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About The San Benito County Arts Council
The San Benito County Arts
Council (SBCAC) is a California non-profit corporation,
incorporated on January 2, 2006. The impetus to start the
Arts Council was given to the "founders" through a consensus
of individual artists and arts organizations and San Benito County
in 2005. The Arts Council was formed by ten incorporators,
including the founders, and is governed by a Board of
Trustees. The Charter of the Arts Council is to foster the
arts in San Benito County,
at all levels of involvement and in all artistic
disciplines.
PURPOSE
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Promote diversity,
quality, and involvement in the arts for the people of
San Benito County |
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Encourage and assist
cultural and artistic growth |
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Provide access to the arts
for all residents |
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Establish a favorable
climate for artists to live and work |
HISTORY OF COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLANNING
In
April of 2005, local art enthusiast, Mike Smith, organized a
group of 27 local residents, including representation from
the County Board of Supervisors, City of Hollister, and Gavilan College
to pool resources and assess the needs for promotion of the
arts in San Benito County.
The new group banded together actors and painters, poets and
photographers, from large and small cultural organizations
and various ethnic groups to show what local artists are
capable of, and why arts in San Benito County is so
important.
During these early meetings with arts advocates and non-attenders,
it was discovered that there are a lot of organizations that
have plans for music festivals, theater programs, and other
artistic events, but no one body to provide an all inclusive
"Calendar of Events", one of the first goals set for the
newly developing Arts Council.
After about eight months of working with arts-minded peers,
assessing needs, collecting existing information, and
collecting new information from interviews and focus groups,
paperwork was submitted to the Secretary of State office in
San Francisco to establish the San
Benito County Arts Council as a nonprofit corporation.
RELATIONSHIP TO
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
The SBCAC was established by Resolution 2006-28 by the San
Benito County Board of Supervisors. The SBCAC is an arts
resource and advisor to the Board of Supervisors.
RELATIONSHIP TO CITY GOVERNMENT
The SBCAC is a resource and advisor to City Council and
works closely with Redevelopment Staff to incorporate arts
into city rebuilding.
If you have any questions or
would like additional information, please contact us at
(831) 636-ARTS or email us at
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