Peachland Art Gallery

MANDATE * The Peachland Community Arts Council, as a non-profit and charitable organization, has given a mandate to a Gallery Committee regarding the "Peachland Art Gallery" in the Mary Smith Hall, in the renovated and unique Peachland Historic Primary School, - to work towards providing a dedicated art-related, artist-volunteer-run, community space for the presenting, performing, and educating of all art forms to the public MISSION The overall art-related objectives are: - to showcase the work of local and regional artists - to expose and inform the public, regarding art in all its facets, both contemporary and historical - to provide learning experiences, for young and old, both in artistic expression and in art appreciation - to provide a forum for cultural expression through art, for all groups, ethnic and social. VISION * The long range concepts of the Peachland Art Gallery in the "Mary Smith Hall", are: - to promote the recognition, enjoyment, and participation of all art forms, ie literary, performing, visual - to contribute to the cultural heritage, life and economy of the Okanagan region, especially with the various publics of Peachland - to work in partnership with the Municipality, schools, service clubs, businesses, and other arts- related and supportive organizations - to raise funds internally, ie PCAC membership, events, projects, and activities - to seek external grant resources from corporations and foundations dated Sept. 2014 * as paraphrased from the 1998 Constitution of the Peachland Community Arts Council