Build Wrap-Around Services for Artists, Teaching Artists, and Arts Organizations that Support a Solid Creative Infrastructure.
As a state entity, COA is uniquely positioned to strengthen and solidify the State’s cultural infrastructure via partnerships, funding, expertise and more. COA will continually advance multiple pathways of services and support for artists and arts organizations – directly and indirectly – to ensure that artists, teaching artists, and arts organizations feel sustained and empowered throughout their entire lifecycle of needs and are well equipped to meet future challenges with resiliency.
To accomplish these goals, COA will consider the following strategies and actions:
- Map a clear path of laddered services for arts organizations and artists, including direct and indirect resources and services. Identify gaps in critical needs (via constituent feedback, assessment, etc.) and develop programs – directly presented by COA or indirectly via external partnerships – to meet the knowledge, funding and other sector requirements. Partner with DECD to include for-profit creative sector services.
- Review artist support with an eye towards support of the artist as a whole person.
- Consistently assess grants and programs to ensure they are relevant, responsive and effective in meeting the needs of our constituents.
- Together with teaching artists, evaluate current COA support for their work and create short and long-term goals that will meet the needs of teaching artists.
- Align grants, funding priorities, and applications with CTH and other funding partners.
- Identify and share avenues to non-governmental support for Connecticut artists and arts organizations.
- Work with Designated Regional Service Organizations to build and strengthen Local Arts Agencies and leverage DECD partnerships to connect DRSOs to municipalities.
- Partner internally (divisions within DECD) and externally to actively understand arts workforce development needs. Take action as needs are identified.
- Identify audiences that have been under-resourced through COA grants and evaluate how our programs and/or partnerships can better reach them.
- Build long-term, sustainable partnerships with organizations within Connecticut and across the country that specialize in support services for the arts (Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Assets for Artists, Artists Thrive, etc.).
CT Office of the Arts Goals & Strategy
- CENTER People at the Heart of the Arts
- NURTURE Creative Communities
- SHARE our Stories
- BUILD Wrap-Around Services for Artists and Arts Organizations that support a solid Cultural Infrastructure