UNITE.
EMPOWER.
ADVOCATE.

Learn more about our vision and mission to advance the interests of the Creative Economy.
Credit: Joseph Marzullo/Media Punch/Alamy Live News
Featuring: Arts Workers United Board President Nikkole Salter
Upload date: 12th Mar, 2021

OUR VISION

Establish the Arts & Culture sector of the United States as a non-partisan legislative priority for support, investment, and representation commensurate with its socioeconomic value.

Two actors (Ra’Mya Aikens and Marcus Fitzpatrick) hug in rehearsal.  One actor in a green baseball cap (Marcus Fitzpatrick) holds a script in his hand.
Photo by Brandon Carter
Classical Theater of Harlem
Published on July 2024
Featuring: Ra’Mya Aikens and Marcus Fitzpatrick
Published with photographer's permission

OUR Mission

Advocating for Arts Workers and the Creative Economy
Educate, organize, and mobilize American Arts Workers and all Americans in order to advance the interests of the Creative Economy and its workers through visible advocacy, grassroots mobilization, and impactful lobbying.
Enriching local Communities
Stimulating Dynamic Economies

Our UNIFYING objectives

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A Secretary Arts of Culture
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Increasing Arts Appropriations by Billions
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Turning Arts Legislation Into Law
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