The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance is an affiliation organization comprised of artists, artisans and arts organizations, historians, educators, creators and culture bearers, patrons, friends and supporters, as well as allies in related sectors such as tourism and recreation, local and regional government, and local and regional planning and economic development. The goal of the Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance is to foster and promote creativity through artistic and cultural activities in the Upper Peninsula, to provide informational and strategic assistance to existing and emerging organizations and individual artists and performers, and to encourage connections between artists, performers, makers, audiences and patrons, businesses, and art and culture organizations.