Mission, Goals & History
Macon Arts is the single organization that works
to support all of the arts groups in the Middle Georgia area. Macon
Arts is charged
with the responsibility for planning the community’s cultural
growth and development, serving as a catalyst and the public designee
for the arts, artists and arts organizations.
Formed in 1985, Macon
Arts is a non-profit organization funded both publicly through
the Georgia Council for the Arts, Office of the
Governor; the City of Macon and Bibb County; and through private
and corporate contributions and grants.
The mission of Macon Arts is to actively promote involvement in
and access to the arts in our community through funding, advocacy,
coordination and education.
Programs include:
- Ovations, our quarterly newsletter
- maconarts.org, our
website which includes the community calendar
- 478-743-ARTS Hotline
- Ovations, Cox Cable 15
- Macon Arts Gallery
- Artist residencies
- Arts in Education
- After School Programs
- Arts Round Table A.R.T.
- Cultural Awards
- Purchase of Art Services
- Grassroots Arts Programs Regranting Agency
- Art Resource Guide
for Teachers
- Taste of Music
- Fired Works
- National Arts and Humanities Month
History
Macon Arts was founded in 1985 after a Greater Macon Chamber
of Commerce Quality of Life Committee identified the need.
Originally formed
to maintain a community arts calendar, Macon Arts has grown
to become the arts council for Macon, Bibb County and Middle
Georgia.
Macon
Arts serves as an umbrella organization that services more
than 30 arts nonprofit organizations, three fine arts magnet
schools,
the
music and art departments of four colleges and universities
and a burgeoning Downtown Arts District. Through state
funding, Macon
Arts
supports an 15-county region, which includes Bibb, Crawford,
Houston, Macon, Monroe, Peach and Twiggs counties with
a combined population
of more than 400,000. |
