Nurture Creative Communities
The COA believes that the arts are at the core of strong, resilient communities and are a central determinant of thriving cultures and economies. We will use our position as a Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development division to grow municipal and cross-sector partnerships that integrate the arts in strategies for municipal and community success.
To accomplish these goals, COA will consider the following strategies and actions:
- Grow the connection between DECDs business services and the community of artists, teaching artists, creative businesses and arts and culture entrepreneurs.
- Embed artists and creative businesses in DECD business services.
- Use new and existing agency partnerships to support the growth and centralization of the creative sector in municipalities and school districts.
- Partners may include (but not limited to Connecticut Small Business Development Center, CT Next, Connecticut Innovations, Council of Governments, Sustainable CT, Connecticut Main Street, Designated Regional Service Organizations (DRSOs), nonprofit support organizations, etc.
- Amplify and empower the voices of artists, teaching artists and arts professionals that serve as respected community leaders.
- Provide tools that result in tangible, measurable outcomes to embed the arts in municipal and educational planning.
- Continue to support AIR Program
- Promote the State’s Cultural District program
- Arts and Economic Prosperity – provide access to data, talking points, and calculator and work collaboratively with Connecticut Arts Alliance to share information that will support the arts and culture ecosystem.
- Deepen strategic partnerships that benefit artists, teaching artists, educators, arts organizations and the communities they serve.
- Review and strategically plan for Arts education grants and services that position teachers and students as leaders in creative problem-solving.
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