Wisconsin Visual Artists a nonprofit organization of visual artists and friends united to advance opportunities and services for artists and the general public, and committed to the importance and value of art and its creation in our society. The purpose of the WVA is to promote and develop Wisconsin creative arts, and in that behalf hold periodic exhibitions within and without the state; to exert influence toward the purchase of meritorious works of art by the state or any municipality or any other civic or business organizations; to provide lectures, educational programs and seminars for the public; to produce and publish portfolios for libraries and art collections promoting the arts of Wisconsin; and in general to do whatever may be proper to further the purposes of the organization under the Wisconsin non-stock corporation law, Chapter 181 of the Wisconsin statutes.