| The Arts
Council of the Blue Ridge was established in 1976 with a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to promote
the arts in the Roanoke Valley and provide services to
local cultural groups. In addition, the Council served as
a clearinghouse for information on the arts in the
Roanoke Valley and published a yearly calendar of events.
During the 1980s,
as the cultural community in the Roanoke Valley began to
expand and flourish.
In the early 1990s, the
executive directors of the major cultural organizations
in Roanoke produced a joint statement calling for The
Arts Council to coordinate a community-wide planning
process to determine the needs and priorities for the
cultural community.
In order to remain
responsive to the needs of the community, in 1996 The
Arts Council expanded arts education programming with the
hiring of a Director of Programs and Educational Services.
In April 2000, in
partnership with the Roanoke Valley Convention &
Visitors Bureau, the Roanoke Valley Economic Development
Partnership and Hollins University, The Arts Council held
Cultural Summit 2000.
In May 2005 The Arts
Council held Cultural Summit 2005: Evolving for Survival
where alternative methods of funding for arts and
cultural organizations were examined. The planning
committee will be studying these options further and will
involve the community in whatever programs seem feasible
to pursue.
In addition, the Council
maintains programs designed to fill gaps in the cultural
offerings of the area; provides services for its 106
organizational members, the community and 300 +
individual artist members; and takes the leadership role
in developing new initiatives in arts and cultural
development throughout the region.
As the only organization
which speaks with a unified voice for all the cultural
groups and individual artists in the region, Arts Council
staff and board members have worked diligently on many
community boards and organizations to assure that arts
and culture are included in every facet of the community.
The Council is the only
full service local arts agency west of Charlottesville
and serves a geographically diverse region which includes
cities, towns, and rural areas encompassing the Virginia
counties of Roanoke, Botetourt, Bath, Patrick, Franklin,
Bedford, Floyd, Henry, Rockbridge, Pulaski, and
Montgomery and the cities of Roanoke and Salem. www.theartscouncil.org
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