About AFTA
Americans for the Arts serve, advance, and leads the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. For more than 55 years, Americans for the Arts has been bringing people and organizations together through the arts.
Becoming a Member
Members are nonprofits and for-profits, government agencies and collectives, artists, consultants, students, and educators. Our members work with visual and performing arts, adults and children, the business community, policymakers, and everyone in between. You gain access to research and information but also gain access to a network of 6,000 professionals.
Mission
Our mission is to build recognition and support for the extraordinary and dynamic value of the arts and to lead, serve, and advance the diverse networks of organizations and individuals who cultivate the arts in America. Connecting your best ideas and leaders from the arts, communities, and business, together we can work to ensure that every American has access to the transformative power of the arts.
Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts serve, advance, and leads the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. It’s mission is to build recognition and support for the extraordinary and dynamic value of the arts and to lead, serve, and advance the diverse networks of organizations and individuals who cultivate the arts in America. Connecting your best ideas and leaders from the arts, communities, and business, together they work to ensure that every American has access to the transformative power of the arts.
Americans For The Arts Staff
Executive Office
