NESA mission is twofold: 1) to provide artistic support and opportunities for New England's professional, emerging, and student sculptors to exhibit their work, and gain additional knowledge and practical skills to realize their artistic goals; and, 2) to promote public interest in sculpture in its many forms, traditional and contemporary to people of all ages throughout the region through public exhibitions and installations, community programming, discussions, workshops, events, and educational and creative events for New Englanders of all ages.