Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts hopes to build and support a network among variety artist by publishing an anthology on contemporary American circuses and variety arts troupes; producing a variety arts directory providing comprehensive information on education programs, venues, and performers; and designing a multi-media education program for exhibition in schools and universities that documents and discusses variety arts in America. The Bindlestiffs are now developing plans for a Variety Arts conference for 2003.

BFVA is seeking a permanent home,a facility that will allow for growth as an educational center and a performance venue. The facility will allow BFVA to organize workshops, teach circus arts, provide a performance and/or rehearsal space to traveling shows, create a cultural resource in the local community, and eventually house a variety arts archive and research center. Bindlestiff plans to create a metro New York based theater devoted to the presentation of the variety arts.