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Causes: Arts & Culture, Folk Arts
Mission: Bishop arts theatre center's mission is to cultivate a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating opportunities for local and emerging artists through performances and education. Founded in september of 1993, batc was chartered in atlanta and moved to dallas in january 2000 then began producing a full season of performances at the hall of state in fair park. The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation are to: 1. Provide cultural and artistic opportunities to children and families who live in at-risk communities, 2. Provide instruction in theatre, acting, dance and other art forms, 3. Sponsor special events involving public performances of plays, musicals, dances, and other art forms in various community performing art groups in order to broaden the cultural experience to a more diverse group, and 4. Directly engage and to facilitate others to engage in the promotion of the arts, generally.
Programs: Education\outreach program: batc offered year round student outreach programs to more than 50 schools, recreation centers, and youth agencies in the dallas\fort worth metroplex. Batc served over 20,000 children and families in 2016 via arts education programs and seasonal performances.
production of live theatrical performances: batc staged theatrical performances, jazz concerts and speakers series during the current fiscal year.