Local Arts Groups Set to Merge

After years of working together as separate organizations, ArtWorks and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts recently decided to merge into one outfit. The move allows the organizations to improve their operations and do more with less overhead.


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The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts and ArtWorks have been partners almost since ArtWorks' inception five years ago, but now the two entities will become one with the job training organization moving into the UICA building.

 

"It just became more and more evident that the program could be even stronger and have an even broader impact if we worked together year-round," UICA Executive Director Jeffrey Meeuwsen said. "For the most part almost all programs will continue as they have been."

 

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