The Future is Bright for Arts in Okaloosa County
Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) is the officially designated arts agency for Okaloosa County. The purpose of OAA is to support and promote art and culture in Okaloosa County through a variety of means. These include:
- sponsoring workshops and seminars for arts organizations and individual artists
- providing grants to non-profit arts organizations
- offering art programs and performances in public schools
- acting as a clearinghouse for arts related information to art organizations and artists
- promoting corporate involvement in support of the arts
Since 1995 most of the art organizations in Okaloosa County have met and worked together as a committee of the Arts Council of Northwest Florida, headquartered in Pensacola. Early in 2004 these constituent groups decided that they could more efficiently promote the arts in Okaloosa County by becoming independent of the Council. Accordingly, the group incorporated as a Florida non-profit organization, Okaloosa Arts Alliance, Inc. and was designated by the Okaloosa County Commission as the Local Arts Agency for the county.
At this early phase of OAA's development, support has been strong among leading arts organizations of the area as well as county officials. The future is bright for OAA in this dynamic and growing region of Northwest Florida. The OAA meets the 2nd Monday of the month at noon at Shalimar town hall.
"State of the Arts" Tags support OAA
Support the Okaloosa arts Alliance by purchasing a “State of the Arts” license plate from the Okaloosa County tag office. The Okaloosa County DMV tag office is a place that you can give charitably and make a personal statement. The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) is the officially designated 501(C) 3 non-profit arts agency for Okaloosa County. The mission of the OAA is to enrich the quality of life in Okaloosa County by nurturing, encouraging and promoting art and culture in our county. The money received through the tag program is used to sponsor workshops for arts organizations and individual artists, offer art programs and performances in public schools, give out grants to arts organizations, schools, and individual artists, act as a clearinghouse for arts related information to art organizations and artists, and to promote corporate involvement in support of the arts. For more information on the “State of the Arts” tag go to http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/
