About Us
Arts Quincy: America’s First Arts Council, is a dynamic nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the cultural vibrancy of our community by creating access to the fine arts and humanities. Through education, advocacy, and promotion, Arts Quincy builds connections to foster our sense of community, improve our quality of life, and enhance the economy in the Quincy area.
Arts Quincy’s national award-winning programs work to expand our economy, strengthen education and ensure cost-effective arts services for everyone. Arts Quincy publishes the bimonthly Arts Quincy Magazine. To have the magazine delivered to you call 217-222-3432 or sign up here. It can be delivered free-of-charge to residents of Quincy, IL. For residents outside of Quincy, there is a minimum $25 membership to help off-set the cost of publication. To become a member, click here.
Arts Quincy also publishes a Community Arts Resource Guide. The guide lists information on grants for arts projects, Arts Quincy’s Partner Organization’s arts services, local individual artist roster, area individual artist roster and additional local and area arts resources.
Arts Quincy’s national award-winning programs work to expand our economy, strengthen education and ensure cost-effective arts services for everyone. Arts Quincy publishes the bimonthly Arts Quincy Magazine. To have the magazine delivered to you call 217-222-3432 or sign up here. It can be delivered free-of-charge to residents of Quincy, IL. For residents outside of Quincy, there is a minimum $25 membership to help off-set the cost of publication. To become a member, click here.
Arts Quincy also publishes a Community Arts Resource Guide. The guide lists information on grants for arts projects, Arts Quincy’s Partner Organization’s arts services, local individual artist roster, area individual artist roster and additional local and area arts resources.
Arts Quincy Mission
Arts Quincy: America’s First Arts Council, is a dynamic nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the cultural vibrancy of our community by creating access to the fine arts and humanities. Through education, advocacy, and promotion, Arts Quincy builds connections to foster our sense of community, improve our quality of life, and enhance the economy in the Quincy area.
Arts Quincy Purpose
To encourage and stimulate the practice and appreciation of the arts and Arts-in-Education. The term arts is understood to include music, the visual arts, including photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, ceramics and crafts, drama, literature and dance, but the enumeration of those things deemed to be included in the term arts is not intended as a limitation upon the meaning of the term as used herein.
To solicit and receive grants, contributions and other property, to enter into contracts, to engage needed personnel and services, and to transfer, hold or invest such property as may be required to carry out the purposes of this corporation.
To solicit and receive grants, contributions and other property, to enter into contracts, to engage needed personnel and services, and to transfer, hold or invest such property as may be required to carry out the purposes of this corporation.
Arts Quincy Vision
Our vision is to support and market the ever-growing arts organizations in Adams County, to strengthen arts education, and to encourage the Tri-State Region – Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri – to enable all its citizens’ access to all arts disciplines, through the help of Arts Quincy.
Value Statement
- To encourage excellence in all of the programs we, and our partner organizations offer.
- To support all of our partner organizations with their missions to the best of our abilities.
- To involve our community to support and participate in the arts.
- To assist organizations, schools and individual artists in providing enhanced arts-education for Adams County.
- To encourage staff, board and partner organizations to uphold the highest ethical standards.
