Cultural Plan

Introduction

What is a Community Cultural Plan?

In partnership with the Napa Valley Community Foundation, Arts Council Napa Valley launched the Napa County Community Cultural Plan in 2008. The Plan, crafted entirely from community input, provides a vision and framework for a healthy, diverse, and vibrant Napa Valley arts sector for years to come. Click here for list of participants in developing the Cultural Plan.

A cultural plan is a series of strategic recommendations that can help strengthen the arts and culture sector in a community. It is a "road map" for the arts, created by and for the community through a transparent and engaging process that also serves to educate and "animate" the community about the arts. Cultural planning looks at how we can deliver quality arts experiences to residents and visitors, and makes sure we avoid duplication and that we are investing in a way that is strategic and meets the needs of the community, now and in the future.

Core Values

1. We believe that self-expression is everyone's birthright.
2. We believe the arts can serve as a common language.
3. We believe the arts are critical to a healthy economy.
4. We believe the arts allow us access to our past, to ourselves, and to each other.
5. We believe the arts give us a sense of place, and a home.

Vision Statement

1. Public Policy Integrated public funding and policies that promote, support and sustain the arts in Napa County.
2. Facilities Creative, adaptive re-use of existing spaces to support artistic and cultural activities.
3. Marketing An inclusive and innovative cooperative plan that makes the arts accessible and compelling to everyone.
4. Youth in Our Community To be embraced, inspired, challenged, fulfilled and stimulated in an inclusive setting.
5. Funding Balanced and generous contributions from and cooperative partnerships with private and public sectors.
6. Arts Council Napa Valley Advocates for and promotes Napa Valley arts.