A - Arts, Culture, & Humanities

Plein Air New Bern

Our mission is to nurture visual art education and experience through the art of plein air painting. We execute this with events,
workshops, lectures, demos, and fundraising. We partner with non-profits in Craven, Pamlico, & Carteret counties of NC.

Creativity is as vital to the life of a community as it is to individuals and a community thrives when it embraces the creative efforts of its citizens and the organizations that support the arts.

We are an annual fundraising arm for the visual arts in Craven, Pamlico, & Carteret counties.

ComMotion - Community in Motion

ComMotion builds community & improves well-being through adaptive and inclusive movement. Our mission is to enable everyone to experience the many benefits of movement, regardless of their age, ability, or circumstances. Movement promotes strength, flexibility, balance, posture and coordination while reducing pain, depression, anxiety, and stress. Our programs are completely portable & adaptable to any space, bringing classes directly to those we serve, eliminating potential barriers to access.

Baran Dance

Baran Dance creates, presents, and offers contemporary dance performances and classes for a wide spectrum of performing artists, audiences, and student demographics. Through professional concert work in a range of formats and venues as well as educational and mentoring programs for emerging dance artists, we cultivate appreciation for and accessibility to contemporary dance as a staple of arts, culture, and community engagement throughout Charlotte, NC and regional areas.

Historic Turner House Foundation, Inc.

Mission of the Historic Turner House Foundation Inc - About Us
The mission of the Historic Turner House is to provide programs that educate the community and history lovers of untold cultural and historic stories related to the Turner family and others who resided in Historic Oberlin Village in Raleigh, NC. The mission of the Turner House Foundation is to source funding to preserve/restore the physical items and spaces of this remnant of a surviving Freedmans’ Village in North Carolina that grew out of a free black settlement during the Reconstruction Era.

Musical Instruments for Children, Inc.

Musical Instruments for Children, Inc. is a private non-profit 501 (c) (3) agency dedicated to collecting used or new musical instruments from citizens in the community. We give them to indigent children and also school systems. The school systems give them to children who cannot afford to buy a musical instrument and would like to play one in their school's band or orchestra. The agency also accepts cash donations to be used to fix the used musical instruments we collect to get them back in shape.