Arts Council Napa Valley

Community Fund Grant With support from a $90k/year re-upped grant for 3-years from Hewlett Foundation, ACNV provided $40k to individual artists and small nonprofits for community projects in fiscal year 2023-2024. These awards provided funds to increase access to underserved community groups and/or presenting in public spaces and reflect diverse artistic genres, disciplines and audiences - with the range of funded programs including live performances, creative exhibitions, family entertainment and more. These programs support ACNV's vision of enriching our community through arts and culture by creating greater access, engagement and culturally relevant opportunities for locals.

Industry Services ACNV offers opportunities for accessible and affordable services and professional development for the local arts and culture community. Key activities in this program include trainings, networking events, and online tools and resources. ACNV had over 200 community meetings assisting educators, artists, students, and community groups. ACNV also extends its countywide reach with its flagship website, eblasts, and social media campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. Content includes presenting information about who we are and what ACNV does for the community, diverse cultural and arts events, town halls, opportunities to be involved, industry news, and promotion of local artists. ACNV has 8,981 combined subscribers (newsletter: 2,208 subscribers, Facebook: 5,161 followers over 2 pages, and Instagram: 1,792 followers).

ACNV Education Alliance This Alliance of educators, teaching artists, arts administrators, philanthropists, and community members are collaborating to support students through their school district(s). The Alliance currently serves over 90% of public school students in Napa County through our relationship with the Napa Valley Unified School District and the support of its Arts Education Master Plan. Outside of the relationship with the NVUSD, ACNV's Education Alliance partners for and runs several programs with the goal to equitably support and advance quality sequential arts education for all public school students TK-12. The associated programs and goals achieved in the 2023-24 fiscal year are as follows: - The VAPA (Visual & Performing Arts) Student of the Month Program honors exemplary students in all creative arts disciplines on a monthly basis and culminates with a Scholarship Awards Ceremony in the spring. Over $20,000 in scholarships were awarded to our VAPA Art Students of the Year for the 2023-24 term. -All VAPA teachers in Napa County were provided with teacher gifts consisting of gift certificates to local businesses/museums, supplies, and a letter of appreciation.

Poetry Out Loud Sponsored an annual national poetry recitation contest.

Creative Directory The Creative Directory is a searchable database of everyone in Napa County who is a part of the vibrant fabric of our creative industries. The beta of the directory was launched in January of 2019 and was officially launched to the public at the end of July 2019. This directory hosts artists and organizations alike, allowing hirers to both find creatives to hire on for their needs and to show their support of local artists through the use of hiring badges on creative profiles. The Creative Directory also serves a hub where creatives can find job listings, artist calls, professional and grant opportunities to apply for. The Creative Directory also hosts the only comprehensive arts & culture events calendar in Napa County. The directory currently hosts 226 local artists, 93 organizations, and 89 venues. In 2023, we soft-launched a community partnership plan where different leaders in the local creative community can make use of the Creative Directory with their artistic communities, hosting them on the Creative Directory with a distinct category for their group. Our current community partnership is with Napa Makes, an established local makers group.