a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering
education in American art through advocacy, grants, publication and research
About TFAO
TFAO conducts the following programs:
- Advocacy:
- Conservation of art collections
- Establishment of art museums
- Exhibition and touring of private art collections
- Educational programming
- Financial assistance:
- Film viewing at museums and cultural centers
- Conversion of analog text to digital files and online publication of
scholarly texts
- Recording and streaming of video and audio content for museums
- Transcription of podcast MP3 or MP4 files to text and online publication
for museums
- Operations:
- Digitizing analog text content with copyright permissions
- Expansion and maintenance of digital library, its catalogs and publications
- Guidance to arts organizations in using the Internet for education
- Guidance to museums on options for distributing, licensing and monetizing
proprietary intellectual property
- Other programs relating to TFAO's mission where appropriate
- Research:
- Analysis of methods, ranking systems, and human assets deployment regarding
selection and digital processing of out of copyright, out of print / in
copyright, and in print / in copyright texts (in the context of obtaining
permissions from copyright holders)
- Development of new online publications in specialty areas
- Liaison with other non profit organizations for systematic approach
to funding selected educational services
- Study of current and upcoming digitization initiatives to facilitate
optimal allocation of digital library resources and to avoid redundancy
- Study of processes, costs and relative benefits of methods and sources
for audio and video production, digitization and streaming
Contact information:
If you wish to volunteer or have other inquiries, please send email
to: 
Mission statement:
The character of affairs of Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc.
is for charitable purposes including fostering education and nurturing understanding
of American visual arts among student and adult populations through publications,
guidance and counseling of nonprofit arts organizations and related activities.
Organization:
Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. is recognized as a 501(c)(3)
tax exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service. The Articles of
Incorporation of Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. were approved
by the Arizona Corporation Commissioner on August 5, 2003 as an Arizona
nonprofit corporation.
Funding:
Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. is funded 100% by donations
and receives no government support.
Acronyms:
On this Web site Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. is alternately
referred to as TFAO or TFAOI.
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Copyright 2003-2009 Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc., an Arizona nonprofit corporation. All rights
reserved.