MAPS (Music Art Puppet Sound, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that creates and implements exceptional arts programming for community engaged art. MAPS makes exciting, hands-on arts experiences using many types of media including visual arts, puppetry, painting, sculpture, sound, music composition, dance and video works. In our community engaged programming, we strive to create imaginative art-making spaces where participants can thrive as they explore a range of artistic media. We hope to spark deep curiosity about ideas and process, encourage creative friendships and give participants the freedom to play and invent. We believe that creative practice can provide emotional relief in difficult circumstances. MAPS is at once an experimental art playground, a space for creative discourse, an arts collective producing multidisciplinary works and an educational program.
Since 2018, MAPS has been bringing exciting, arts-based curricula to public schools, community organizations, museums, libraries and more. MAPS engages participants in creative practice and dialogue through the use of visual art, theater arts, puppetry and music composition. In all of our work, whether it is a socially engaged performance, art show, or community based program, we bring social and emotional considerations into our practice, prioritizing curiosity and experimentation in all that we do.
