Mobile Arts Council

Mobile Arts Council
The headquarters at 318 Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile.
Formation	1955
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Promotes art and culture
Location	318 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama
Region served	Metro Mobile
Director	Bob Burnett
Website	www.mobilearts.org

The Mobile Arts Council is an umbrella organization for the arts in Mobile, Alabama. It was founded in 1955 as a project of the Junior League of Mobile with the mission to "increase cooperation among artistic and cultural organizations in the area and to provide a forum for problems in art, music, theater, and literature."^[1] A full-time, paid director was hired in 1958. Among it many activities, it hosts the exhibition of the work of artists and provides funding for arts education.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Naman, Michelle Rathle (Spring 2005). Folio: 32–35. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "People & Places: LoDa Artwalk is Friday, Jan. 11". Press-Register. January 10, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
↑ Dugan, Kelli (January 29, 2013). "PNC Foundation gives Mobile Arts Council $30,000 arts education grant". Press-Register. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

External links

Mobile Arts Council Website

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