The National Endowment for the Arts supports the visual arts -- painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, drawing, craft, etc. -- through grants to organizations that serve the needs of and enhance opportunities for artists and their audiences. The Arts Endowment is committed to advancing and preserving the work of contemporary visual artists that reflects serious and exceptional aesthetic investigation. Grants in the visual arts support projects undertaken by organizations that encourage individual artistic development, experimentation, and dialogue between artists and the public through exhibitions, residencies, publications, commissions, public art works, conservation, documentation, services to the field, and public programs.

Brings award-winning, contemporary artists to the audiences of non-profit organizations throughout NYS. Sponsors, the organizations that host A&AE projects, are able to offer their audiences high quality arts programs at a minimal cost.

The National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP), developed by the Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts, is a group of workshops sponsored nationally by American Express to help arts organizations devise and implement marketing strategies to build attendance, diversify audiences, and increase earned revenue. More than 340 different arts organizations have attended these workshops in the past three years. For more information about the national program and other cities that participate in NAMP, please visit the Americans for the Arts website. For more information about arts marketing, or for information about customized training, visit ArtsMarketing.org. All of the marketing workshops are specifically designed for executive directors, marketing managers, and development professionals at small to midsized organizations, as well as more junior staff at larger institutions. Upcoming Workshops October 08 The Art (Business) Of Collaboration October 29 Staff, Boards & Volunteers As Advocates November 12 Market Research November 17 Marketing Plan Workshop Location: American Express Headquarters 3 World Financial Center New York, NY 10285 Workshop Time: 9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Program Registration Fees: ABC/NY Members: $45 per workshop Non-members: $75 per workshop Visit www.artsandbusiness-ny.org to register.