The Fulton County Arts Council was created to enhance the quality of life of Fulton County Residents.
Established In 1979 by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
Fulton County Arts and Culture serves Fulton County citizens by supporting, developing, and implementing arts and culture programming. Our department provides funding to contract arts organizations; manages Fulton County’s Public Art Program; conducts job readiness and life skills training through our Art at Work program; and provides arts instruction for children, teens and adults as well as annual cultural events through our neighborhood Arts Centers. We also organize master classes, workshops, and other training for artists and arts organizations and operate several galleries and performance venues.
The Fulton County Arts Council and the Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture serves as Fulton County’s funding agency to support cultural programs and the agency which provides services to Fulton County based nonprofit arts organizations and Fulton County residents.
We believe the arts are essential to the quality of life of our citizens and to the economic and social health of our communities. The mission of the Fulton County Department of Arts and Culture is to insure all citizens’ access to the arts. For more than 40 years Fulton County Arts & Culture has vigorously pursued quality arts programming through support and development of artists, arts organizations, arts institutions and cultural programming for residents.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture assists the Fulton County Commission in the development of public policy on public support for the arts industry, makes recommendations to Fulton County Commissioners on funding the arts, and generally oversees the development and implementation of publicly assisted programs that address the diverse cultural needs for Fulton County’s citizens.
Fulton County Arts & Culture is both partner and catalyst in developing new arts opportunities in Fulton County and supports programs that ensure broad access to the arts in Fulton County’s 15 municipalities and unincorporated areas.
