Welcome to our new website!
If this is your first time here, we thank you for visiting and we hope you come back often. If you've visited before, we hope you like the changes we've been making to the site; there's more than just new graphics!
First, we've added a list of Community Partner links on the right side of our home page. One click will take you to a partner's website where you can find up to date information and offerings of interest. (If you don't see the venue or organization you are looking for, just let us know by sending an email to webmaster@center4thearts.com.)
Be sure to check out our new "Interviews" link in the Communications section. Soon we'll put articles there too, as well as stories by and about artists and others involved in or with the local arts scene. We'll tell you about some of our dreams for the Cener and we hope you will share some of your's too.
The "About Us" page, (currenty still being written) will soon tell our story. We'll bring you up to date and keep you involved in the process as we move closer to our goal of building a world class center for the arts in the city of Vancouver.
We hope you enjoy the changes we've made to our website. There will be more to come, so check back often!
IMAGINE...
America’s Vancouver as a
regional cultural center!
As the fourth largest city in the state of Washington, Vancouver has never experienced a greater need or more pronounced opportunity to give the visual
and performing arts a home. When compared to the Northwest as a whole and to the larger sweep of national surveys, residents of Vancouver and Clark
County express an exceptionally high level of interest in the arts. Nearly three quarters of the residents who were surveyed strongly support the pursuit of an
arts center and most said they expect nothing less.
ThInk of downtown, alive with art, music, and theater...
The Southwest Washington Center for the Arts (SWCA) will offer artists a world-class venue to perform and exhibit. Integral to the core of Downtown Vancouver, the goal is to breathe new life into our community while making a sound investment in our economic well being.
An art center would serve the community with rich cultural, educational and economic components; just think of the possibilities...
- Music
- Live Theater
- Dance
- Film
- Touring Productions
- Concerts
- Recitals
- Resident Company Performances
- Visual Arts
- Lectures and Debates
- Business Meetings
- Community Meetings
- Speaker Forums
- All in one central location!
Here's what others who share our dream have said...
“Building a world-class center for the arts is not only a logical and critical
element of Vancouver’s renaissance, but an essential element for sustaining
our economic growth and renewal.”
~~Mark Brandon, Vice President, First Independent Bank
Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Former Chair
“I envision a performing arts center creating many opportunities for
our students to attend performances that we cannot provide in the schools –
learning opportunities that will greatly enhance our students’ appreciation of
the arts.”
~~John Deeder, Superintendent, Evergreen School District
"Our young people would benefit tremendously from a regional center for the visual and performing arts."
~~John Erickson, Superintendent, Vancouver School District
Send us your thoughts; we'd love to post some of them here. Send comments to communications@center4thearts.com or go to our Facebook page.
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