Incorporated in 1991 as a nonprofit arts-service organization, our mission is: To promote the value of the arts, foster collaboration in the community, and encourage arts engagement for all people in the Lehigh Valley. The region’s central voice for the arts, the Arts Council has 127 nonprofit organizations, 54 businesses, and 640 individual artists and arts patrons. We focus on making the arts accessible to all citizens and providing services to area artists and arts organizations, services that include arts research, advocacy, accessibility for people with disabilities, professional development, special events, publications, and cooperative marketing initiatives.