The Arts and Education Council stands in solidarity with our Black and Brown communities, and with artists and arts organizations against racism, brutality and hate. We are committed to creating a just, inclusive, equitable region that supports a full creative life for all.The Arts and Education Council is with you and stands alongside you. 

We share a collective responsibility to speak out against brutality, social injustice and racism to unite in fearless pursuit of sustainable, systemic transformation using art as a path to empathy, dialogue and change and to build a more equitable society through the arts.

~The staff and board of the Arts and Education Council