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The Dumbo Arts Center—a nonprofit contemporary arts organization—aims to create interaction between visual artists, the local community and the wider public in order to preserve the neighborhood of Dumbo as a springboard for new art. DAC produces the annual multi-site D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, presents a year-round program of new exhibitions in its gallery, commissions site-specific art and provides educational programs for artists, college and high-school students. Founded by artists in the wake of the first festival in 1997, DAC's role has been pivotal in the establishment of Dumbo, Brooklyn, as a recognized neighborhood and cultural destination.