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About Us
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation supports the richness and diversity of the region’s arts resources and promotes wider access to the art and artists of the region, nation and world.
The Foundation serves the states
and territories of Delaware,
the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, the US Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Mid
Atlantic Arts Foundation was established in 1979 to promote
and support multi-state arts programming. Over the last
five years, MAAF has built a core of program initiatives
designed to address
specific issues of regional arts support. The work of
the Foundation
has been
focused on:
- Artist issues, services and support
- Access to arts programs for audiences/participants
- Developing an
infrastructure for touring and presenting
- Making connections
beyond the region
- Developing partnerships
- Strengthening existing networks
- Building new sources of revenue
- Discovering ways of being of service
to the member states
- Exploring sub-regional initiatives
and collaborations with subsets of MAAF state members
- Serving the diverse constituency of the region
- Building identity
and visibility for MAAF and its programs
The mid-Atlantic
is a region that is particularly rich in the arts.
One-half of the acknowledged “major museums” in
the U.S. are located in
the region. Twenty-four percent of the artists in
the U.S. labor force work
in the mid-Atlantic region.
The
wealth of arts resources
in the mid-Atlantic helps to differentiate
this region
from other areas of the country.
While the challenges facing
the
arts community
are significant, the opportunities
are
abundant. Mid Atlantic Arts
Foundation will continue
to recognize
the great wealth of resources
in the region and work to
strengthen those
resources and make them
available
to the widest possible audience. |
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