National Art Materials Trade Association

The association continues its art advocacy grant program. The program awards grant to applicants who support the arts and the crafts in any of four categories: public art, art education, art therapy for military and veterans, and art therapy for health and healing. Our members were able to inform their customers of the availability of this program through emails, social media cahnnels and our website-www.namta.org. It was available to the public through the same mechanisms.

The association continues to grow "namta connect- and the diversity of its programs available to our members through the theatre (demo alley), the cafe, the gallery and the studio. The theatre consists of live informational sessions and demo alley. The cafe is a platform for our members to catch-up and exchange ideas with each other in the form of roundtables, meetings, and happy hours. The gallery is a forum for members-only that resides on www.namta.org the studio is a place for namta members to view past namta connect session recordings through the learning management system. Both the theatre and the cafe are through the zoom platform.