The Arts Alliance exists to support and promote arts and culture throughout Washtenaw County. Whether you’re a tourist considering a visit, a business owner looking for a place your employees would enjoy living and working, an arts organization wanting help with your operations or an artist wanting to promote your art, we hope you will find something interesting and useful in the pages of our website. If, after looking around, you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please contact us!

Mission and Commitment
The mission of the Arts Alliance is to support efforts to increase participation in arts and cultural activities, and strengthen the cultural community and organizations that provide these programs, thereby ensuring that all citizens benefit from our outstanding cultural resources. We work to create an environment in Washtenaw County where creativity and culture can flourish and the arts are accessible to all.

To realize its mission, the Alliance is committed to support/create projects and services that Communicate - Facilitate - Educate - Advocate - and Celebrate the arts and its community!

History
The Arts Alliance grew out of a county-wide arts summit in 1999, at which 150 arts/cultural and business leaders expressed a strong need for an umbrella organization to support and promote arts and culture throughout Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. A business plan was prepared, and in 2001 the Arts Alliance was formed with the support of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce, which recognizes the critical role arts and culture plays in the quality of life enjoyed by businesses and residents in the area.

Since its founding, the operations of the Arts Alliance have been guided by a volunteer board, with part-time staffing supported by funding from the Chamber. The Arts Alliance is now a separate incorporated entity, and has applied for non-profit status enabling it to receive tax-deductible donations and apply for grants on its own behalf, while still being housed in the Chamber’s offices.

For more information about the Arts Alliance, please visit our website at www.a2artsalliance.org.