The Ozark Arts Council is a cultural treasure created with money, labor, materials, and support from the entire community. The OAC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission to enrich lives by promoting the arts. The OAC, established in 1996, provides administrative, organizational, and financial support to several smaller cultural organizations (see Member Organizations) and operates and manages the historic Lyric Theater. Read the OAC's Bylaws.
Mission | Vision | Values | Goals || Staff | Board of Directors | Tax Return
Mission
To enrich lives by promoting the arts in Harrison and North Arkansas through exhibitions, performances, and education.
Vision
Equal access to the arts builds a vibrant, healthy community.
- Foster Creativity
- Encourage Awareness
- Respect Differences
- Build Collaborations
- Challenge Perceptions
- Exemplify Excellence and Integrity
- To provide the community with up-to-date access to local arts information and the ability to participate fully in diverse arts experiences.
- To maximize community resources flowing through the OAC-including money, volunteers and staff.
- To support regional arts organizations and artists with resources to enhance and develop their mission and craft.
- To provide knowledge about the economic and social impact of the arts and motivate policymakers, businesses and potential funders to become advocates and investors in the arts.
- To provide schools, community centers, arts organizations and individuals with access to educational materials about the arts.
- To incorporate the arts as an important consideration in the planning and development of every major project undertaken in the community.
- To restore and preserve the historic Lyric theater and promote other components of Arkansas’s cultural heritage in North Arkansas.
Staff
Operations Manager - Vive Allen
Marketing Communications Manager - Debbie S. George-Jones
Summer Graphics Intern - Muriel Aston
Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm; box office is open 1 hour prior to performances
June 21 - July 30, 2010: M, W, F, 10am-2pm and by appointment
Board of Directors | Board Portal
The foundation of a healthy nonprofit organization is an informed, active, enthusiastic and effective Board. All members of the OAC Board of Directors have agreed to meet certain standards of conduct and fulfill his or her responsibilities to the organization for effective and ethical decision-making and governance. Board members agree to the Board Expectations document and the Board Policies document and serve three-year terms.
Executive Committee
President - Dana O’Quin
Vice President - Clark Middleton
Secretary - Jamie Taylor
Treasurer - Jim Johnson
Organizational Representatives
The Theatre Company - Clark Middleton
Harrison Art League - B. David Duncan
Northark Drama - Michael Mahoney & Juliana Stefanski
Twentieth Century Club - Robbie Cotton & Pat Kennedy
Woman's Book Club - Dana O'Quin
At-Large Members
Mary Bishop
Denise Fleming
Ann Lemley
Rob McCorkindale
Kendra Pry
Dan Reynolds
Eric Stefanski
Jamie Stevens
Darrell Whorton
Non-Board Committee Members
Fundraising Committee - Ken Bailey
Renovation Committee - Jim Gresham, Tony Grimes, Ann Graffy
Historian - Kathaleen McCrite Deiser
Tax Returns
The 2008 Tax Return for the Ozark Arts Council is available for download and review by the general public.
The 2007 Tax Return for the Ozark Arts Council is available for download and review by the general public.
The 2006 Tax Return for the Ozark Arts Council is on file in the Arts Council office located at 115 W. Rush in Harrison, Arkansas. It is available for review by the public.
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