The Monmouth County Arts Council is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to enriching the cultural life of the county by providing resources to support, inspire and foster the growth and development of the arts.At the Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC), our mission is simple: we enrich the community by inspiring and fostering the arts. We achieve this through arts education, collaboration, special events, grants, and more. In addition to supporting artists and art groups through our programs and services, we bring more than 2,500 high-quality, inexpensive or free concerts, films, dance and theater productions, musicals, creative writing programs, art exhibitions, and arts education programs to over 700,000 children and adults throughout the region each year. There are few things as powerful as the arts when it comes to community building. Art impacts all members of a society; it inspires, connects, educates, heals, motivates, and gives voice to communities. The importance of the arts throughout the course of our lives can never be underestimated.