About The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture | Arts2Work

The mission of the Alliance for Media Arts + Culture is to facilitate innovation, collaboration, and cultural impact in the media arts field. As a national media arts service organization, we are a network of networks; we embolden creative media organizations + artists and connect them with the world. The vision of the Alliance is a world where media artists and organizations are acknowledged leaders in a thriving global community where the media industry is truly equitable, and opportunity is available for anyone who dreams of a creative career.

Through a suite of forward-thinking and mission-aligned core programs, The Alliance serves a dynamic network of artists and organizations committed to powerful creative storytelling as an engine for social change and the collective imagination. We work to preserve and celebrate diverse cultures and champion free expression as the common language of a democratic society. Our Core Programs are designed to connect, nurture and develop media arts organizations, independent artists/leaders and the communities they serve. Core Programs include the Innovation Studio, where we research and prototype new technology, pedagogy and approaches to creative production -- and make new tools available for the field. Recent projects in the Studio include the XR Culture Gallery, the Smithsonian Futures We Dream exhibition, and the Open Archive Initiative. Other core programs include Arts2Work, a paradigm-shifting creative workforce initiative that includes the first federally-registered Apprenticeship program in Media Arts and Creative Technologies, Youth Media Network and Fellows Program, and Creative Leadership, including the Creative Leadership Lab and Executive Director Roundtables.