Mission
The mission of the Council is to create an engaged and vibrant community through arts, humanities, and culture.
Vision
A Muskingum County that is a welcoming and inspiring community to creative people and industries, which enhances health and wellbeing, stimulates minds, creates pride, leading to economic vitality for all.
Core Values
Coming soon!
General Purpose
The role of the Muskingum County Arts Council, through its executive director and board, serves the citizens of Muskingum County whether active creatives or audiences:
WILL –
- empower artists through opportunities to develop their business skills.
- facilitate community events via partnerships, to generate community participation, draw visitors from outside Muskingum County, engage our youth, and mitigate isolation.
- inventory all the history, visual & performing arts, cultural, craft, creative industries in our area – not just a list, but understand their role and how to offer opportunities to grow or enhance these entities.
- inventory all obvious and potential locations for experiencing the above ( to create unique collaborative experiences).
- meet with civic leaders and appropriate staff to learn about wish lists and brainstorm how to make initiatives happen utilizing the Director’s expertise, network, & funding sources.
- foster a growing arts presence and appreciation in the County through exposure to a range of visual, applied, and performing arts experiences.
- offer opportunities to learn about and celebrate our Appalachian heritage.
- offer opportunities to learn about and celebrate our history as an economic driver of Ohio through the ceramics industry.
- connect the dots between arts entities, creative industries, government, civic groups, education, healthcare, and senior engagement.
- foster collaboration among arts & humanities entities to broaden their impact.
- facilitate opportunities for all ages to enhance knowledge, encourage creative experimentation, and personal growth.
- measure the Arts Council’s economic and social impact to communicate its value.
- pursue funding/grant writing for expenses of the Council, programming, and for eventual grant making to Muskingum County arts & humanities organizations (a common practice in arts councils throughout the state).
- explore opportunities to collaborate with other counties in our Appalachian region.
- perform general administration of the Arts Council.
