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Regional Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations
Regional Arts Service OrganizationsAlphabetical list by discipline of arts service organizations serving the Midwest region.
Arts Midwest
A regional arts organization primarily serving the nine states of Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Provides
funding, training, publications, information services, and conferences
to arts and cultural organizations, artists, art administrators, and art
enthusiasts. Arts Midwest is the Ohio Arts Council's regional arts service
organization. Click here for more
information about how Arts Midwest programming serves the OAC and Ohio
constituents.
Consortium for Pacific Arts and Cultures (no web site available)
The Consortium for Pacific Arts and Cultures (CPAC) is one of the seven
private, nonprofit regional arts organizations. Though their office located
in Honolulu, Hawai'i, they serve the U.S.jurisdictions of American
Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI)
Heinz Endowments
The Heinz Endowments support programs in the areas of Arts and Culture
by awarding grants on a competitive basis to arts organizations enabling
them to present the work of the eligible Pittsburgh-based artists listed
in their catalog. In Ohio, application is limited to presenters in the
following counties: Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Guernsey,
Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe, Noble, Portage, Summit, Stark,
Trumbull, Tuscarawas, and Washington.
Mid-America Arts Alliance
In partnership with the six state art agencies of Arkansas, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, M-AAA stretches the boundaries
of the "heartland" to include national and international programs
and arts activity
Providing leadership and support through grants, technical assistance and information to artists and arts organizations in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands and West Virginia. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation encourages arts access, expands audiences, connects Mid Atlantic arts nationally and internationally, builds arts appreciation, support and leadership, and supports professional artists.
New England Foundation for the Arts
NEFA serves arts organizations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. NEFA
supports programs in three areas: Culture in Community—advances partnerships
between arts and non-arts entities; Creation and Presentation—enables
the development and presentation of high quality artistic work by providing
support to artists and their organizational partners; Connections—works
to expand knowledge concerning the roles, practices, and social impact
of the arts, and to evolve and support strategic collaborations that build
practices and tools for the field.
SouthArts
SouthArts serves state arts councils in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee.
Western States Arts Federation
WESTAF serves Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Idaho,
Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Founded in 1974 as a private nonprofit corporation, WESTAF believes unconditionally
in the cultural resources of the American West and works for the advancement
of artists, audiences, and arts organizations in the region. This is accomplished
by developing and coordinating unique projects and services across state
boundaries and through the creation of partnerships between arts organizations
and arts professionals.
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