Junction City Arts Council

Goal: $7,500.00

Specific Need

Keeping Creativity Growing in Junction City

For 52 years, Junction City Arts Council has helped make the arts part of everyday life in our community. Today, JCArts continues that work by providing creative opportunities for children, teens, adults, and seniors; supporting local artists; and bringing people together through shared arts experiences.

Based in the Munson Arts Education Building, JCArts offers classes, workshops, exhibits, summer art camp, after-school programs, and activities at Munson and locations throughout the community. We work with local schools, organizations, businesses, and community partners to bring arts experiences to people of all ages.

JCArts receives no government funding. Donations help us purchase art supplies, pay instructors, provide scholarships, offset program costs, maintain our gallery spaces, and offer selected free activities in the community. Every gift helps more people experience the joy, confidence, and connection that can grow through the arts.

What JCArts Brings to Our Community

• Classes for Children and Teens: Hands-on opportunities that encourage creativity, confidence, and self-expression.

• Adult Art Classes and Workshops: Welcoming experiences for beginners as well as people who want to continue developing their creative skills.

• Free Senior Painting: Relaxed painting sessions that give older adults an opportunity to create, visit, and enjoy time together.

• After-School and School Programs: Arts experiences for local elementary students through partnerships with USD 475 and other community organizations.

• Summer Art Camp: A week of painting, drawing, crafts, and creative exploration for elementary-age children, with scholarships available to help make participation possible.

• Local Artist Exhibits: Opportunities for emerging and established artists to share their work in the Rago Gallery and Markley Lobby.

• Community Partnerships and Events: Art activities, outreach programs, and collaborative projects that bring creative experiences into more places throughout Junction City.

Your support through Geary Community Match Day helps JCArts continue educating, advocating, and inspiring creativity through the arts—and helps ensure that people of all ages have opportunities to create right here in Junction City.

Mission

The mission of Junction City Arts Council is to educate, advocate, and inspire creativity through the arts. We support local artists and provide meaningful arts experiences that give people of all ages opportunities to learn, create, connect, and share their work throughout the Junction City community.

Profile

Junction City Arts Council is a local nonprofit arts organization that has served Junction City and the surrounding community since 1974. JCArts is led by an Executive Director and volunteer Board of Directors, with programs made possible through the work of local artists, instructors, volunteers, donors, and community partners.

JCArts is based in the Munson Arts Education Building at the C.L. Hoover Opera House. We coordinate exhibits in the Rago Gallery and Markley Lobby and offer classes, workshops, youth programs, and community activities at Munson and partner locations throughout Junction City. By working with schools, businesses, and other local organizations, JCArts helps connect more people with opportunities to experience and participate in the arts.