Enhance the lives of people of all ages by providing meaningful exchanges with traditional arts and artists.
Cultivate a future interest in the traditional arts by bringing programs to schools.
Provide opportunities to participate as well as learn.
Encourage the longevity of traditional arts through promotion and education for all ages.
Support artists of traditional art forms through employment, promotions, and performance opportunities exposure.
Make all of our programs, performances, and workshops affordable and accessable to all.
Insure that the artistic legacy of our ancestors is not lost in the onslaught of twenty first century mass marketing.
The NAAA focuses it’s efforts on music based traditional art.