United States Urban Arts Federation

Americans for the Arts’ United States Urban Arts Federation (USUAF) is an alliance of the chief executives of local arts agencies in the nation's 60 largest cities. These leaders advocate, network, and meet to discuss the social, educational, and economic impact of the arts in their regions.

Quick Facts about United States Urban Arts Federation

Membership Criteria
  • The local arts agency (LAA) must represent one of the 60 largest cities by population size.
  • The LAA must be a full service agency providing an array of the following: competitive grantmaking, public art, technical assistance, facilities management, arts education programs, cultural tourism programs, and other services.
  • The representative to USUAF must be the head of the LAA.
Goals
  • Establish and exchange information around innovation in the field in the area of public policy, programming, outreach, arts education, and fundraising by sharing best practices.
  • Share best practices on risk-taking that generate meaningful public and private sector policies that collectively strengthen local communities in the United States.
  • Act as advocates on urban arts issues on local, state, and national levels to bring awareness of local arts agencies and the value of the arts.
  • Do the above to ensure that the arts thrive in America.

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Director of Local Arts Services at rharper@artsusa.org.

For a full list of USUAF organizations, please see the Arts Services Directory. If you don't see your organization in the directory please email the webmaster@artsusa.org.