The Community Arts Program at Hanover College
in Regional Arts Partnership with the Indiana Arts Commission

Serving Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, & Washington Counties

         

The Community Arts Program partnership with the Indiana Arts Commission moves decision-making and information-gathering to artists and arts organizations in southeastern Indiana.

On behalf of the people of Indiana, the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) advocates engagement with the arts to enrich the quality of individual and community life. The Community Arts Program at Hanover College brings arts and cultural opportunities to southeastern Indiana with student and professional performances and exhibits on the historic Hanover College campus. Together we will advocate for arts development opportunities and help steward public and private resources. We will work to enhance public awareness, lifelong learning opportunities, and arts education programs and to foster a vibrant arts community for our region.

Announcement

The Regional Initiative Grant cycle is closed. The grant panel meeting will take place May 7 at Hendricks Hall on the Hanover College campus beginning at 9:30 a.m. The public is welcome to attend, although panelists may not converse with members of the audience on the day of the panel to prevent lobbying or conflict of interest.

Regional Initiative Grants for FY2013 were awarded July 28th at the Arts Council of Southern Indiana's Monarch Butterfly Celebration. ACSI maintains a monarch garden and way station. Bobbie Garver represented the IAC.

The current strategic priorities for Region 12 are as follows:

• Encourage Region 12 arts organizations to cooperate with each other in planning and carrying out program activities
• Conduct outreach to the business community to encourage greater business participation in the arts community
• Promote arts education in K-12 schools and help teachers develop an arts-rich curriculum

We invite interested residents of Region 12 with an interest in the arts to join our Advisory Committee. Let us know how we can best serve the arts in Region 12. We are happy to have artists, arts administrators, audience members, funders, and anyone else meet with us to provide their feedback and advice. Please email Geoff Weiss if you are interested.