Description

The Fayetteville Arts Council was created by Resolution 60-07 on April 3, 2007 and amended by Ordinance 5332 on July 6, 2010.

The purpose of the Council is to help define the community’s identity and sense of place, promote social interaction, bring the arts into everyday life, and memorialize the past while expressing shared values for the future.

The Fayetteville Arts Council shall develop and recommend to the City Council policies and programs that would enhance and encourage the planning, placement and maintenance of public displays of art in locations open to the public within the community and uphold other duties defined in the Bylaws, Rules and Procedures.

If you wish to donate, please review and fill out the Donated Public Art, Monument and Memorial Policy and Application (PDF).

Terms

Staggered three-year terms.

Members

The Board shall be composed of nine members made up of visual and performing artists, arts professionals and other citizens of diverse backgrounds and strong links to the Fayetteville arts and culture community.

A minimum of four commissioners must be working artists as defined by a broad interpretation as any arts practitioner working in the arts (listed for clarity as: architecture, dance, drama, film, video and animation, literature, music and opera, visual arts, and news media), be they creative or interpretative, who either makes or plans to make a living from their Business.

• Five Arts and Culture Community Citizen-at-Large Representatives
• Four Working Artist Representatives

Appointment

Vacancies are filled by appointment from the governing body of the City.

Public Notifications

A weekly meetings list is prepared by the Office of the City Clerk Treasurer; it is distributed to the press and posted online.