HEY HAMBURG!  It’s time to mix, mingle and network with the Hamburg Fine Arts Foundation.

The Hamburg Fine Arts Foundation Corporation (HFAF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to assisting students, schools, and our community in realizing their full potential through the power of visual and per-forming arts.

Our mission is to work in coordination with community stakeholders to promote visual and performing arts and to help instill in our students and community a lifelong passion for the same. The HFAF engages in fundraising and providing creative opportunities to promote these goals.

Share our vision of being a strong supporter of aspiring students, amateur artists, and our community as they develop and pursue their life long passions for visual, performing and culinary are, both personally and professionally.

Nationally, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $166.3 billion of economic activity during 2015—$63.8 billion in spending by arts and cultural organizations and an additional $102.5 billion in event-related expenditures by their audiences. This activity supported 4.6 million jobs and generated $27.5 billion in revenue to local, state, and federal governments (a yield well beyond their collective $5 billion in arts allocations).

By every measure, the results are impressive. This study puts to rest a misconception that communities support arts and culture at the expense of local economic development. In fact, communities are investing in an industry that supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is the cornerstone of tourism. Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 shows conclusively that, locally as well as nationally, THE ARTS MEAN BUSINESS!

We hope all residents of the WNY community, community leaders and businesses will help and support our vision.

“It takes a community to build a community”

We look forward to meeting you at Alchemy on October 19th at 6 O’clock PM

Sincerely,

The HFAF Board