The Cedar Key Arts Center, Inc. was founded in 1994 by Catherine Graham Christie, a well known Cedar Key artist, as a non-profit organization. Her generous gift of the building and property on Cedar Key's Historic 2nd Street houses the Cedar Keyhole Artists Cooperative on the main floor and the Cedar Key Arts Center Main Gallery, Member Artist's Gallery, Digital Photography Laboratory and Art Studio on the second floor.

The Cedar Key Arts Center is a Tax Exempt Organization
under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code