 TRCA participates in Arts Advocacy Day 2009 at the Minnesota State Capitol
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Who We Are
As a regional arts and culture service organization, Twin Rivers Council for the Arts works with the public and our affiliates to ensure that arts and culture thrive in Greater Mankato. We are a nonprofit organization that advocates for the arts, cultivates public participation by connecting people to arts and culture, and creates partnerships between the business, cultural, and academic communities.
Through strategic collaboration, the Twin Rivers Council for the Arts enriches and strengthens our communities by celebrating, supporting, and promoting regional arts and culture.
We connect people to the arts
TRCA is the place people turn to for arts information:
- We encourage lifelong learning through the arts and inspire lifelong passion for the arts
- We coordinate a central calendar for all arts and culture events
- We serve as a community box office with centralized online ticketing for all affiliate organizations
We are the collaborative voice for the arts
- TRCA supports the viability, growth, and awareness of regional arts and culture.
- We create a positive buzz and generate a high level of awareness and excitement about the arts through joint marketing and promotion
- Community, business, and cultural leaders regularly seek our perspective to ensure that the arts agenda is represented throughout community planning and decision-making
- We are the leading voice in advocating the benefits of the arts to both regional economic development and K-12 education
We build community through the arts
TRCA fosters connections between nonprofit arts and culture groups, individual artists, arts-related businesses, area academic institutions, business and government.
- We host regular meetings of area arts and culture organizations
- We provide services for area arts nonprofits, such as a shared bulk-mail permit, free meeting space, a central website at www.twinriversarts.org, access to workshops and trainings, discounted legal service, and support for individual artists and arts organizations
TRCA supports economic growth and vitality by developing the region into a cultural, artistic, tourism and entertainment destination.
- We are leading the implementation of Greater Mankato’s cultural plan
- From the Emy Frentz Arts Guild, we are helping to develop an arts and historic district in Greater Mankato’s City Center
- We are creating a public sculpture walk/public art program
- TRCA improves the long-term quality of life in Mankato/North Mankato.
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