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Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With a 40-year record of objective arts industry research, it is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

Arts Midwest
Arts Midwest connects the arts to audiences throughout the nine-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

ArtsEdge-Kennedy Center
The National Arts and Education Information Network is a cooperative venture between the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. ArtsEdge offers connections and information sharing among arts individuals, organizations, and institutions.

MadPoetry.org
Listing poetry events and features poets in Madison and in the Wisconsin prison system

Madstage.com
THE resource for theater in southcentral Wisconsin

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN)
The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) is an open forum for Milwaukee artists, seeking to create a community that pools knowledge and fostering advocacy for individual artists of all media.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
The NEA, an independent agency of the federal government, was created to encourage and support American arts and artists. It promotes continued vitality of the arts and endeavors to increase access to the arts for all Americans. The NEA provides matching grants to tax-exempt, not-for-profit arts organizations and to selected artists of exceptional talent.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
The NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the federal government that supports research, education and public programs in the humanities. The term humanities includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following disciplines; history; philosophy; languages; linguistics; literature; archeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
Serving and connecting hundreds of community-based arts institutions across the country. Community schools of the arts provide open access to affordable, quality arts instruction by skilled professional faculty.

Robert E. Gard Wisconsin Idea Foundation
The Robert E. Gard Foundation is committed to helping people and their communities discover the vital role the arts play in their day-to-day lives.

The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is an independent national service organization established by foundations in 1956. Its mission is to support and improve institutional philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grantseekers succeed. Services include a comprehensive and up-to-date database on foundations and corporate giving; free educational programs and fee-based training and other services; a content-rich Web site and numerous publications.

Theatre Communications Group
TCG, the national organization for the American theatre, offers a wide array of services in line with our mission: to strengthen, nurture, and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. Through our artistic, management, and international programs, advocacy activities, and publications, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of our member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field, and promote a larger public understanding of and appreciation for the theatre field. TCG has over 430 member theatres nationwide.

Theatre Wisconsin
The alliance of non-profit professional theatres in Wisconsin, promoting the growth and stability of its members and creating a greater public awareness, appreciation and support of theatre in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Arts Board
Wisconsin's state agency dedicated to advancing and supporting the arts

Wisconsin Dance Council
Serving the needs of dance education in Wisconsin and dance as a fine art. Our organization promotes the appreciation of all types of dance as an art form and as a means of cultural expression.

Wisconsin Folks
all about the traditional and ethnic arts across Wisconsin

Wisconsin High School Forensic Association
The Wisconsin High School Forensic Association provides an opportunity for students in the schools of Wisconsin to enhance communication skills though participation in Theatre, Debate and Speech activities.

Wisconsin Music Educators Association
The Wisconsin Music Educators Association exists to improve the quality of music education in Wisconsin by representing the shared interests and needs of music educators and fostering their professional growth.

Wisconsin Music Teachers Association
The Wisconsin Music Teachers Association was founded in 1916 to develop, maintain, and recognize high standards of music instruction and performance in Wisconsin. WMTA is an affiliate of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the largest network of independent music teachers in the United States.

Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors
a comprehensive resource site for Wisconsin's visual artists

Wisconsin School Music Association
WSMA partners with more than 3,500 music teachers and school administrators in the education of more than 200,000 students who annually participate in the organization's activities.