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can help in the sharing of ideas and in connecting interested parties that can work together to succeed in such an endeavor.

NCWArts supports Our Valley Our Future’s goals of long-term planning for the health of the community, and we are partnering with them to ensure a strong cultural vitality for the region as one of their focus areas for action. We agree with them that artists and arts organizations are multipliers for economic and quality of life benefits, and that, to the degree that artists thrive, the community can also thrive. We’ve been engaging with organizations such as Inspire Washington, who help communities identify funding sources and provide effective means of activism to benefit the arts in our state. It will be fantastic if providing better awareness of grants and other forms of assistance can contribute to the success of local arts organizations!

We are proud of how far we have come in such a short period of time, but we are just getting started with our advocacy. As we work to create the broadest possible coalition of members, representing all creatives and every art form across our region, don’t be surprised when we come to ask you to join the team and invest in the organization, in one form or another.

Scott Bailey is the Director of WVC’s Art Program and MAC Gallery, and is serving as the Interim President of the Board of the NCW Arts Alliance