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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities, Arts Services
Mission: To promote the arts in Interior Alaska
Target demographics: promote and create access to the arts to support a healthier community
Geographic areas served: Fairbanks, Alaska
Programs: Educational arts supports many educational programs such as artists-in-schools. This program provides students with hands on art learning experiences that help provide another educational layer to the material they are already learning in their daily classroom. Donated facilities rental from the fairbanks north star borough attributed 2,080 to this program service accomplishment.
visual arts committee schedules art exhibits in the bear gallery for solo and group exhibits. Artists from outside the community are brought in to give interior artists the opportunity to connect with a broader community of arts. Also, up with art is supported because it allows elementary, middle, and high school students to put their art work into an art exhibit for the community to appreciate. Donated facilities rental from the fairbanks north star borough attributed 16,640 to this program service accomplishment.
performances supports free performances during the art expo and has begun a new performance program known as tips (totally impromptu performance series)which is held each summer at pioneer park for community members and visitors to enjoy. Donated facilities rental from the fairbanks north star borough attributed 260 to this program service accomplishment.
literary arts and regranting supports programs such as writing in the dark, the alaska writers guild, the statewide poetry contest and the community writers group to help nurture writers so that they can achieve their goals. Regranting consists of regranting funds received from the city of fairbanks for local artist groups.