The arts and cultural industry is comprised of many individual businesses. Just as the automobile industry needed R&D to restructure and retool to meet the structural and market challenges it faces in the 21st Century. So does the arts and cultural sector. 21st Century Arts and PeaceArt International hope to start a dialogue and instigate the community to collectively explore some of the critical issues that impact the sustainability and relevance of the arts and cultural field and thus the vitality of our community.