programs.

Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc.
http://www.lifepieces.org/
603 50th St NE, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20019
Tel: 202-399-7703
Fax: 202-399-7731

Life Pieces To Masterpieces' mission/purpose is to provide African American males, living in Washington, D.C.' low-income and public housing, with opportunities to discover their ability to change challenges into possibilities. LPTM's ultimate goal is to elevate the consciousness of our apprentices through the embodiment of Life Pieces' purpose, premise, process and values, represented by our decision-making tool. The anticipated outcome will be to give rise to a generation of youth and future adults who will discover their innate, creative ability to transform challenges into possibilities.

Memphis Black Arts Alliance, Inc. + FireHouse Community Arts Academy
http://www.webspawner.com/users/mbaa
Firehouse Community Arts Center
985 South Bellevue (aka Elvis Presley Blvd)
Memphis, TN 38174
P.O. Box 40854
Memphis, TN 38174-0854
Ph: 901.948.9522

In keeping with its founding purpose to awaken in all a consciousness of the cultural contributions of blacks, MBAA’s mission seeks to use the arts and culture to empower individual, community, and economic development and improve the quality of life in our community and society. MBAA’s programs, services, and products are designed to nurture the cultural contributions of blacks and to support, present, and produce creative works which build community spirit, illuminate and build on the common ties, interests and experiences of people.

Mid-America Arts Alliance
http://www.maaa.org
912 Baltimore, Suite 700
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Ph: 816.421.1388
Fx: 816.421.3918

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) was created to support and stimulate cultural activity in communities throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Based in the heartland, M-AAA now creates and manages regional, multi-regional, national, and international programs including traveling exhibitions, performing arts touring, and professional and community development.

Mission Cultural Center
http://www.missionculturalcenter.org
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Ph: 415.643.2778

The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) was established in 1977 by artists and community activists with a shared vision to promote, preserve and develop the Latino cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of Chicano, Central and South American, and Caribbean people. The MCCLA makes the arts accessible as an essential element to community development and well being. As a community non-profit arts organization, MCCLA prides itself in enriching, in a most unique way, the cultural and artistic life of the Mission, San Francisco, and Bay Area residents as well.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
http://www.nasaa-arts.org
1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202.347.6352
Fx: 202.737.0526

The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. Each of the 56 states and jurisdictions has created an agency to support excellence in and access to the arts. NASAA's mission is to advance and promote a meaningful role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities throughout the United States. We empower state arts agencies through strategic assistance that fosters leadership, enhances planning and decision-making, and increases resources.

National Guild of Community Schools for the Arts
http://www.nationalguild.org
520 8th Avenue
3rd floor, suite 302
New York, NY 10018
Ph: 212.268.3337
Fx: 212.268.3995

The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts is the national service organization for a diverse constituency of non-profit organizations providing arts education in urban, suburban and rural communities throughout the United States. The National Guild believes involvement in the arts is essential to individual fulfillment and community life. We envision a nation where all Americans understand and appreciate the value of the arts in their lives, and in the lives of their communities. The National Guild advances high-quality, community-based arts education so that all people may participate in the arts according to their interests and abilities. We support the creation and development of community schools of the arts by providing research and information resources, professional development and networking opportunities, advocacy, and high-profile leadership.

National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA)
http://www.creativeaging.org
138 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Ph: 718.398.3870

The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and the quality of life of older people. Creative expression is important for older people of all cultures and ethnic backgrounds, regardless of economic status, age, or level of physical, emotional, or cognitive functioning.

New Urban Arts (NUA)
http://www.newurbanarts.org
743 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Ph: 401.273.8499

New Urban Arts is a nationally recognized interdisciplinary arts studio for high school students and emerging artists in Providence, Rhode Island. Our mission is to build a vital community that empowers young people to develop a creative practice they can sustain throughout their lives. We provide studio, exhibition space, and mentoring for young artists who explore the visual, performing, and literary arts through yearlong free out-of-school programs. Founded in 1997, New Urban Arts serves 125 high school students in the Providence Public High Schools and 15 artists each year.

Partners for Livable Communities
http://www.livable.com
1429 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Ph: 202.887.5990
Fx: 202.466.4845

Partners for Livable Communities is a national, nonprofit organization working to restore and renew our communities. Partners has over twenty-five years of experience in solving community problems by providing information, leadership and guidance that help communities help themselves.

Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
http://www.pps.org
700 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Ph: 212.620.5660
Fx: 212.620.3821

PPS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. We provide technical assistance, education, and research through programs in parks, plazas and central squares; buildings and civic architecture; transportation; and public markets. Since our founding in 1975, we have worked in over 1,000 communities in the United States and around the world, helping people to grow their public spaces into vital community places.

The Puffin Foundation, LTD.
http://www.puffinfoundation.org
20 East Oakdene Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Ph: 201.836.8923
Fx: 201.836.1734

The Puffin Foundation Ltd. has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.

Project Row Houses
http://www.projectrowhouses.org
P.O. Box 1011
Houston, Texas 77251-1011
Ph: 713.526.7662
Fx: 713.526.1623

Project Row Houses is a neighborhood based art and cultural organization located in Houston's Third Ward. PRH was established in 1993 on a site of 22 abandoned shotgun houses (c. 1930) to connect the work of artists with the revitalization of our community. It was inspired by the work of African-American artist Dr. John Biggers who celebrated the social significance of the shotgun house community in his paintings. After a decade of successfully generating programs that combine arts and cultural education, historic preservation, and community development, the future of the Third Ward is threatened by gentrification. To preserve and protect the irreplaceable historic and cultural legacy of our community, PRH spawned a sister organization, the Row House Community Development Corporation.

Project Yes
http://www.project-yes.org
104 West Baseline Road
Lafayette, Colorado 80026
Ph: 303-926-0306

Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change) provides leadership opportunities for young people through the arts and service learning. Through our Youth Center, Art in the Community, and Lafayette Service-Learning Partnership programs, Project YES empowers young people to not only envision social change, but also live it, positively impacting their lives and their communities.

Public Art Review
http://www.publicartreview.org
2324 University Avenue West, Suite 102
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
Ph: 651.641.1128
Fx: 651.641.1983

Public Art Review (PAR), a program of FORECAST Public Artworks is the only national journal focused on exploring the many dimensions of public art. Each issue provides coverage of growing trends, reflection on critical issues and survey many of the latest public art projects happening in the United States and around the globe. Published semi-annually since 1989, our readership includes artists, librarians, architects, curators, city planners, educators, design professionals, program administrators, community leaders, writers, and students.

Raw Vision
http://www.rawvision.com/rawvision/current/current_main.html
163 Amsterdam Avenue, #203
New York City, NY 10028-5001
Ph: 212.714.8381

Founded in 1989 as a low budget twice-yearly journal, Raw Vision has now developed into a fully fledged, full color, quarterly publication with an ever increasing subscription base. Shop sales in Britain and the USA continue to rise and it now sells in Japan and throughout Europe. When French painter Jean Dubuffet first originated the concept of Art Brut in the 1940s, the art of the untrained visionary was very much a minority interest. From its almost secret and clandestine beginnings, Outsider Art has gradually become a major interest in today's contemporary art scene.

republic ART
http://www.republicart.org
644 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph: 203-641 -7045

Our goal is to expand the nature of art in public places through participatory projects that help build community and public appreciation for the arts as a vehicle for positive social change. Through public participation in and exposure to our traveling exhibits we intend to increase awareness of socially relevant topics. We are primarily interested in issues that involve active citizenship, participatory democracy, enfranchisement of young people and restoration our natural environment. We also support public consent for use of public space to enhance the human experience rather than commercial exposure.

Social Impact of the Arts Project
http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/SIAP/
University of Pennsylvania
School of Social Work
3701 Locust Walk
Philadelphia PA 19104-6214

Mark Stern
Ph: 215.898.5528

Susan Seifert
Ph: 215.573.7270

The Social Impact of the Arts Project is a research center of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1994, it has undertaken a variety of policy research projects on the role that cultural institutions play in the metropolitan Philadelphia region and its neighborhoods.

Southern Arts Federation
http://www.southarts.org/index.htm
1800 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 808
Atlanta, GA 30309
Ph: 404.874.7244
Fx: 404.873.2148

The Southern Arts Federation (SAF) is a not-for-profit regional arts organization that has been making a positive difference in the arts throughout the South since 1975. SAF creates partnerships and collaborations; assists in the professional development of artists, arts organizations and arts professionals; presents, promotes and produces Southern arts and cultural programming; and advocates for the arts and art education. The organization works in partnership with the state arts agencies of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. SAF is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), foundations, corporations, individuals and member states.

South Broadway Cultural Center
http://www.cabq.gov/sbcc
1025 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Ph: 505.848.1323
Fx: 505.848.1329

The SBCC is a multi-cultural, visual, performing and literary art center, that promotes, preserves and educates the community about the cultures and ethnicities that define Albuquerque.

Taller Puertorriqueno
http://www.tallerpr.org
2721 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133
Ph: 215.426.3311
Fx: 215.426.5682

Taller was established in 1974 by Latino artists and activists in the North Kensington area of Philadelphia. They created a community based graphic arts workshop to provide cultural training alternatives to local youth. Throughout its history, our Workshop has been a vital resource to the barrio and to the region. It is now nationally recognized as a model organization that uses the arts as a vehicle for social change.

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
http://www.uica.org
41 Sheldon Boulevard SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4227
Ph: 616.454.7000
Fx: 616.459.9395

Founded in 1977, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) is a vibrant research and development center for the art of today and tomorrow. Through interdisciplinary presentation, education, community studios, and art therapy, we actively challenge both artists and audiences to new levels of creative activity, collaboration, dialogue and healing. UICA presents dynamic programming in the visual arts, music, film, literature, dance and performance art that, because of its content or technique, might not otherwise find a venue in West Michigan.

Urban Arts Institute (at Massachusetts College of Art)
http://www.massart.edu/about/college/urban_arts.html
621 Huntington Avenue
Tower Building, 5th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Ph: 617.232.1555 ext. 259

The UrbanArts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art works to promote excellence in public art and design. This mission is accomplished through services, which facilitate public art and design projects, through educational programs for professionals and students, and through public policy advocacy.

The Village of Arts and Humanities
http://www.villagearts.org
2544 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19133
Ph: 215.225.3949

The Village of Arts and Humanities is a community-based arts, education, and neighborhood development organization located in inner city North Philadelphia. Through arts-based programs and activities, we work with residents to reclaim abandoned space and rebuild a sense of hope and possibility in their neighborhoods. Youth and adults work together to turn garbage-strewn vacant lots to into vibrant art parks bursting with beauty and greenery. The Village's mission is to build community through innovative arts-based programs in education, land transformation, construction and economic development. In all of its projects and activities, the Village seeks to do justice to the humanity of people who live in inner-city North Philadelphia and similar urban situations.

Western States Arts Federation
http://www.westaf.org
1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Ph: 303.629.1166
Fx: 303.629.9717

WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation, is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Based in Denver, Colorado, WESTAF fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational and policy infrastructure of the arts by providing innovative programs and services to artists and arts organizations in the West and nationwide.