Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists' community and education facility located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
When a prime piece of property became available on the shores of Turnbull Bay, a tidal estuary west of New Smyrna Beach, Leeper raised the $50,000 necessary to buy the ten-acre plot.
ft. of artists' working space to the existing campus and also provides additional facilities for public programs and partnerships.
(The first residency, in 1982, was with author James Dickey, sculptor Duane Hanson and composer David Del Tredici.)
IMAGES is a free, public art festival that offers $30,000 in cash awards to artists and has one of the best Patron Programs in the Southeast.
Visitors enjoy the work of over 225 artists, gourmet food trucks, live entertainment, Creative Education activities for children, and much more.