Artists alliance, INC

homepage : http://www.artistsai.org/
e-mail : info@artistsai.org
address : 107 Suffolk street room 411 NY NY 10002
phone : 212 420 9202

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ABOUT AAI
The Artists Alliance / Alianza de Artistas Inc. (AAI) is a grass roots not-for-profit arts organization based in New York City's Lower East Side. It is composed of artists from a broad spectrum of national backgrounds, working in a wide variety of different media - reflecting the diversity of this vibrant and historically significant multicultural neighborhood. AAI runs a program of 40 artist studios, the Cuchifritos art gallery/project space, and a host of community based projects. AAI is dedicated to promoting discussion and awareness of the visual arts, sharing information with the public, promoting interaction with local communities, and providing forums for artists. AAI seeks to raise the general level of awareness of visual issues in contemporary culture by creating dialogue between artists and community members about art, and beneficial roles art can play in the everyday lives of people living and working in the community. It seeks to increase awareness on the part of local residents about what art is, and how it can help to effect positive change and community growth.

AAI creates direct interaction between artists and community residents through collaborative efforts with local schools and community groups, exhibitions, community art projects, open studios and curatorial initiatives. AAI uses art practices to highlight the value of vital local spaces and cultural institutions, especially overlooked informal centers of cultural knowledge. AAI gives artists and community members a chance to explore issues such as the possibilities for mutual education, critique of art and its processes, and how art relates to community.