Mid Atlantic Arts fosters the development and showcase of a wide range of artistic expressions while linking individuals to enriching arts encounters. Established in 1979, Mid Atlantic Arts extends support to artists, event organizers, and institutions through initiatives, grants, partnerships, and knowledge exchange.

Mid Atlantic Arts

Mid Atlantic Arts  | 940 followers on LinkedIn. Mid Atlantic Arts is a nonprofit organization that bolsters artists and presenters with financial and creative support. | Mid Atlantic Arts supports artists, presenters, and organizations through unique programming, grant support, partnerships, and information sharing. Created in 1979, Mid Atlantic Arts is aligned with the region’s state arts councils and the National Endowment for the Arts. We combine state and federal funding with private support from corporations, foundations, and individuals to nurture diverse artistic expression while connecting people to meaningful arts experiences within our region and beyond.

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The 2025-2026 ArtsCONNECT Guidelines are live! ArtsCONNECT supports performing arts touring projects collaboratively developed by presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region. Three or more performing arts presenters located in the mid-Atlantic who partner to present the same artist/company during the project period are eligible to apply. For more details, visit: https://lnkd.in/emRRpjTq 📸: Urban Bush Women dancers performing in Legacy + Lineage + Liberation in Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University (NJ). Credit: Avi Steinhardt.

Presentando la subvención para la sostenibilidad cultural: ¡Raíces comunitarias! Este nuevo programa ofrecido por las seis Organizaciones Regionales de Arte (RAO) de los EE. UU., en asociación con la Fundación Wallace, brinda financiamiento operativo sin restricciones a las organizaciones artísticas fundadas por, con y para las comunidades de color. ¡Más información en https://lnkd.in/eEraCWU3 ilustración de Uzo Njoku #CulturalSustainability undefined #CommunityRoots #ArtsFunding #SupportBIPOCArts #ArtsEquity #BIPOCArtsOrganizations #SustainableArts #NonprofitArts #ArtsAccess #OperatingSupport #WallaceFoundation #EquitableFunding

The guidelines are available for Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots! This grant, in partnership with the Wallace Foundation, provides unrestricted operational support to arts organizations founded by, with, and for BIPOC communities. View the guidelines and learn more at: https://lnkd.in/eEraCWU3 Let's build a stronger, more equitable future together.

Introducing Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots! This new program offered by the six US Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs), in partnership with the Wallace Foundation, provides unrestricted operational funding to arts organizations founded by, with, and for communities of color. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/eEraCWU3

Applications are now open for the Shakespeare in American Communities grant program for 2025-26! This national program supports nonprofit theaters through three grant opportunities: Schools Program: Funding for Shakespeare-related performances and educational activities. Juvenile Justice Program: Theater experiences for youth in juvenile justice facilities. Apprenticeships Program: NEW! Paid apprenticeships for early-career professionals in community-based theater—no Shakespeare programming necessary! Application deadline: February 13, 2025. Learn more and take our quiz to see if your organization is eligible: https://lnkd.in/eD-XJbbY Shakespeare in American Communities is a theater program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest . 📸: Performance of Midsummer Night's Dream by Idaho Shakespeare Festival at Anser Charter School. Credit: Courtesy of Idaho Shakespeare Festival

Join our team at Mid Atlantic Arts as the Director of People and Culture! This position plays a crucial role in fostering an inclusive, engaged, and value-driven organizational culture. Learn more and apply at: https://lnkd.in/evyrhaJu #HRJobs #JobOpening #ApplyNow #JobAlert #JobSearch

Meet the rest of the mid-Atlantic region ArtsHERE grantees! Taller Comunidad La Goyco, Inc. was born from community organizing in San Juan, PR, anchored in the diversity that characterizes the environment and committed to the sense of solidarity that represents coexistence. 📸: Taller Comunidad la Goyco, Inc., San Juan, PR, storytelling at the Community Library for the community fair. Taller Comunidad la Goyco has been recommended for an ArtsHERE grant. Photo courtesy of the Laundromat Project. The Laundromat Project (LP) aims to build a holistic foundation that provides social and economic security to artists and neighbors and fosters greater well-being and transformation. The LP advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. 📸: The Laundromat Project, Brooklyn, NY, presented 2024 Create Change Fellow Activation, “Healing Our AfroFutures: Using Art and the Sacred Stories of Our ForeMothers to Heal Our Ancestors, Ourselves and Our Descendants X ARIAH Foundation” at the Restoration Plaza, led by the CC Fellows, Ziedah Diata and Jennella Young. The Laundromat Project has been recommended for an ArtsHERE grant. Photo courtesy of the Laundromat Project. Tidewater Arts Outreach (TAO) brings joy to older adults and those living in isolated circumstances and enhances their well-being through creative engagement with the arts. 📸: Tidewater Arts Outreach Artists, Norfolk, VA, artist Ricky Micou leading a steel drum and Caribbean percussion program for Virginia Beach residents.Tidewater Arts Outreach has been recommended for an ArtsHERE grant. Photo courtesy of Tidewater Arts Outreach. Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA) seeks to present a visionary platform for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (HoH) Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BlPOC) artists to create, collaborate, and showcase their culturally distinctive works through various forms of artistic and linguistic expressions. 📸: Visionaries of the Creative Arts in Washington, DC, presents a visionary platform for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (HoH) Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BlPOC) artists to create, collaborate, and showcase their culturally distinctive works through various forms of artistic and linguistic expressions. Visionaries of the Creative Arts has been recommended for an ArtsHERE grant. Photo courtesy of Jannifer Williams. Learn about each grantee's projects at: https://lnkd.in/ePn6id-a

Did you know the National Endowment for the Arts has an ArtsHERE Grant Spotlight blog? Check out this week's feature on the NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF TENNESSEE . Learn more about ArtsHERE-supported projects a round the country at https://lnkd.in/e9eRUFVZ

Congratulations to the Mellon Foundation and all recipients of the National Humanities Medal! Your work in the arts and humanities field is so important.

We're so excited to announce the 2025-2026 Mid Atlantic Tours roster artists! Mid Atlantic Tours provides support for mid-Atlantic presenters who engage roster artists during the project period. Roster artists include performers from across the mid-Atlantic region, as well as artists from countries in the Iberian peninsula and Latin America through Mid Atlantic Arts’ partnership with Ibermúsicas. The 2025-2026 roster artists are: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Brent Birckhead, The Experience Band & Show, The Missing Element Feat. Beatbox House, The Paza Experience, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, LauraB (Spain), Nidia Gongora (Colombia), and the Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies (OIANT). Learn more about Mid Atlantic Tours at: Mid Atlantic Tours | Mid Atlantic Arts https://lnkd.in/eZTRTY7q #Grants #GrantOpportunities #CreativeEconomy

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