Art Spaces Archives Project

AS-AP

Art Spaces Archives Project AS-AP is a non-profit initiative founded by a consortium of alternative art organizations, including Bomb Magazine, College Art Association, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA, New York State Artist Workspace Consortium, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, with a mandate to help preserve, present, and protect the archival heritage of living and defunct for- and not-for-profit spaces of the "alternative" or "avant-garde" movement of the 1950s to the present throughout the United States.

News

AS-AP Survey Update
During the summer of 2010, AS-AP will be updating its current database. If your organization is listed, if you would like to create a new listing, or if there is an organization you think should be added, please contact Mackenzie Schneider at artspacesarchivesproject at gmail dot com.

NEA and NYSCA Grants awarded to Art Spaces Archives Project [Press Release]
The National Endowment for the Arts and The New York State Council on the Arts have both awarded the Art Spaces Archives Project with substantial funding in support of projects relating to archiving alternative and avant-garde arts organizations throughout the United States.

Featured Organization: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)

New Orleans, LAhttp://www.cacno.org

Due to Hurricane Katrina we do not have access to all of our records. I can provide the current Vision Statement and Mission Statement.

Vision Statement: Our vision is that the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans be a multi-disciplinary arts center, nationally recognized as a leader in the presentation and support of contemporary arts, artists and emerging art forms. In doing so, it will explore and involve the diverse cultures of our communities.

Adopted October 11, 2001.

Mission Statement

The CAC is a multi-disciplinar arts center, financial stable and professionally managed, which is dediated to the presentation, production and promotion of art of or time. It accomplishes these by organizing curate exhibitions, performances andprograms, educating and enlarging audiences, and encouraging collaboration among diverse artists, institutions, communities and supporters.

Adopted October 11, 2001

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