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The Milwaukee Visual Arts Roundtable, a coalition of established visual arts groups, has been formed. The new MVAR
is a joint effort by representatives from numerous professional visual arts organizations, including the League of Milwaukee
Artists, Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors SE Chapter, Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art, Walker's Point Artists Association,
Riverwest Artists Association, Wisconsin Watercolor Society, Milwaukee Inner City Art Council, and more. These groups
represent nearly 1,000 individual members.

The Roundtable was formed due a perceived need that artists and supporters in our communities must form a unified front for
promotion of the visual arts, to build public awareness of the high quality art produced by area artists, and to emphasize the
importance of visual arts in our community life.