The Hill Country Council for the Arts Mission & Goals
Our Mission
The Hill Country Council for the Arts mission is to develop and sustain an environment that supports and promotes awareness, appreciation, education and access to all the Arts.
As a 501c3 nonprofit organization we strive to be an inclusive resource for all the arts, artists, arts organizations, and supporters of the Arts throughout the Texas Hill Country:
· Literary Arts
· Performing Arts
· Visual & Crafted Arts
· Professionals, Recreational/Hobbyists
· Educators & Students
· Galleries & Museums
· Patrons & Aficionados, Collectors
Our focus is also to create enhanced community awareness, develop opportunities for collaboration and involvement, encourage individual and corporate financial support, develop a long range plan for promoting the growth of the Arts, and reaching out geographically to all areas of the Hill Country and Texas.
Throughout the years, HCCArts has sponsored several major annual arts events in the Texas Hill Country--Fall Festival of Arts & Music, Fotoseptiembre, and Art in the Park. We have also supported other well-known events, such as Art & Conservation (collaboratively sponsored by the Cibolo Nature Center, local land owners, Boerne Professional Artists (BPA), and HCCArts artists), and Parade of Artists (sponsored by the BPA).
We are honored to have been recently awarded by the Business Committee for the Arts (BCA) the exclusive Hill Country BCA affiliate, representing the entire Texas Hill Country, including San Antonio and Austin. For more details, contact Sonja Howle, Director at bca@hccarts.org.
HCCArts seeks to serve the many Hill Country artists groups and organizations, such as Second Saturday Art & Wine, Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation, Kerrville Performing Arts Society, Uptown Blanco Arts & Entertainment District, which flourish in our Hill Country communities. We are also fast becoming a major stakeholder in our community's revitalization and public arts master planning and projects.
Our Goals
As an organization, our expansive vision and strategic purpose is to:
· Be recognized as the leading resource for the Arts in the Texas Hill Country.
· Offer dynamic and inclusive online access to all cultural and arts activities and events throughout Kendall County and the Texas Hill Country.
· Develop and sustain a broad, fundraising strategy on behalf of our membership and represented communities.
· Promote tourism & economic development through the Arts.
· Support and promote inclusive awareness of area talent.
· Preserve and enhance access to all the Arts.
· Support and continue to build a proactive membership and solid volunteer base.
· Develop and nurture collaboration and partnerships with public & private entities for public art, education, and events.
· Become the leading resource for arts education.
· Plan for and hire an HCCArts Executive Director.
· Establish an Artist in Residence Program.
· Collaborate and assist in planning and building a premier cultural arts center for all the arts throughout the Texas Hill Country.
The Hill Country Council for the Arts is fully committed to being part of advancing all the Arts with an exceptional vision and long-range strategy for achieving these goals. Through the continued proactive support of its membership, our surrounding communities, individual and corporate financial support, the dreams and vision of our arts community will forever impact our families, neighborhoods, and communities throughout the Hill Country and Texas. We have a beautiful dream.
Come join us!
