Strategic Plan
The Kansas Arts Commission completed a year-long strategic planning process on September 21, 2007, at the quarterly Commission meeting in Concordia. The Commissioners unanimously voted to adopt the new strategic plan.
The newly adopted mission, vision and goals are listed below. To view the strategic plan in its entirety, click here to download the plan as a pdf.
We thank everyone who participated in the process -- from those who attended meeting to those who responded to the online questionnaire.
For more information about Kansas Arts Commission’s strategic planning
process, please contact the Kansas Arts Commission at 785/296-3335 or e-mail
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The Mission of the Kansas Arts Commission
The mission of the Kansas Arts Commission is to provide opportunities for the people of Kansas to experience, celebrate and value the arts throughout their lives.
The Vision of Kansas Arts Commission
The Kansas Arts Commission will be an innovative, proactive and responsive leader in the arts and culture in the state of Kansas. The Kansas Arts Commission will expand horizons, initiate collaborations and create opportunities to build the resources of and strengthen Kansas arts and culture.
The Kansas Arts Commission will:
Lead in the recognition of the public and community value of the arts by:
- Creating opportunities for all citizens to value and affirm the experiences that the arts bring
- Developing partnerships with and between Kansas communities to ensure that the arts thrive in the public sphere, reaching people at all stages of their lives
- Guiding in the understanding of the value of the arts to the livelihood and economy of each community
- Supporting artists and organizations throughout Kansas so that they can fully engage their communities in the arts
- Creating opportunities for every school in the state to have an active, implemented arts curricula consistent with educational standards, and guided by arts educators and artist-teachers
Provide opportunities for the people of Kansas to experience the arts by:
- Creating public/private partnerships to sustain more artists and arts activities
- Working with legislators and community leaders to increase support for the arts and culture
- Guiding artists and organizations in increasing and broadening their offerings to the public through the leadership provided by the Kansas Arts Commission
- Helping artists and organizations connect to one another and learn through opportunities provided by the Kansas Arts Commission
Celebrate the arts throughout Kansas by:
- Recognizing and honoring the roles that artists, arts organizations and the arts play in our state
- Bringing regional and national attention to the artists and arts endeavors of Kansas
Goals
Goal 1: Place the arts at the center of every community in Kansas.
Goal 2: Sustain and increase ongoing support for the arts in Kansas.
Goal 3: Nurture and support lifelong multidisciplinary arts and arts education experiences that are multi- and cross-generational, multicultural and include people of all abilities.
Goal 4: Create opportunities for all Kansas artists and arts organizations to build capacity and sustainability and promote the development of arts leaders in every community.
Goal 5: Promote Kansas arts and artists in all their diversity, breadth and range.
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