About Us

MISSION: The mission of the Organization is to provide the services, support and resources necessary to cultivate and ensure a vibrant creative community in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

Triangle ArtWorks is based on the belief that a vibrant creative region is one in which creative people are not only appreciated for their work, but paid for their work and considered a valid, important economic class. Triangle ArtWorks will provide the connections, education, promotion, and other resources and support that the creative community in this disconnected region needs to not just survive, but thrive. ArtWorks will across disciplines and the region to:

  • Create a website where newcomers, locals and visitors can see all the Triangle’s arts and creative community has to offer in one place and then connect quickly to that community.
  • Work with current organizations and busineeses to coordinate and streamline regional arts promotion, networking, education and other activities that support this economic class.
  • Create a unified Regional arts network to make it easier for the arts community to connect with the rest of the business community, and for the arts community to network with each other for collaboration, cross-promotion and support.
  • Create a connected community of creative people and their supporters to facilitate civic engagement
  • Work to establish the Triangle as a “creative hot spot” that will attract talented and innovative workers valued in the Creative Economy.
  • Increase the economic viability of the arts and creative community, adding to the Region’s economy, while making the Triangle an even better place to live and work.

Work to date

ArtWorks launched its website in August of 2010 and has been working hard since to centralize community resources onto this site.  The site will serve as a focal point for the organization, and a way to connect members to each other and to information about resources, support services, news and the Organization’s activities.

ArtWorks Board completed a Strategic Plan this year setting up three Working Groups made up of ArtWorks Board members and community members, ArtWorks is currently setting priorities for initial programs and activities.  In general, ArtWorks will work on the following goals:

Connect – Through its website and programs, ArtWorks will help build and connect a community of creative individuals, groups and businesses, as well as supporters and patrons of these groups across the Triangle.  We will also enable the communication of information to and between these groups, as well as promote this community to the public.
Inform – ArtWorks will keep abreast of political or social issues that affect the creative community and communicate this information in a timely manner and, where necessary, convene the community to address the issue.
Create – ArtWorks will create programs, either alone or in collaboration with others, that will support, educate and promote the creative community in the Triangle.
Support – ArtWorks will provide easy access to information about resources already available and, where additional resources are needed, work to create and promote those resources through collaboration, or Triangle ArtWorks programs.
Promote –ArtWorks will work to create affordable methods for artists and arts groups to promote themselves, their organizations, and businesses within the Triangle community. The ArtWorks can also work as a convenor and platform for the Region to come together to promote itself and its community as an arts tourism destination.

Triangle ArtWorks – Making Arts Work for the Triangle

To contact Beth Yerxa, Executive Director, send us an email.