Mission & Vision

HISTORY

The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit art-service organization that provides professional development tools to the creative class. MARN was founded in 2000 after the Wisconsin Arts Board in partnership with the Milwaukee Arts Board convinced the Urban Artist's Initiative to assess the needs of local artists. Those meetings identified the need for an organization to help artists, across disciplines, with the business side of art. Most major cities have an organization like MARN, but few have programming as comprehensive as ours.

At the beginning MARN operated as a “grass-roots” non-profit with a volunteer board and part-time Executive Director. Even in this state MARN was able to become an essential piece of Milwaukee’s arts scene. First they started an on-line listserv that quickly became THE source of information sharing amongst artists. Then, in 2004 they began MARNmentors which continues as one of MARN's cornerstone programs. 2009 saw the addition of a full time Executive Director and the pilot year of MARNsalons, 2010 brought the creation of MARNmic Night and MARNstages, and finally in 2011 MARN launched Writer's Wednesday and MARNkino.

Fueling Greater Milwaukee's Creatives: Empowering Community

VISION

Today MARN is continuing their commitment to building Milwaukee's creative community and working toward bringing national exposure to Milwaukee's extraordinary creative class.

MARN's commitment to Milwaukee's artists, across disciplines, includes a leadership team composed of artists from various fields. Today MARN is continuing their commitment to building Milwaukee's creative community and working toward bringing national exposure to Milwaukee's extraordinary creative class.

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