The Monaco Project for the Arts is a state recognized, non-profit association under the high patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco. Founded in 2009 by Rita Caltagirone, with the help of Mr. Georges Marsan, Mayor of Monaco, and Isabelle Lombardot, Director of the Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco, the association’s main goal is to support art and education. Members of the association are part of a cultural network that supports the Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques, the only art school in the principality that offers Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts programmes. The MPA enables artists, students, collectors, curators, professionals from private and public institutions to meet with its members, and share ideas through lectures, debates, film viewings, visits of museums and private collections and cultural trips.