This North Carolina non-profit supports artists in the community. Support includes over 50 exhibitions through their non-profit gallery and over 60 educational programs. Artists' support is also provided through SPARKcon, an annual design festival in Raleigh. VAE takes on the responsibility of connecting North Carolina's community at large with its art community.
The Iraqi Art Exchange is a resource for children. Art is the medium used to support and nurture kids who have endured social conflict and war. The organization invites children from all sides of Iraqi's internal conflicts to participate in hopes of providing personal and inter-cultural healing to its children.
Aar Parr is a literal art exchange. The 2002 Aar Paar, for example, was a simultaneous, grass-roots, art showing in Mumbai and Karachi. Ten artists from each country completed artwork. The art was exchanged to the other country by email, where they were printed and pasted in public areas like posters.
Art-exchange.com is a for-profit online art market. It brings buyers such as publishers, dealers and galleries together with all kinds of artists. The format has a broad reach, helping both sides of the art market expand. The marketplace itself has no physical location; it is a virtual, Web-based network.