ARTS ADVOCACY
Organizations That Advocate for Artists Rights
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AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With 45 years of service, we are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. With offices in Washington, DC and New York, and more than 5,000 organizational and individual members and stakeholders across the country, we are focused on three primary goals. Foster an environment in which the arts can thrive and contribute to the creation of more livable communities. Generate more public- and private-sector resources for the arts and arts education. Build individual appreciation of the value of the arts.

ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY
Artists Rights Society (ARS) is the preeminent copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States. Founded in 1987, ARS represents the intellectual property rights interests of over 30,000 visual artists and estates of visual artists from around the world (painters, sculptors, photographers, architects and others).

NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974, is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, we work to educate our own members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them.

NEW YORK ARTISTS EQUITY ASSOCIATION
An artists organization that has been around since 1947. They advocate on a local and national level for artists rights, have a gallery - Broome Street Gallery, and have a health insurance plan you can opt into. Join today to be a card carrying professional artist.