The purpose of ISPA is to develop, nurture, energize and educate an international network of arts leaders and professionals who are dedicated to advancing the field of the performing arts. The New York Foundation for the Arts serves individual artists, promotes their freedom to develop and create and provides the broader public with opportunities to experience and understand their work. NYFA accomplishes this by offering financial and informational assistance to artists and organizations that directly serve artists, by supporting arts programming in the larger community, and by building collaborative relationships with others who advocate for the arts in New York State and throughout the country. The Theatre Library Association is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1937 to promote the collection, preservation, and use of theatrical and performing arts materials. Membership includes librarians, scholars, curators, archivists, performers, writers, designers, historians, collectors, and students.
Collection provides access to a range of materials relating to the performing arts in Australia.
It includes programs, brochures, publicity information. The Music Division also holds more than 500 named special collections in music, theater, and dance, which are remarkably disparate in size, content, and format. The National Endowment for the Arts, an investment in America's living cultural heritage, serves the public good by nurturing the expression of human creativity, supporting the cultivation of community spirit, and fostering the recognition and appreciation of the excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic accomplishments. NCTD seeks to promote research and the exchange of information on subjects related to theatre documentation, as well as to promote communication and cooperation among individuals and institutions working with theatre, film, dance and circus arts. The organization was established in Stockholm in 1983.