Manages the city's public art program, administers a grants program and an art learning program, conducts research, provides information and assistance to artists and cultural organizations, and oversees the city's cultural planning efforts.

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Organizations that foster, nurture and sustain artistic excellence or support research, education and public programs in the humanities and create a climate in which the arts and humanities may flourish and be experienced and enjoyed by the public. Included are groups that support design arts, dance, expansion arts, folk arts, media arts (film, radio and television), museums, music, opera/musical theater, theater and the visual arts as well as the humanities including literature, history, philosophy, theology, modern and classical languages, archaeology, linguistics, jurisprudence and the social sciences.

Arts/Humanities Councils

Art galleries, small museums and other arts related organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to greet visitors, sell tickets, hand out brochures, answer questions and protect the artwork or other exhibits from theft or damage.

Gallery/Museum Sitting Volunteer Opportunities

Art galleries, museums, nature centers and other similar organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing to conduct guided tours for the public on a voluntary basis without remuneration.