Organization: CONJURING ARTS RESEARCH CENTER
Mission: APPEALING TO PRACTICIONERS AND PERFORMERS OF THE CONJURING ATS, ACADEMIC HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS, WRITRS AND GENERAL ENTHUSIASTS, CONJURING ARTS FILLS THE GAP BETWEEN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF MAGIC RELATED HISTORY AND INFORMATION AND THE PUBLIC.
Activities: CONJURING ARTS PROVIDES A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR PERFORMERS, HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH ITS EXTENSIVE WORKING LIBRARY OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. CONJURING ARTS STRIVES TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THE MOST EXPANSIVE COLLECTION OF CONJURING RELATED MATERIAL IN THE WORLD AND THEN TO PROVIDE PUBLIC AND PRACTITIONERS ACCESS TO IT.
CONJURING ARTS UNIVERSITY OFFERS A SERIES OF ONLINE CLASSES TAUGHT BY MAGICIANS.
THE HOCUS POCUS PROJECT IS CONJURING ARTS OUTREACH PROGRAM, TEACHING MAGIC TO DISADVANTAGED KIDS AND ADULTS. IT STARTED IN 2007 AT THE MORGAN STANLEY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK CITY AND HAS SINCE THENEXPANDED TO ADDITIONAL CHILDRENS HOSPITALS, DETENTION CENTERS, VA HOSPITALS, AND THE DOOR COMMUNITY CENTER. OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT IN DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH THEEXPERIENCE OF PRACTICING AND PERFORMING MAGIC.
NTEE category: Arts, Culture & Humanities
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines