“We are not necessarily making artists, we are giving people the opportunity to think creatively, and my feeling is that if you can think creatively, you can survive almost anything.” — Wanda Koop.
Art City is a non-profit community art centre dedicated to providing high quality programs to residents of the West Broadway area.
The objectives of Art City are:
- To encourage self-expression, communication, and creativity, thereby fostering a sense of self-worth, ownership, and accomplishment in participants.
- To provide a safe, supportive, non-competitive environment for
children and adults which is an ongoing, integral part of the West Broadway community. - To provide free, accessible, high quality art programming with local, national, and international artists, thereby enriching and supporting the West Broadway community, the arts community, and the city of Winnipeg.
- To be sustainable and available to the community day after day,
year after year. - To be a model for future community art centres.
