Mission

The purpose of NEAR Inc. is to support the creative activities and
endeavors of artists and potential artists; to create a forum, context
and space for artistic, cultural, creative, and educational experience
in Middletown,  and to serve as a center for community activity in
Middletown’s North End.

NEAR Inc.’s goals are:

• To provide support to local artists, amateurs, students and others
  interested in exploring their capacity for self-expression and
  communication by offering them a facility, institutional support,
  funding, workshops, performance/exhibit opportunities and other
  artistic support.

• To provide artistic and other cultural experiences and programs that
  are accessible, participatory and unique, and to provide these
  experiences for audiences in the North End, Middletown, and Central
  Connecticut and beyond.

• To serve residents of the North End of Middletown by offering
  cultural programs, stimulating interaction and community, enhancing
  commerce and creating a community/cultural drop-in center.

• To carry on such other related artistic, cultural, creative, or
  educational activities as may be necessary or appropriate in
  connection therewith.