Alliance initiatives include:

• Funding partnerships that have leveraged more than $2Million to artists’ communities since 2003, including Visions from the New California, with The James Irvine Foundation, supporting under-served visual artists in California; Midwestern Voices and Visions, with The Joyce Foundation, supporting under-served artists in the Midwest; and Beyond Katrina, with The Ford Foundation, supporting artists’ communities in New Orleans
• Publications, including Artists Communities: A Directory of Residencies that offer Time and Space for Creativity; and The Ultimate Residency Resource Guide
• Professional development services to artists’ communities through conferences, research, publicity, consulting, and management tools; the Leadership Institute, developing stronger leaders in the field; and the Emerging Program Institute, sharing best-practices with new artists’ communities
• National advocacy to funders, policy-makers, arts leaders, and others on behalf of artists’ communities specifically and in support of artists in general
• Strategic gatherings, including our annual conference, symposia on creativity, and national planning summits
• Artists resources online, in print, and in person through Be Our Guest, a series of public sessions on residencies and other opportunities for artists