ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 www.ashevilleart.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The mission of the Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc. is to engage, enlighten and inspire individuals and enrich the community through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Established by artists and incorporated in 1948, Asheville Art Museum (the Museum) is committed to being a vital force in the community and individual development and to providing life-long opportunities for education and enrichment through the visual arts. The Museum has established its expertise in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of American art beginning in the 20th century and making innovative and outstanding exhibition experiences available to residents and visitors to WNC. The Museum preserves important aspects of our national and regional heritage through strategic collecting and the conscientious stewardship of great works of art. In 2019-20 the Museum served 208,410 participants including 55,398 children and presented 19 exhibitions drawing from its own Collection and borrowed works. In addition, the Museum curates projects focusing on themes of contemporary interest and invites

internationally acclaimed curators to contribute their skills. The Asheville Art Museum provides vital and otherwise unavailable cultural and educational services to adults and children. In 2019-20 the Museum offered more than 815 in-house and out- reach programs for audiences of all ages including school and adult tours, teacher training, workshops, art camps, films, book club, artist talks, as well as volunteer and entertainment experiences. Arts-based educational programming is an important focus, and every year the Museum provides visual arts programming to audiences of all ages through a diverse range of Museum programming and activities, including outreach educational programs, group tours for K-12, family days, home school and after school programs, art camps, and more. Returning arts programming to the schools, coupled with integrating the arts into the exploration of academic disciplines such as math, social studies and communications has been shown to improve

critical thinking, performance, life-long learning and success. Strong and long-standing Museum partners include institutions throughout the region serving pre-kindergarten students through senior citizens. Museum programs offer access to the visual arts to at-risk, low-income youth from across WNC. The Museum's collections and special exhibitions are central to its educational programs and are used daily throughout the year by audiences of all ages from preschoolers to seniors. Without the Museum's programs, many of the school districts across WNC would have little or no art classes or art curricula due to budget constraints. The Museum takes a leadership role in making its Collection and exhibitions as accessible as possible, both physically and intellectually. These are important resources that engage urban and rural residents including many retirees, educators, and artists who find original works of art that have significance to their daily lives.

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