About Us

The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is the local arts agency for the Rochester, New York metropolitan region. It is our mission to develop, promote and strengthen the cultural industry for the benefit of the people of the Rochester region. The Arts Council directly serves the cultural community-artists and cultural organizations-as well as the community at large.  It does this by implementing a comprehensive Cultural Development Plan. The plan has six goals:

Goal 1: Create opportunities for artists to serve as valued resources to the culture and economy of the community.

Goal 2: Market to build new audiences.

Goal 3: Build collaborations between arts and community development.

Goal 4: Make the arts basic to education.

Goal 5: Strengthen the economic base of the cultural industry through new revenue development.

Goal 6: Create change in the public's perception of the arts.

Services
Counseling, Health Insurance, Legal Help, Publications, and Research.

Offer Grants
The Arts & Cultural Council makes competitive grants to nonprofit organizations and artists in a number of different programs and categories.

Initiate Programs
Arts Awards, Folk Arts, Arts in Education, and Grants.