The Mission of the Arts Council of Manatee County
To promote and enhance cultural awareness and education in Manatee County and surrounding areas by providing extensive arts in education programming, presenting elaborate community-wide events and festivals and provide comprehensive information and referral to connect area artists and their creative abilities with the public.Our Overall Goal
To make the arts part of everyday life for the individuals and organizations of our community. Through the arts we learn to better appreciate the world we live in and those who live in it with us.Our Arts Programs & Partnerships
- Enhancing Education through the ARTS for At-Risk Youth
- Artists in residence
- Art in Business Places
- Roots Project
- Riders for Readers
- Grants to Arts organizations
- Scholarships to Art Students
- Our partnership with Gulf Coast Marine Institute (GCMI)
- Art Ideas Book
- Grants and Scholarships
- Healthy Start Coalition & Project Light
Membership Information
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Henry David Thoreau