In 1995, the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation was established as an independently operated non-profit organization to provide resources for the promotion of the arts in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. MKAF is endorsed by the Florida Department of Education for All Kinds of Art, a children s educational outreach program, exposing students in elementary and middle schools with live touring performances, in-school, after-school and summer camp art instruction for the performing, visual and literary arts.