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INTRODUCTION
In the United States, the arts, culture, and humanities sector plays an important role in the
enrichment, education, and economic development of communities. Over 100,000 public
charities belong to the sector, representing just over 10% of all public charities in 2010 (National
Center for Charitable Statistics). Organizations in this sector include museums, symphony
orchestras, opera companies, arts alliances, radio and television stations, singing and choral
groups, and art galleries a wide variety of organizations that contribute greatly to the landscape
of our communities. A subsector of this sector is local arts agencies defined by Americans for
the Arts as a community organization or an agency of local government that supports cultural
organizations, provides services to artists and/or arts organizations, and presents arts
programming to the public (Americans for the Arts: Arts Facts, 2010). In this paper, I will
focus primarily on the local arts agencies subsector, drawing specific examples from the
Tippecanoe Arts Federation and other Indiana local arts agencies. I will examine the size, scope,
and composition of this sector and subsector and look at how local arts agencies relate to the
government and for-profit sectors, to each other, to nonprofits in other subsectors, and to
individuals and informal groups. Finally, I will discuss some challenges that this subsector is
likely to face in the next three to five years and offer some ideas about ways that these arts
organizations might successfully meet and overcome these challenges.
SIZE, SCOPE, AND COMPOSITION OF SECTOR AND SUBSECTOR
The arts, culture, and humanities sector represents only a small share of the total
nonprofit activity in the United States, but the sector has grown rapidly over the past twenty
years (Weitzman, et. al.2002). In 2010, the sector contained 102,146 public charities (National
Center for Charitable Statistics, 2011) and generated more than $24 billion in revenues, with
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only a 2.3% share of total revenues generated by all nonprofits (National Center for Charitable
Statistics, The Nonprofit Sector in Brief, 2007). Nonprofit cultural organizations are unique in
that they rely more on individual donations and volunteering and less on government grants and
contracts than nonprofits in other sectors (DiMaggio, 2006). A 2000 study by The Urban
Institute found that 41% of revenue in the sector came from private contributions; 29% from fees
for goods and services; 10% from government grants; 6% from investment income; and 14%
from other sources.
Despite the relatively small size of the sector compared to other sectors, the arts, cultural,
and humanities sector has a huge economic impact in the United States. A 2007 report from
Americans for the Arts indicates that the sector generates more than $166 billion in economic
activity every year, resulting in $29.6 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue (Americans
for the Arts, Economic Impact). The report also found that the sector generates 5.7 million full-
time equivalent jobs (Americans for the Arts, Economic Impact, 2007).
The scope of organizations in the sector is quite varied in size and type from small
community theaters to large metropolitan art museums. The sector is important because it
enriches the communities we live in, deepens our understanding of our culture and heritage,
educates and provides therapy, and provides a way for people and organizations to express their
interests and beliefs (SPEA-V 521, Group 3, 2012). Organizations include art studios, cultural
museums, music halls, choral ensembles, ballet companies, and arts advocacy groups. Because
of the many and varied impacts caused by groups in this sector, its scope is quite large and hard
to quantify.
The local arts agencies subsector of the arts, culture, and humanities sector focuses on the
promotion of the arts and cultural programming. In the past fifty years, local arts agencies
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(LAAs) have grown in number from 400 to more than 5,000 (Americans for the Arts, Arts
Facts). Of the estimated 5,000 LAAs in the United States, 75% are private nonprofit
organizations and 25% are public agencies of a city or county government (Americans for the
Arts, Local Arts Agencies). According to Americans for the Arts, the majority of LAAs are
involved in cultural planning, grantmaking, services to artists and arts organizations, facility
management, and community cultural planning (Americans for the Arts, Local Arts Agencies).
The economic impact of LAAs is felt through employment, grantmaking to arts
organizations and individuals, and cultural tourism drivers. Although the total number of staff
members is hard to discern, the 2010 Census of Local Arts Agencies found that 58% of LAAs
have at least one paid, full-time employee and 42% of LAAs are entirely volunteer-staffed or
have only part-time, paid employees (Americans for the Arts, Local Arts Agencies). Nationally,
two-thirds of these agencies are grantmakers (Americans for the Arts, Local Arts Agencies).
Grants may include funding to individual artists for fellowships and public arts commissions as
well as general operating support, project grants, and planning grants to non-profit arts
organizations.
There are 72 local arts agencies in Indiana. Appendix A is a chart listing all local arts
agencies in Indiana and Appendix B is a map of the LAAs in Indiana. Of the 72 agencies, sixty-
three are nonprofit organizations and nine are public agencies or commissions of city or county
government. There are 48,887 Hoosiers employed full-time in arts-related jobs (Indiana Arts
Commission, 2010). There are 102.5 full-time equivalent jobs in the LAAs. Most of the LAAs
in Indiana undertake arts programming and arts events and many operate galleries and arts and
cultural centers. Seventeen LAAs give grants (or 24%), with eleven of those seventeen being
regional arts partners with the Indiana Arts Commission, granting federal and state funds.
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Nationally, 67% of LAAs reported that they provide financial support in the form of grants
(Americans for the Arts, Local Arts Agencies).
A caveat as I summarize this data is the possible unreliability of data about this sector and
subsector. As DiMaggio points out, institutional factors render some organizations more likely
to be counted than others (p. 433). The fact that many arts and cultural organizations are quite
small and that many are embedded within churches, universities, and other nonprofit
organizations with broader mandates makes many of them invisible as statistical data is gathered.
(DiMaggio, 2006, p.433). An example is the Athens of Indiana Studio and Gallery in
Crawfordsville, Indiana. The organization was started and is still functioning as a program of
Crawfordsville Main Street (which is a community development organization in the advocacy
sector). It must also be recognized that it is difficult to gather current data about nonprofits
organizations. By the time studies are completed and results are released, the information is out-
of-date.
As I researched information to compile the chart at Appendix A, I found it to be very
difficult to quantify data about organizations to determine whether or not they are truly a local
arts agency. For example, the Honeywell Center (http://www.honeywellcenter.org/), located in
Wabash, Indiana (Noble County), includes a restaurant with a teaching kitchen, a performing arts
center, and a gallery. I determined that the Center is not a LAA because, while they do arts
community outreach projects, their primary focus is promotion of the programs at the Center.
This conclusion may be incorrect because Noble County is a small county and the center appears
to be the only arts driver in the community. Many communities also have visitors/tourism
bureaus, Main Street and economic development organizations, and government agencies that
undertake the task of promoting arts events, procuring space in downtown buildings for art
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exhibit, and developing arts events to drive economic development. Although visitors bureaus
promote events in the community, not many create events or provide services to artist and arts
organizations. The Rising Sun/Ohio County Tourism Commission developed and maintains a
website, Arts in Rising Sun: Arts as Economics", develops arts events, and provides services to
artists in the community. For this reason, I included it as a LAA while other visitors/tourism
bureaus were not included. Finally, determining the number of employees was also difficult.
While websites, telephone calls, and IRS Forms 990 provide some information, arts
organizations that do arts programming often have many contract employees that are not
identified in these sources.
LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES RELATIONSHIPS
Local arts agencies exist, at least in part, due to the failure of government and the market
to provide the level of arts programming, funding, and oversight demanded by arts consumers
and necessary for the successful promotion of the arts. When government provides collective
goods, what one citizen consumes is automatically consumed by all (Steinberg, 2006, p.122).
There is no opportunity for government to adapt goods to diversity of opinion or to offer goods
at levels demanded by those who want more (Steinberg, p.122). In the area of the arts, these
facts lead to a failure of government to please all arts consumers.
Similarly, the market fails to provide arts opportunities at adequate levels. Viewed as a
public or collective good, the arts are unique in that they are excludable but also nonrival.
(Steinberg, p. 121). A theater performance can be enjoyed equally by ten audience members or
250 audience members, but the for-profit providers necessarily set ticket prices at levels that
exclude some interested in seeing a production in order to be profitable. The market, therefore,
fails to provide art opportunities to all interested consumers. In addition, the market will fail to
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provide arts opportunities that interest only a few consumers as it is not profitable to do so. The
result is the underprovision of these collective goods.
In light of government failure, local arts agencies exist to provide and promote the arts to
everyone. Local arts agencies and government collaborate when LAAs function as a conduit for
state and federal funding for the arts to community arts organizations. In Indiana, the Indiana
Arts Commission (IAC) receives grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and funds
through state appropriations. The IAC then provides federal and state funds to its eleven
regional arts partners to distribute to local arts organizations and to help fund administration of
these grants. Through their grantmaking, LAAs can provide support for artists, art forms, and
artistic expressions that government itself, for political reasons, could not fund directly. As
Prewitt notes, direct government support for unpopular forms of artistic expression would
indicate official approval of these expressions that the majority of Americans may not condone
(2006, p. 358). LAAs can also provide greater oversight of the use of grant funds than remote
government agencies could provide, serving a function that government has failed to serve
effectively. As Steinberg notes, government cannot regulate abuses it cannot detect
(Steinberg, p. 122). In these ways, LAAs function where government has failed or cannot act.
It is important to note that some local arts agencies are in fact public agencies. In
Indiana, there are nine LAAs that are an agency of county or municipal government (Appendix
A). These LAAs are formed by local ordinance or proclamation to serve their local
communities. They have appointed board members and receive funding from the creating
governmental body. All of these LAAs are not membership organizations like the public
nonprofit organizations; but organizations like the Jasper County Arts Commission have separate
organization, Friends of the Arts, that raises money for the commission (Appendix A).
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In addition to responding to government failure, LAAs often respond to a failure of the
market when they serve as direct providers of arts programming. Providing arts opportunities to
small groups or niche markets fill a cultural void resulting from the nonprofitability of these
programs and the resulting failure of the market to provide such programming. LAAs also fill a
market void through funding and promotion of the arts in local communities. These agencies are
uniquely situated to know and understand the local markets through their contacts with direct
providers in the communities.
Local arts agencies often look to the for-profit sector for financial support. Corporations
and other business entities make donations directly to LAAs to support their work, serve as
sponsors or partners for LAAs programs and events, and provide supplies and volunteers for
arts events and programming. As businesses donate to LAAs, they receive a tax deduction for
their contributions and a resulting benefit to their bottom line. These partnerships between
LAAs and the for-profit sector are mutually beneficial and form the basis for successful
collaboration (Young & Salamon, 2002, p. 429).
Local arts agencies that own and operate galleries or provide direct arts programming can
find themselves in competition with for-profit corporations. In La Porte, LAA South Shore Arts
owns and operates an art gallery that competes with for-profit galleries such as the La Porte
based Thaddeus C. Gallery. In Lafayette, the Tippecanoe Arts Federation provides art
instructional classes, as does the for-profit corporation Red Poppy Studios & Gallery. Although
LAAs may also support theaters and other arts group that compete directly with for-profit
businesses, LAAs generally have a collaborative, mutually beneficial relationship with the for-
profit sector.
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Local arts agencies, by their nature, serve local areas cities, towns, counties, and multi-
county regions. Their service areas generally do not overlap so there is little competition
between LAAs. These agencies cooperate with each other to share ideas and resources, to
promote each others events and programs, and to promote arts and culture generally. When
they see a gap in the landscape, they have also collaborated to form new nonprofits, including the
arts advocacy organization Indiana Coalition for the Arts (T. Lee, personal communication,
2012), which advocates for public funding and policy favorable to the arts
(www.inartscoalition.org).
Local arts agencies have relationships with other nonprofit organizations, some of which
are members of the LAA. Many LAAs make grants to other arts organizations for operational
support and programming. In this way, they collaborate with other subsectors within the arts,
culture, and humanities sector. LAAs also form relationships with organizations in other sectors.
Communities have come to recognize the importance of the arts to economic development. As
Americans for the Arts found, the nonprofit arts industry is the cornerstone of tourism
(Americans for the Arts, Economic Impact); and LAAs are in a prime position to act as
marketers of a community (Hager & Sung, 2011, p. 9). LAAs have partnered with chambers of
commerce, economic development corporations and organizations, and tourism bureaus and
commissions to promote economic development through the arts.
Local art agencies also have important relationships with individuals and informal
groups. Most LAAs are membership organizations that solicit dues from individuals and groups
annually for memberships. Some members are driven to join for personal gain because these
memberships may provide significant benefits for members such as access to grants and/or artist
fellowships given by the LAA (Tschirhart, 2006, p. 528), the ability to display artworks in the
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LAAs gallery, access to educational programs provided by the LAA, and opportunities to meet
fellow artists in the community. Some members join for purely altruistic reasons to support the
public work of the organization (Leete, 2006, p. 170). Finally, some members join because they
personally enjoy the arts and wish to see that the arts remain a vital part of their communities,
reasons that are both altruistic and personal.
Local art agencies often rely heavily on volunteers. As the chart at Appendix A
indicates, only 39% of LAAs in Indiana have paid staff members. Volunteers assist with the
daily work of these organizations, as well as with special projects and programs, fundraising, and
promotion and serve as directors and advisory council members. These volunteers are critical
not only to the work of these organizations but also to their very existence. Informal groups such
as retired art teachers, music teachers, homeschoolers, or retired or soon-to-be retired baby
boomers are also tapped by LAAs as sources for volunteer recruitment.
Like all nonprofits, LAAs depend to some extent on private donations to fulfill their
missions. These donations may come in the form of memberships without benefits, gifts of cash,
services, or materials, or financial support to capital projects or to an endowment to secure the
organizations future. Like other nonprofits, LAAs must be careful to maintain control of their
operations and remain true to their mission in the face of donors who may expect special
treatment or too much control in exchange for their contributions.
The relationships that LAAs have with all of these groups have changed over the years
and continue to be fluid relationships. As government funding declined, the LAAs have been
forced to look for funding elsewhere. New relationships or stronger relationships were formed
with the for-profit sector and private donors. When all lost revenue could not be replaced, LAAs
have had fewer dollars to grant to local agencies, impacting their relationships with these local
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providers. In addition, LAAs have had fewer dollars to devote to providing direct programming,
changing their relationships with other program providers. As the number of LAAs grew in this
country, competition increased for members, donations and volunteers. This competition
sparked collaborations with other nonprofits in the arts, humanities, and culture sector as well as
other nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
The next three to five years may be a particularly challenging time for local art agencies.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has already announced his intention if elected to
significantly cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (Boehm, 2011). With
financial concerns already weighing heavily on those leading arts organizations, the future may
look bleak. The good news may be that fewer resources in the agencies may lead to effective
long-term partnerships with other organizations that will be mutually beneficial. In places like
Richmond, Virginia, the LAA has partnered with the Chamber of Commerce for a unique
exhibition of corporate art collections never before exhibited and for an issues-related event that
brought together leaders from business, art, and local government to discuss a prospective
downtown arts district and the citys percentage for arts ordinance (Bryan, 2012). The result was
affirmation among all who participated that the arts can be strategically vital tools for economic
development (Bryan, 2012)
Funding cuts have also lead LAAs to seek funding from sources never explored before
and to ask for money in different ways. Some have asked vendors with which they had long-
standing relationships for discounts on good and services (Haller, 2009). Others have gone to
their donors, told them their financial story, and obtained larger contributions than normally
given. Financial crises have also led to new partnerships and collaborations through which all
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the future. The challenge for LAAs and other nonprofits will be to be able to afford to hire these
highly educated, professional individuals to run their organizations.
Local arts agencies sometimes partner with government for cultural planning. It is
expected that the trend we are seeing for more and more organizations (both nonprofit and for-
profit) to become involved in cultural planning will continue into the future. As this happens,
LAAs will be challenged to compete with these organizations to effectively and efficiently
provide services to remain a key player in cultural planning. Similarly, as more LAAs become
involved in economic development efforts, they will be challenged to collaborate and, when
necessary, to compete with other organizations involved with economic development. A key to
meeting these challenges will be for LAAs to articulate clearly and perhaps loudly the economic
impact of the arts community development generally and economic development specifically.
Local arts agencies in Indiana have an ongoing funding challenge. In spite of the fact
that many Indiana counties have a local arts agency, Indiana ranks 43rd in the nation in per capita
state and federal public funding for the arts (Indiana Arts Commission, 2010). LAAs will be
challenged in the future to advocate more effectively on the federal and state levels for funding
for the arts.
Finally, the challenge will continue for local arts agencies that serve larger geographical
areas to reach everyone in their areas, particularly the more rural communities across our nation.
TAF and many other LAAs seek to accomplish this outreach through advisory boards consisting
of members from all the areas they serve (Lee, 2012). By bringing together individuals with
specific knowledge about cities, towns, and rural communities, the LAAs hope to more
effectively ascertain the needs and interests of their constituents and bring them programs and
resources that they need to promote the arts to all.
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Appendix A
Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 1
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
1 Adams Decatur North Adams Arts Council, Inc. 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
2 Allen Fort Wayne Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne 16
Grantmaking
Facilities Management (gallery,
performance arts centers)
Arts Programming
Arts Events
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Give Arts Awards Yes Yes
http://www.artsunited.
org/ 3 Region 3 Partner
3 Bartholomew Columbus Columbus Area Arts Council 7
Grantmaking
Arts Programming
Cultural Planning
Ticket Sales Yes No
http://www.artsincolu
mbus.org/caac/ 9 Region 9 Partner
4 Benton Fowler 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
5 Blackford Hartford City Hartford City Arts Council 0 Arts Events No No 5
Arts Place (Portland) recently helped
to open the Blackford County Arts
Center
6 Boone Lebanon
Lebanon Community Arts Council of
Indiana 0
Online Creative Writing Corner
Calendar/Promotion No Yes
http://www.lebanonart
scouncil.net/ 7
7 Brown Nashville Art Alliance of Brown County 0.5
Arts Events
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Promotion No Yes
http://www.artalliance
browncounty.com/ 8
8 Carroll Delphi 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
9 Cass Logansport Cass County Arts Alliance 0Arts AwardsArts Events
Yes (to
fourpartners) Yes
http://www.casscountyarts.org/ 4
Fundraising arm for four-organization
partnership with a mission to promote
arts activities that enhance the quality
of life in the communities of CassCounty
9 Cass Logansport Logansport Art Association 0.5
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Facility Management (gallery) No Yes
http://www.logansport
artassociation.org/5401
.html 4
10 Clark Jeffersonville 12
Represented by the Arts Council of
Southern Indiana
11 Clay Brazil 6 Represented by the Arts Illiana
12 Clinton Frankfort 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
Frankfort Public Library is a cultural
center that offers arts programming
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Appendix A
Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 2
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
13 Crawford English
Crawford County Arts and Crafts
Assocation 0
Arts Events
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming
Scholar
ships Yes 12
14 Daviess Washington 10
Represented by Vanderburgh
Community Foundation
15 Dearbor n Lawrencebur g Dearbor n Hi ghlands Arts Counci l Inc. 1
Arts Programming
Arts Events
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations No Yes
http://all4art.org/defau
lt.aspx 9
16 Decatur Greensburg
Arts and Cultural Council of Decatur
County 1
Arts Events
Arts Awards
Scholar
ships Yes
http://www.greensburgchamber.com/biz/acc
dc/ 9
17 Dekalb Auburn 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
18 Delaware Muncie Muncie Arts and Culture Council 0.5
Cultural Planning
Promotion/Calendar No No
http://www.munciedo
wntown.us/Arts/macc.
html 5
19 Dubois Jasper Jasper County Arts Commission 6.5
Arts Programming
Facility Management (gallery)
Ticket Sales
Arts Events No
Friends of
the Arts
http://www.jasperindia
na.gov/default.cfm 10
20 Elkhart Goshen Elkhart Art League 0 Arts Programming No Yes
http://www.ealonline.o
rg/membership.htm 2
21 Fayette Connersville a.i. - Artists Inititive 0 Arts Events No Yes 5
22 Floyd New Albany Arts Council of Southern Indiana 1
Arts Events
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations No Yes
http://artscouncilsi.org
/# 12
23 Fountain Covington 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
24 Franklin Brookville Franklin County Arts Council 0
Arts Events
Promotion No No
http://www.facebook.c
om/groups/135212437
422/ 9
25 Fulton Rochester Akron Area Arts League, Ltd. 0
Arts Events
Arts Programming No Yes 2
26 Gibson Princeton 10
Arts council recently dissolved and
created a fund for scholarships at the
Gibson County Community Foundation
Represented by Vanderburgh
Community Foundation
27 Grant Marion Grant County Art Association, Inc. 0
Arts Programming
Arts Events
Scholar
ships Yes 5
28 Green Bloomfield Greene County Arts Council 0 Arts Events No Yes 8
29 Hamilton Noblesville Carmel Arts Council 1
Promotions
Arts Events
Grantmaking Yes Yes
http://www.carmelarts
council.org 7
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Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 3
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
29 Hamilton Noblesville Fishers Art Council 0
Arts Event
Promotion
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations No Yes
http://www.fishersarts
council.org/ 7
29 Hamilton Noblesville Noblesville Cultural Arts Commission 0
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Scholar
ships Yes
http://www.noblesville
arts.org/home.html 7
29 Ha mi lt on Noblesv il le Ham il to n Count y Ar ti sts ' As soc ia tion 0
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Promotions/Calendar
Provide Services to Artists and ArtsOrganizations
Facility Management (cultural arts
center) No Yes
http://www.hcaa-
in.org/index.php 7
30 Hancock Greenfield Hancock County Arts Council 0 Art Events No Yes
http://www.hancockco
untyarts.com/ 7
31 Harrison Corydon Harrison County Arts! 0
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Arts Events No Yes
http://www.harrison-
county-arts-
corydon.net/ 12
32 Hendricks Danville Hedricks County Arts Council 1
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming
Artists Services
Arts Events
Scholar
ships Yes
http://centralindianaar
tists.com/ 7
32 Hendricks Danville Public Arts Committee Public Art No No 7
33 Henry New Castle Art Association of Henry County, Inc. 5
34 Howard Kokomo Kokomo Art Association 0
Arts Events
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Serve as Collection Guardians
Scholar
ships Yes
http://www.kaaonline.
com/main/ 4 Focus on art, not music, etc.
35 Huntington Huntington LaFontaine Arts Council 0 Arts Programming No No
http://www.lafontaine
artscouncil.org/ 3
35 Huntington Huntington Roanoke Arts Council 0 Arts Events
Scholar
ships No
http://www.renaissanc
einroanoke.org/ 3
36 Jackson Brownstown 9
Represented by the Columbus County
Arts Festival
37 Jasper Rensselaer Prairie Arts Council 0.5
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Facility Management (gallery) No Yes
http://www.prairiearts
council.com/ 4
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Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 4
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
38 Jay Portland Arts Place, Inc. 6
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Cultural Planning
Public Art
Facility Management (theater,
galleries, studios)
Box Office No Yes
http://www.artsland.or
g 5
39 Jefferson Madison Madison Art Club 0
Arts EventsProvide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Facility Management (gallery) No Yes
https://sites.google.co
m/site/artclubofmadiso
nindiana/welcome 12
39 Jefferson Madison
Community Arts Program at Hanover
College 1
Arts Events
Facility Management (arts center)
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Grantmaking Yes No
http://www.hanover.e
du/arts/cas 12 Region 12 Arts Partner
40 Jennings Vernon Jennings County Arts Council 9
41 Johnson Franklin Greater Greenwood Arts Council 0
Public Art
Arts Events No Yes
http://www.greenwoo
darts.org 7 Founded in 2009
42 Knox Vincennes Northwest Territory Art Guild 0
Arts Events
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming No Yes 10
43 Kosciusko Warsaw Lakeland Art Association 0
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations No Yes
http://www.lakelandart
association.org/ 2
44 LaGrange LaGrange 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
45 Lake Crown Point Greater Gary Arts Council, Inc. 1
45 Lake Crown Point Hobart Arts League, Inc. 0
Arts Programming
Facility Management (gallery) No Yes
http://www.hobartarts.
com/ 1
46 La Porte La Porte South Shore Arts 11
Grantmaking
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Facility Management (gallery, art
center, gift shop) Yes Yes
http://www.southshore
artsonline.org/ 1 Region 1 Arts Partner
47 Lawrence Bedford Lawrence County Art Association 0
Facility Management (gallery)
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Arts Events No Yes
http://www.lawrencec
ountyart.org/index.htm
l 8
48 Madison Anderson 5
Represented by the Community
Foundation of Randolph County
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Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 5
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
49 Marion Indianapolis The Irvington Guild of Artists 0
Arts Events
Promotion No Yes
http://www.irvingtonar
t.blogspot.com/ 7
49 Marion Indianapolis Southport Artistry Committee 0
Arts Events
Promotion/Calendar No No
http://www.cityofsouth
portarts.org/home.htm
l 7
49 Marion Indianapolis Arts Council of Indianapolis 13
Arts Events
Promotion
Facility Management (gallery, arts
center)
Public ArtsProvide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations Yes No
http://www.artscouncil
ofindianapolis.org/ 7
49 Marion Indianapolis Indiana Arts Commission 10
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Grantmaking
Arts Awards
Administer Indiana Cultural Districts
Program Yes No
http://www.in.gov/arts
/ 7 Region 7 Partner
50 Marshall Plymouth 2
Represented by the Community
Foundation of St. Joseph County
51 Martin Shoals 8
Represented by Ivy Tech Community
College of Indiana - Bloomington
Campus
52 Miami Peru 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
53 Monroe Bloomington Bloomington Area Arts Council 8
Sold Walden Arts Center to the City of
Bloomington in 2010. Not sure if they
are still operating as a nonprofit
53 Monroe Bloomington City of Bloomington Arts Commission 1.5
Public Art
Grantmaking
Operate Bloomington Entertainment
and Arts District Yes No
http://visitbead.com/
http://bloomington.in.g
ov/sections/viewSectio
n.php?s ection _id=14 0 8
53 Monroe Bloomington
Ivy Tech Community College-
Bloomington 6
Facility Management (arts center)
Grantmaking
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations Yes Yes
http://www.ivytech.ed
u/bloomington/waldro
n/index.html 8 Region 8 Arts Partner
54 Montgomery Crawfordsvi ll e Ar t League of Montgomery County 0 Arts Events
Scholar
ships Yes
http://artleaguemc.org
/index2.html 4
55 Morgan Martinsville 8
Represented by Ivy Tech Community
College of Indiana - Bloomington
Campus
56 Newton Kentland 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
57 Noble Albion 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
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Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 6
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
58 Ohio Rising Sun
Rising Sun / Ohio County Tourism
Commission
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Maintanence of Website "Arts in Rising
Sun: Arts as Economics" No No
http://www.enjoyrising
sun.com/ 9
59 Orange Paoli Orange County HomeGrown Arts 0
Arts Events
Murals No
http://www.orangecou
ntyhomegrown.org/art
s.htm 8
60 Owen Spencer Owen County Art Guild, Inc. 0
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and ArtsOrganizations
Facility Management (gallery) No Yes
http://www.owencountyartguild.org/index.htm
l 8
61 Parke Rockville Covered Bridge Art Association 0
Arts Events
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming
Scholar
ships Yes
http://www.coveredbri
dgeartgallery.com/inde
x.html 6
62 Perry Cannelton Tell City Regional Arts Association 0
Arts Programming
Arts Events No Yes
http://www.tcraa.org/
Home_Page.php 10
63 Pike Petersburg 10
Represented by Vanderburgh
Community Foundation
64 Porter Valpariso 1
Represented by South Shore Arts
65 Posey Mt. Vernon 10
Represented by Vanderburgh
Community Foundation
66 Pulaski Winamac 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
67 Putnam Greencastle 6 Represented by Arts Illiana
68 Randolph Winchester
Art Association of Randolph County,
Inc. 1
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Facility Management (arts center) No Yes
http://www.artsdepot.
org 5
68 Randolph Winchester
Community Foundation of Randolph
County 1
Grantmaking
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations Yes Yes
http://www.randolphc
ount yfound ation.org/ 5 Reg ion 5 Ar ts P ar tner
69 Ripley Versailles Rural Alliance For The Arts 1
Arts Events
Arts Programming
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Scholar
ships Yes
http://www.ruralallianc
earts.com/ 9
70 Rush Rushville 5
Represented by the Community
Foundation of Randolph County
71 St. Joseph South Bend
Community Foundation of St. Joseph
County 1.5
Operates ArtsEverywhere.com website
Promotion
Grantmaking Yes No http://cfsjc.org/ 2 Region 2 Arts Partner
72 Scott Scottsburg 12
Represented by the Community Arts
Program at Hanover College
73 Shelby Shelbyville Shelby Arts Alliance 0
Arts Events
Promotion/Calendar No Yes
http://shelbyartsallianc
e.org/ 7
74 Spencer Rockport Cultural Arts of Spencer County 10
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Appendix A
Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 7
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
75 Starke KnoxStarke County Fine Arts Commission
2
Represented by Community
Foundation of St. Joseph County
76 Steuben Angola 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
77 Sullivan Sullivan 6 Represented by Arts Illiana
78 Switzerland Vevay 9
Represented by Columbus Area Arts
Council
79 Tippecanoe Lafayette Tippecanoe Arts Federation 5
Arts Programming
Arts Events
Facility Management (cultural center)Grantmaking
Cultural Planning
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations
Public Art Yes Yes
http://www.tippecanoe
ar ts.or g/index.html 4 Regi on 4 Ar ts Partner
80 Tipton Tipton 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
81 Union Liberty 5
Represented by the Community
Foundation of Randolph County
82 Vanderburgh Evansvil le Ar ts Council of Southwester n Indi ana 2
Grantmaking
Arts Programming
Arts Awards
Facility Management (gallery)
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations Yes Yes http://artswin.org/ 10
82 Vanderburgh Evansville Vanderburgh Community Foundation 1 Grantmaking Yes No
http://www.vanderbur
ghcommunityfoundatio
n.org/home 10 Region 10 Arts Partner
83 Vermillion Newport 6 Represented by Arts Illiana
84 Vigo Terre Haute Arts Illiana 3
Grantmaking
Arts Programming
Cultural Planning
Arts Events
Facility Management (gallery)
Provide Services to Artists and Arts
Organizations Yes Yes
http://www.artsilliana.
org/ 6 Region 6 Arts Partner
84 Vigo Terre Haute City of Terre Haute Arts Project Grants 0
Public Art
Arts Programming Yes No 6 Grants administered by Arts Illiana
84 Vigo Terre Haute River City Art Association 0
Facility Management (gallery)
Arts Programming
Arts Events No Yes http://rcaa.info/ 6
85 Wabash Wabash 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
86 Warren Williamsport 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
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Appendix A
Local Arts Agencies (LAAs) in Indiana
April 27, 2012
Red: Counties may have LAA
Grey: Counties with no LAA
Blue: Public agency of city or county government
Green: Indiana Arts Commission Arts Partner 8
County
Number
Name of
County Cou nty Seat N am e o f Local A rts A gency
Number of
Employees Major Programs
Grant-
making
Membership
Organization Website
IAC
Region Notes
87 Warrick Boonville 10
Represented by Vanderburgh
Community Foundation
88 Washington Salem 12
Represented by the Community Arts
Program at Hanover College
89 Wayne Richmond Whitewater Valley Arts Fusion 0
Arts Programming
Promotion/Calendar
Advocacy No No
http://www.whitewate
rvalleyartsfusion.com/i
ndex.html 5
90 Wells Bluffton Creative Arts Council of Wells County 2
Arts Programming
Arts Events
Facility Management (creative arts
center) No Yes
http://www.wellscocre
ativearts.com/ 3
91 White Monticello 4
Represented by the Tippecanoe Arts
Federation
92 Whitley Columbia City 3
Represented by Arts United of Greater
Fort Wayne
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