The Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County is the official Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....

, USA arts council

Arts council

An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad...

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For over twenty six years they have partnered with the California Arts Council

California Arts Council

The California Arts Council is a state agency based in Sacramento. Its eleven council members are appointed by the Governor and the state Legislature...

 and the artistic community of Sonoma County to provide information, programs, services, funding and technical assistance to artists and art lovers.

Since 2004, the Council has also been known as the Arts Council of Sonoma County, but the official name remains unchanged.

It's landmark program ARTrails Open Studios remains the most prestigious Visual Arts Open Studios program in Northern California.

Mission

To ensure that all facets of the arts are developed and enriched county-wide by:

• Encouraging creative expression in all its forms.
• Promoting appreciation of our cultural and ethnic heritage.
• Bringing exposure to local and regional art.
• Providing resources to Sonoma County schools, artists, and organizations.
• Helping artists and Arts organizations find common goals in order to foster inter disciplinary events and promotions for the arts.
• Encouraging non exclusive access to the arts as a motivation to encourage greater public participation.
• Endeavoring to help all artists and artistic organizations gain the highest profile and exposure for their creations while encouraging the highest possible standard of creativity.