Board Responsibilities The Arts Center’s Board of Directors is an involved board, supporting fully the mission of The Arts Center to ensure success! Board members provide unique perspective and serve standing committees. Active in fundraising and strategic planning. Board members bare the legal responsibility of ensuring that the organization complies with the applicable federal, state, and local laws and adheres to its mission. The Arts Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment for our audience and the community we call home. We do this with kindness, empathy, and respect to all. Members of the Board serve as volunteers and do not receive financial compensation. 

We are an inclusive organization and actively promote equality of opportunity for all, with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates. Selection of applicants is based on individual merit alone.  All employees, volunteers, and contractors of The Arts Center are responsible for maintaining a work culture free from discrimination and harassment by treating others with kindness and respect in this happy and healthy environment. The Arts Center believes in Equal Access Art.

The mission of the Arts Center is to enhance the cultural and economic life of our region by providing facilities and arts programming that will entertain, educate, and inspire all our citizens. Vision Provide high quality arts programming including arts classes, exhibitions, and performances, that develop individual creativity and artistic expression for all.

Our Purpose A deep-rooted sense of purpose anchors all our thinking and activity. Art is life and everyone should have access to the arts! We want to nurture our creative community to share the arts with a diverse and growing audience.

Our Values The work we do is guided by our shared commitment to our values and principles and are central to our mission and to our impact.

Welcoming. The Arts Center is a welcoming and inclusive home where everyone is encouraged to create, explore, and discover the value of art through exceptional arts programming. We are committed to making art accessible to all, and we offer art programs for individuals of all ages and abilities. We encourage opportunities, conversation and connections, and bring creativity to your life. Whether you drop in for a coffee, attend exhibitions, take tuition-based art classes, attend performances/concerts, volunteer, or are working with us as an artist, you are sure of a warm welcome. We are open and approachable.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access We take the whole picture from visitors, audience, staff, leaders, and volunteers. To cultivate an inclusive culture that fosters belonging. Leading with art, we move with an ecosystem that cultures empathy, kindness, curiosity, creativity, and respect. We embrace the beauty and strength that grows from our differences. We believe that the arts are critical to a healthy and flourishing society and contribute to our wellbeing as individuals, from birth to the end of life. We respect the human right to cultural access for everyone, in all our diversity and strive to be relevant to all our supporters, communities and audiences. Art is life and is accessible to all at The Arts Center.

Curious and Inquiring Exploration, education, and creativity are at the heart of our programming ethos, and our engagement with people and communities. We document and evaluate our projects, engage in action-research, share our learning with peers and keep abreast of the latest trends and thinking.

Ambitious and Collaborative Excellence in our arts leadership of the community is approached with motivation, growth, and connections through the artistic process that bring forth high quality arts experiences. Our support for artists and public engagements is strengthened with support from artistic partnerships, and collaborations. Collaboration is at the core of what we do; our work with artists, and the community is integrated and inextricable. We listen to our community needs and value their association with us and the richness of art. The Arts Center is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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