Our Story
The Atlantic City Arts Foundation creates artist opportunities, engages the Atlantic City community through free arts & cultural programming, and inspires future generations to pursue careers in the arts!
Our diverse programs & partnerships activate community pride & civic self-esteem through interaction with public art, including the city’s largest mural arts program.
Our Mission
The Atlantic City Arts Foundation exists to foster an environment in which diverse arts and cultural programs enrich the quality of life for residents of and visitors to Atlantic City.
Our Vision
We envision Atlantic City as a community in which residents, businesses, government, employees, and visitors value arts and culture as a means to stimulate economic development, encourage civic engagement, and promote community well-being.
2025
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2025 🎨
May
First of six mural refurbishments projects are completed: Z is for Zebra by Stephanie Segal Miller, unveiled at a community reception.
March
The 11th installment of ARTeriors is an Official Selection of Prudential North to Shore! The accompanying grant will fund a portion the 2025 program and event production.
February
ACAF is awarded significant funding from NJEDA as part of A.R.T. Phase 1 funding to link public arts with economic development.
2024
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2024 🎨
October
Milestone 100th mural, Always Dreaming, Always Growing by Manuela Guillen, is installed, while 200+ people join ACAF for a public event.
101st mural Beneath the Waves by Susan Daly installed at Hot Bagels shortly thereafter.
September
New Executive Director, Michael Atkins, appointed to lead ACAF into their second decade of arts & culture programming and community impact.
2023
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2023 🎨
December
10th ARTeriors program, ARTeriors at the James, located at James Salt Water Taffy’s iconic boardwalk location, featuring 20+ artists, and drawing hundreds of attendees to opening and closing receptions as well as activations throughout the month.
October
In Memory Of…, a 3-panel mural by Kenneth Lazan Faulk, Jr., John Morris, and Chanelle René honoring the life & legacy of Jacob Lawrence installed at Atlantic Cape Community College Worthington Campus.
Internationally renowned artist BK Foxx returns to Atlantic City to install a new mural, See You Tomorrow, and brings along a team of fellow muralists to create six new murals in the Orange Loop.
2022
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2022 🎨
December
ARTeriors Baltic Avenue activates a vacant Payless Shoes at Tanger Outlets, bringing together 17 juried artists selected from a pool of 40 proposals. Opening night draws over 300 guests.
2021
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2021 🎨
December
Launched the 49th Block Society to honor donors that support our mission with donations of $1,000 or more and welcomed 6 founding members to the society.
November
ARTeriors Ocean Ave featured 21 artists, bringing more than 750 visitors during the weeks the space was open.
October
Held our 7th Chalk About AC event and partnered with Sovereign Avenue School and Our Lady Star of the Sea School to bring the event to the kids at their schools.
August
Hosted two in person 48 Blocks AC events, one at O’Donnell Park and one at Absecon Lighthouse.
May
Partnered with Levine Staller, Create 48, Boys & Girls Club, and Chelsea EDC to create the first mural of 2021: S.T.E.A.M. Dreams by Layqa Nuna Yawar, the first of 6 murals created throughout the summer.
2020
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2020 🎨
November
Produced Safari Theater, an innovative drive-thru live theater event engaging 21 performing, literary, and visual artists.
August
Brought 48 Blocks AC online, partnering with Stockton University and working with over 60 artists to produce content to an audience of over 4000 people!
April through September
Supported the installation of six murals in Atlantic City, including a mural on the Lagoon Playground basketball court and murals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
January
Partnered with Atlantic Cape Community College to host “What do you dream for Atlantic City?” which was attended by over 100 community members.
2019
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2019 🎨
September
ACAF partners with CDBG department to bring a mural to the walls of City Hall, through the Beyond Borders internship program for AC teens & young adults.
August
11th mural of 2019 is completed, surpassing our goal of adding 10 large-scale murals to Atlantic City in 2019!
July
ACAF partners with JINGOLI, ACPD, Office of the Atlantic County Prosecutor, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, & Vision 2000 on the Youth Diversionary Arts Program.
June
48 Stories is published.
May
48 Blocks AC Mural Week brings muralists from around the globe to produce large-scale murals in Atlantic City.
2018
The site of the first ARTeriors opens as MADE Atlantic City Chocolate, part of the larger Orange Loop redevelopment project.
2017
Atlantic City hosts the first 48 Blocks AC event, with over 100 community-created projects throughout the city.
2015
Inaugural Chalk About AC spreads inspiration across the 48 blocks of Atlantic City.
First ARTeriors opens at 121 S. Tennessee Avenue.
