About Georgians for the Arts
Georgians for the Arts has the mission to provide vision, leadership, and resources that ensure the growth, prosperity, and sustainability of arts and culture in Georgia.
As the leading arts and culture advocacy organization in Georgia, we advance our mission through year-round arts and culture advocacy activities, programs for artists, and the networking of artists, arts educators, local arts organizations, and business leaders, all working towards a better Georgia.
We are proud to be the State’s designated representative to the State Arts Advocacy Network facilitated by Americans for the Arts.
Georgians for the Arts, Inc., is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization registered in Georgia.
The 501c4 assumed the advocacy activities started and supported by ArtsGeorgia in 2013.
Contributions are not tax-deductible. EIN: 84-3969454 ~ GA: 20013520.
About ArtsGeorgia
ArtsGeorgia, an event sponsor, is a nonprofit arts service and advocacy organization founded in 2010, dedicated to advocating and providing resources for the arts with vision, innovation, consistency, and leadership.
ArtsGeorgia implements its mission by providing essential advocacy resources, publishing newsletters and the ArtsGeorgia Official Arts Advocacy Handbook, creating the Georgians for the Arts initiative, and producing the annual Arts Advocacy Roundtable.
ArtsGeorgia participates in local, regional, and national arts advocacy organizations, including seven years as a National Partner of Americans for the Arts’ Arts Advocacy Summit.
Other programs include expanding SpaceFinder Georgia, developing ArtsGeorgia PLACES as a statewide arts directory, and collaborating with Etchster to provide the Find Georgia Public Art app.
Staff
Patrick A. Kelsey, President & CEO
Waduda Muhammad, Executive Director
Board of Directors
Patrick A. Kelsey, President
Julie Wilkerson, Vice President
Waduda Muhammad, Treasurer
Abbey M. Matye, Secretary
Eileen Edwards
Proud Member Of
The State Arts Action Network, a program of Americans for the Arts, includes 53 members from 42 states, including the District of Columbia.
Appointed members independently lead their state’s arts policy initiatives and gather together to share best practices and advise Americans for the Arts State & Local Government Affairs team on key policy initiatives.
Georgians for the Arts, as the state’s leader in arts advocacy, supports Americans for the Arts’ Arts Action Fund, whose mission is to enlist and mobilize one million citizen activists to advance the arts and arts education at the federal, state and local levels.
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The Southern Arts Advocacy Group serves as a coalition of state-level arts, culture, and creative industries advocacy leaders that initiates, supports, strengthens, and elevates action for arts sector growth at the state and local level through collaboration, education, capacity building, and public policy development.