artsopolis

What artsopolis does

Artsopolis operates a WordPress-based community arts platform that gives arts councils, community foundations, and cultural organizations a branded, multi-module website for promoting local arts and culture. The platform consists of eight integrated modules: Event Calendar (with self-service submissions and cross-community syndication), Organization Directory, Artist Directory, Venue Directory, Public Art Map, Arts Education, Classifieds, and Blog/Editorial. A standalone WordPress Calendar Plugin and a documented JSON API extend the platform to external websites and partner integrations spanning ticketing (Ticketmaster, Etix, Goldstar), social (Facebook Events), payments (WooCommerce), email marketing (Constant Contact), analytics (Google Analytics), and video (Zoom, YouTube, Vimeo, Brightcove).

The company is structured as Artsopolis, LLC, a privately held company founded in 2001 in the Bay Area, spun out of Arts Council Silicon Valley in 2017, and now headquartered in Seattle with 11-50 employees. It serves 80+ communities across North America (US and Canada), with at least 12 named municipal clients including Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Colorado Springs, Missoula, Napa, Orlando, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Sonoma, and Tallahassee. The platform lists 100K+ events yearly and lists 60+ communities in its active innovation-sharing network.

Revenue is generated through a network membership/subscription model where communities pay recurring fees for platform access, with feature development by any member becoming available to all members. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and follows a contact-based sales motion (Request a Demo). The go-to-market combines community-led referrals within the arts council ecosystem, direct enterprise sales to arts councils, foundations, and municipal arts offices, and self-service event submission tools used by arts organizations within each community. No external funding rounds, acquisitions, or AI capabilities are disclosed in available sources.

Name

artsopolis

Legal name

Artsopolis, LLC

Website

https://artsopolis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Artsopolis is a Seattle-based, privately held company that operates a WordPress-based, multi-module community arts platform (event calendar, directories, public art map, arts education, classifieds, blog) for arts councils, community foundations, and cultural organizations across 80+ North American communities on a subscription network model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts & Cultural Organization Management Software

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Service/Support Organizations (Networks, Advocacy, Capacity Building) (BPAGAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Arts, Culture & Creative Placemaking Enterprises (BPAGALAO), Public Art, Arts Councils & Grantmaking Programs (BPAGAHAH)

Keywords

• Arts management platform
• Community arts software
• Cultural organization tools
• Arts council software
• Community foundation platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Network Membership/Subscription: Artsopolis operates as a network where communities join and pay for platform access. Each community receives branded websites with modular capabilities. The shared innovation model means features developed for one member become available to all, reducing individual development costs while generating recurring subscription revenue from the network of 80+ communities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Artsopolis provides a modular, WordPress-based digital platform for arts councils, community foundations, and cultural organizations. The platform comprises eight modules supporting event ticketing, marketing, fundraising, and community engagement for arts communities. Customers join a North American network of 80+ communities, accessing shared digital infrastructure for managing both back-office operations and public-facing audience experiences.

Product overview

Artsopolis is a community arts platform providing a network of 80+ communities across North America with a modular platform built on WordPress. The platform consists of eight integrated modules: Event Calendar (searchable cultural event listings with self-service submissions), Organization Directory (nonprofit profiles), Artist Directory (artist portfolio pages), Venue Directory (cultural venue profiles), Public Art Map (interactive public art mapping), Arts Education (programs for schools and families), Classifieds (community bulletin board), and Blog/Editorial (content publishing). A Syndication Module enables cross-community content sharing across the Artsopolis Network. Additional offerings include a WordPress Calendar Plugin for embedding the calendar on external WordPress sites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Artsopolis Community Arts Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Event submissions tripled for one community arts foundation after launch
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Constant Contact: Email marketing and small business engagement platform with a strong nonprofit and SMB customer base. Artsopolis integrates with Constant Contact, but Constant Contact itself serves the broader nonprofit marketing segment including arts organizations.
• Eventbrite: Global self-service event ticketing and discovery platform. Overlaps with Artsopolis's event calendar and ticketing-adjacent integrations but serves a much broader consumer and SMB market rather than arts councils specifically.
• WordPress VIP: Enterprise-grade WordPress platform from Automattic for large-scale content sites. Comparable as a higher-end WordPress-based platform that Artsopolis's technology stack could potentially be compared against in the enterprise segment.

Emerging players

• PatronManager: CRM and ticketing platform built on Salesforce for small-to-mid arts and cultural organizations. Comparable emerging vertical SaaS player with overlapping functionality in patron management, ticketing, and event promotion for arts nonprofits.

Direct peers

• Localist: Event calendar and engagement platform used by universities, communities, and organizations to centralize event listings. Directly comparable to Artsopolis's Event Calendar module and community-led network model.
• Tessitura Network: Provides a unified CRM, ticketing, and arts management platform for performing arts centers, museums, and cultural organizations. Highly comparable to Artsopolis as both serve arts/cultural nonprofits with subscription-based software across the US.
• Galaxy Digital (AudienceView): Provides ticketing, CRM, and audience engagement software for arts, entertainment, and sports organizations. Comparable as a vertical SaaS provider serving cultural organizations with subscription-based software.
• CiviCRM: Open-source constituent relationship management platform widely adopted by nonprofits, including arts and cultural organizations. Comparable as a membership/directory/customer-data platform for the same buyer segment.
• Spektrix: Cloud-based ticketing, CRM, and marketing software for arts and cultural organizations in the UK and North America. Comparable as a SaaS subscription platform serving the same arts/cultural nonprofit buyer segment.

Regional players

• Tourism Technology Company (Simpleview): Provides destination marketing organization (DMO) software including event calendars, directories, and content platforms for tourism bureaus. Adjacent peer serving a different (tourism/government) buyer with overlapping community calendar and directory capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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