The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh enhances the region's cultural vitality and promotes visual arts excellence by showcasing artists' work through contemporary exhibitions, providing community-based education programs, and facilitating a broad dialogue to engage artists with one another and the community. AAP is the oldest, continuously-exhibiting, visual arts organization in the country. Founded in 1910, AAP is a driving force in Pittsburgh’s dynamic cultural life. Its mission is to provide a vital and challenging environment for artists to exhibit new work in the widest possible range of media.