Arts Advisory Commission

Activities

The Arts Advisory Commission and the Friends of the Arts sponsor the Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show held each fall. The Arts Advisory Commission activities include coordinating and promoting monthly art exhibits at the Mountlake Terrace Library and maintaining the inventory and documentation of the city's public art collection. Take a look at current programs and events.

The Arts and Cultural Strategic Plan was approved by the City Council in 2009. The Mountlake Terrace Arts Advisory Commission values cultural arts as vital to the human spirit, a means to connect a diverse community, and essential to the health and vitality of our city. The Mountlake Terrace Arts Advisory Commission mission is to nurture, support and promote the cultural arts as a vital element of our community's quality of life, economic viability and vibrant community identity.

Goals

Collaborate with artists, business, government, education, residents and guests.
Create opportunities for artists including visual, performing and literary arts.
Encourage public and private partnerships to provide funding.
Position cultural arts as community and economic building blocks.
Engage our community to educate, inform, inspire.
Promote understanding of diverse cultures, ages and abilities.