Friendly City Foundation: keeping art and culture local and live in Bradenton, Florida.
ARTISTS + MUSICIANS + CREATIVES
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Community Impact in the Arts.
Friendly City Foundation builds community in Bradenton by supporting artists and creating meaningful connections. This nonprofit shows how art — in all its forms — can enrich a region’s culture.
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Mentor + Launch + Create
Art Club: For Artists by Artists
Join the Club Today!
Art Club is Friendly City Foundation’s membership based Club for Artists, Musicians, and Creatives in our area. When you join you have access to our monthly gatherings, discord server, artists socials, our online artist directory, and more!
Who We Are
We are a collective of makers + musicians + creatives cultivating once loved spaces into vibrant communities and propelling Bradentons creative entrepreneurial community forward.
The vision of the Friendly City Foundation is to create spaces and cultivate creative entrepreneurs from underestimated communities toward business education, mentorship, and real-time production.
What We Do
Our mission to to make our city a vibrant place for arts and culture. We do that through a variety of programs, concerts, arts markets/fleas, and community events.
Friendly City Flea Art and Music Market
Oscura Performing Arts Center
Old Manatee Historic District Project
OUR SPONSOR
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