N.C. Arts Council Seeks Opinions on the Arts from Wilmington-area Residents
01/12/2010
Contact Info :  Bridgette A. Lacy
Email :  bridgette.lacy@ncdcr.gov
Phone :  (919) 807-6520

The North Carolina Arts Council is launching an online public survey to seek the opinions of New Hanover County and Wilmington-area residents on the role of the arts in community life and the importance of an arts council to the region.

Last fall, the N.C. Arts Council awarded a $15,000 grant to the Wilmington City Council to fund research to identify arts resources in Wilmington and New Hanover County. The grant, part of the Arts Council's Creative Economies program, is being used for research and documentation of arts and cultural assets in the region and to help determine the role and priorities of a new arts council.

Additionally, the research is assisting in designing economic development strategies based on the areas rich arts and living traditions.

The cultural assets in the area are among the richest in the state and provide jobs, attract visitors, create products, influence spending and build community vitality.

While the N.C. Arts Council has been collaborating with local arts, education and community leaders on the creation of a new arts council for Wilmington-area, the online survey provides a chance for residents to voice their thoughts and opinions on the process. From now until March 1, residents can participate in the survey, www.surveymonkey.com/s/TDFBR73.

This survey information will be used to shape the recommendations for a new Wilmington-area arts council and its programs.

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About the North Carolina Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in partnership with artists and arts organizations, other organizations that use the arts to make their communities stronger and North Carolinians—young and old—who enjoy and participate in the arts. For more information visit www.ncarts.org.

The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities and the vision to harness the state's cultural resources to build North Carolina's social, cultural and economic future. Information on Cultural Resources is available at www.ncculture.com