Mississippi Arts Commission: Resources: Local & National Resources

Local & National Resources

Mississippi Community Organizations
Statewide Arts Service Organizations
Regional and National Arts Granting
National Arts Service Organizations
National Arts Education Service Organizations

Mississippi Community Organizations

African American Cultural Society/ Brickfire Project: 143 Westside Drive
Starkville, MS 39759
662-323-5321
Arts Council of Clinton, Inc: P.O. Box 572
Clinton, MS 39060
artscouncilofclinton@yahoo.com
The Arts, Hancock County: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3498
Bay St. Louis, MS 39524
228-467-9048
Physical Address:

c/o Chamber of Commerce

412 Hwy 90, Suite 6

Bay St. Louis, MS 39520

the.arts@hotmail.com

CARE/Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort

P.O. Box 1092

Charleston, MS 38921

Columbus Arts Council

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 869
Columbus, MS 39703
662-328-2787
Physical Address:

Rosenzweig Arts Center

501 Main Street

Columbus, MS 39701

Como Arts Council: P.O. Box 119
Como, MS 38619
Corinth Area Arts Council: P.O. Box 723
Corinth, MS 38835-0723
662-287-1328
Crosstie Arts Council: P.O. Box 1064
Cleveland, MS 38732-1064
662-846-1692
Delta Arts Alliance: P.O.763
Cleveland, MS 38732
Delta Blues Education Fund: 291 Sunflower Avenue
Clarksdale, MS 38614
662-627-4070
Desoto Arts Council: 2375 Memphis Street, Suite 209
Hernando, MS 38632
662/404-3361 dac@desotoarts.com

Eupora Arts, Inc. P.O. Box 127 Eupora, MS 39744

Forest Community Arts: P.O. Box 654
Forest, MS 39074
601/469-3559
Greater Jackson Arts Council: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 17
Jackson, MS 39205
601-960-1557
Physical Address:: 255 East Pascagoula Street Jackson, MS 39201 info@jacksonartscouncil.org
Greenville Arts Council: 323 South Main Street
Greenville, MS 38701
662-332-2246 execdir@greenville-arts-council.com

Grenada Arts Partnership 1060 Avent Drive Grenada, MS 38901 662/227-2343

Hattiesburg Arts Council: Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 693
Hattiesburg, MS 39403
601-583-6005
Physical Address:: 723 North Main Street Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Holmes County Arts Council P.O. Box 638 Lexington, MS 39095

MACE / Delta Arts Project: 119 Theobald Street
Greenville, MS 38701
662-335-3523 maceblues@bellsouth.net
Madison Square Center for the Arts: 2103 Main Street
Madison, MS 39110
601-853-0291
Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center for Arts Education: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1971
Ocean Springs, MS 39566
228- 818-2878
Physical Address:: 1600 Government Street Ocean Springs, MS 39564 info@themaryc.org
Meridian Council for the Arts: P.O. Box 1405
Meridian, MS 39302
601-693-2787
Mississippi Cultural Crossroads: 507 Market Street
Port Gibson, MS 39150
601-437-8905 mcc@msculturalcrossroads.org
Montgomery County Arts Council: P.O. Box 644
Winona, MS 38967
662-283-3750 hillfire@bellsouth.net
Newhebron Activity Club: P O Box 284
Newhebron, MS 39140
601-694-2532

Olive Branch Arts Council: P.O. Box 90
Olive Branch, MS 38654
662-404-2787
Philadelphia/Neshoba County Arts Council: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 131
Philadelphia, MS 39350
601-656-9838
Physical Address:: 311 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS 39350 pncarts@pncarts.org
Pike County Arts Council: 222 State Street
McComb, MS 39648

Quitman County Arts Council 1490 Martin Luther King Drive Marks, MS 38646-1800

Red Hills Arts Foundation: P.O. Box 323
Louisville, MS 39339
662-773-4559
Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation: 1302 Adams Street
Vicksburg, MS 39180
601-631-2997 info@southernculture.org

Sycamore Arts Council

P.O. Box 1096
Senatobia, MS 38668
Starkville Area Arts Council: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 80116
Starkville, MS 39759
662-324-7860

Physical Address: Greater Starkville Development Partnership Building 101 South Lafayette Street, Suite 18 Starkville, MS 39759 info@starkvillearts.org

Triangle Cultural Center

332 Main Street
Yazoo City, MS 39194
662-746-1815
West Point/Clay County Arts Council: P.O. Box 105
West Point, MS 39773
662-494-5678
Yoknapatawpha Arts Council: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 544
Oxford, MS 38655
662-236-6429
Physical Address:: 413 South 14th Street Oxford, MS 38655 yacoperations@gmail.com

Click here for a listing of Mississippi Community Organizations. (Excel 28KB)

Statewide arts service organizations

Celtic Heritage Society: P.O. Box 5166
Jackson, MS 39296-5166
Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi: 1150 Lakeland Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
601-981-0019
Magnolia State Bluegrass Association: 250 Maxine Circle
Pearl, MS 39208
Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education: 101 Carrie Road
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-268-6996
Mississippi Forge Council: P.O. Box 320744
Flowood, MS 39232
Mississippi Hispanic Association: Dr. Evelin Cuadra
P.O. Box 7138
Jackson, MS 39282
601-371-9009
Mississippi Museums Association: P. O. Box 638
Jackson, MS 39205
Mississippi Music Educators Association: P.O. Box 61
Florence, MS 39073
601-939-4375
Mississippi Music Teachers Association: 100 Murial Street
Clinton, MS 39056
601-928-6261
Mississippi Old-Time Music Society: 3339 Flowers Hill Road
Vicksburg, MS 39183
601- 638-7511
Mississippi Quilt Association: 372 Mt. Moriah Road
Tylertown, MS 39667
601-876-2095
Mississippi Theatre Association: 1247 Bardwell Road
Starkville, MS 39759
662-323-1097
Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute: P.O. Box 9509
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-7777
Very Special Arts Mississippi: 3310 North State Street
Studio 1
Jackson, MS 39216
601-713-3311

Regional and National Arts Granting

Southern Arts Federation: Southern Arts Federation
1800 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 808
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404.874.7244; The Southern Arts Federation (SAF), a nonprofit, regional arts organization that works in partnership with the state arts agencies of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, foundation and corporate sponsors, and contributions from member states. Arts education, multiculturalism, indigenous southern arts, and underserved communities are SAF’s four major priorities.
National Endowment for the Arts: 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20506
202.682.5400; The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. The agency offers grants and special initiatives in a number of different areas.

National Arts Service Organizations

Americans for the Arts: 1000 Vermont Ave. NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-371-2830
OR:
One East 53rd Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
212-223-2787
American Arts Alliance: 1112 16th Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
202-207-3850
American Association of Museums: 1575 I Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-289-1818
American Folklife Center: The Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20540
202-707-6590
Association of American Cultures: 656 S. Second Avenue
Yuma, AZ 85364
928-783-1757
American Symphony Orchestra League: New York Headquarters:
33 West 60th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10023-7905
212-262-5161
Washington Office:
910 17th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-776-0215
Association of Performing Arts Presenters: 1112 16th Street, NW, #400
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-2787
Box Office Management International (BOMI): 330 West 38th Street, #605
New York, NY 10018
212-629-4036
Business Committee for the Arts: 29-27 Queens Plaza North, 4th Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
718-482-9900
Chamber Music America: 305 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
212-244-7955
Chorus America: 1156 15th Street, NW,
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20005
202-331-7577
Council on Literary Magazines and Presses: 154 Christopher Street, Suite 3C
New York, NY 10014-9110
212-741-9110
Dance Theatre Workshop: 219 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
212- 691-6500
Dance/USA: 1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
202-833-1717
Foundation for Independent Film and Video: 625 Broadway, Ninth Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-473-3400
Institute of Museum and Library Services: 1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
202-653-4789
National Association of Artists Organizations: c/o Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: 1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-6352
National Council for the Traditional Arts: 1320 Fenwick Lane, #200
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-565-0654
National Endowment for the Arts: Nancy Hanks Center
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
202-682-5400
Opera America: 330 Seventh Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-796-8620
Poets and Writers: 72 Spring Street, Ste. 301
New York, NY 10012
212-226-3586
Office of Folklife Programs Smithsonian Institute: 750 9th Street, NW, Suite 4100
Washington, DC 20560
202-275-1150
Theatre Communication Group: 520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10018
212-609-5900
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts: 1 East 53rd St, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
212-319-2787
VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts): 818 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 628-2800

National Arts Education Service Organizations

American Alliance for Theatre and Education: 7475 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 300A
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-951-7977
AATE is a national membership organization dedicated to providing high-quality theater experiences for children and youth.
Chamber Music America: 305 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
212-242-2022
CMA conducts seminars for teachers, sponsors awards for music teaching, and publishes a newsletter for educators.
Consortium of National Arts Education Associations: c/o Music Educators National Conference
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
703-860-4000, 800- 828-0229
Contact the Consortium for information on voluntary standards for arts education.
Council of Chief State School Officers: One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001-1431
202-336-7000
Contact CCSS0 for information about the national assessment of arts education, for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Educational Theatre Association: 2343 Auburn Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45219
513-421-3900
ETA is organized to promote and strengthen theatre arts programs in schools. Student membership offers a monthly publication, Dramatics. Teacher membership offers the excellent quarterly, Teaching Theatre
Folger Shakespeare Library: 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003-1094
202-544-4600
The Folger sponsors a Shakespeare Festivals program aimed at improving Shakespeare studies for young students and their teachers and a Teaching Shakespeare Workshop, a four-week summer program for secondary teachers.
Getty Education Institute for the Arts: 1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310-440-7300
The Getty sponsors conferences and seminars on discipline-based arts education (DBAE) and offers a selection of useful videotapes and publications. It supports seven regional DBAE centers including The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts.
Arts Education Partnership: One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001-1431
202-326-8693
The Partnership is the result of the Goals 2000 Arts Education planning process and has as its mission to see comprehensive, sequential, and quality arts education provided to every child in every school in America.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
202-416-8000
This national performing arts center has put some of its best professional development workshops for teachers on the road. Workshops such as “Developing Thinking Skills Through the Arts” offer strategies for teaching about and through the arts.
Learning to Read Through the Arts Public: School 156x
750 Concourse Village West
Bronx, NY 10451
212-993-5505
LTRTTA is a Developer/Demonstrator Project of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Diffusion Network. The program employs the visual and performing arts as a core for learning. It was developed as a remedial reading program and has been expanded for use as a developmental and enrichment reading program for grades K–12, special education, and bilingual students.
Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation: 15125 Ventura Blvd., Suite 204
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
818.784.6787
MHOF is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to promote music education for young people throughout the U.S. MHOF’s efforts include putting musical instruments into existing music programs in schools. MHOF will also target schools with no music program, identify their needs, and develop programs to provide the inspiration of music making.
Music Educators National Conference: 1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
703-860-4000, 800-336-3768
This national membership organization for music teachers offers a wide range of useful publications and videos, hosts national conferences, and advocates music education at the national level. MENC administered the development of the voluntary national standards for arts education.
National Art Education Association: 1916 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
703-860-8000
This national membership organization for visual arts teachers, classroom teachers, and museum art educators offers extensive publications on visual arts education. NAEA conducts national conventions and sponsors other events through affiliates.
National Dance Association: 1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
703-476-3436
NDA is a professional organization for dance and dance education. Through publications, symposia, workshops, and resource papers, NDA promotes dance education for all levels, populations, ages, and cultures.
National Dance Institute: 594 Broadway, Room 805
New York, NY 10012
212-226-0083
National Gallery of Art Education Program: Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20565
202-842-6249, 357-2700
The National Gallery sponsors three week-long summer institutes for teachers of all disciplines on integrating the visual arts across the curriculum. It also produces a free education resources catalog on slides, videos, teaching materials, and curriculum guides available from the Gallery.
National Task Force on Folk Arts in Education: 609 Johnston Place
Alexandria, VA 22301-2511
703-836-7499
The Task Force links folklorists, folk artists, and other cultural specialists working in elementary and secondary education. It also publishes curriculum materials and other resources.
OPERA America: 330 Seventh Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10001
212-796-8620
OPERA America conducts teacher training workshops and opera education seminars and is presently developing a catalog of education programs, a national database of works for young people, and an adult education initiative.

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH)

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Suite 526

Washington, DC 20506

202/682-5409

Created in 1982 under President Reagan, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues. The PCAH works directly with the three primary cultural agencies—National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services—as well as other federal partners and the private sector, to address policy questions in the arts and humanities, to initiate and support key programs in those disciplines and to recognize excellence in the field. Its core areas of focus are arts and humanities education, cultural exchange, and creative economy. Click here for a link to an outstanding Arts Education piece done by PCAH called Reinvesting in Arts Education - Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools.

Project Zero: Harvard Graduate School of Education
124 Mount Auburn Street, Fifth Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-496-7097
Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.
The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts: 615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
423-425-5204
SCEA sponsors teacher institutes in discipline-based education in music, theatre, and visual art. The institutes take place in July. Beginning in 1988 with two school districts, SCEA now assists more than 40 districts throughout the Southeast and in Mississippi.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative: 5 Union Square West
New York, NY 10003
212-691-6590
T & W sends writers into schools to teach many aspects of writing, publishes a bi-monthly magazine and many other useful publications; and runs the Center for Imaginative Writing, a resource library and meeting place for writers, educators, and students.
VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts): 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW , Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
202-628-2800, 800-933-8721
This international organization provides arts programs for individuals with disabilities. Many programs are implemented through local and state affiliates such as VSA arts Mississippi. It provides training programs for teachers and artists as well as workshops and training sessions for people with disabilities.