With support from the California Arts Council, MARIN SOCIETY OF ARTISTS INC will retain Partnership Resources Group to coach MSA leaders to develop and implement funding strategies to purchase the building it now rents, and to fund a CrossRoads program to provide community access to multi-disciplinary arts experiences. Operating since 1927, MSA moved in 2017 to open the Art Centre in the Downtown San Rafael Arts District. Purchase will secure the Art Centre and its operations for the future.
We support art makers and creators in all stages of development & foster activities encouraging the general public, whether they consider themselves creators or not, to incorporate arts, culture and human enrichment in their lives. Core programs at the Art Center in San Rafael, CA include: free or affordable visual arts exhibitions; classes, critiques & workshops in a broad range of arts & enrichment activities; small ensemble, voice & performance; poetry/literature; health & life improvement. Our Crossroads Program makes the Art Center available for diverse community use. We provide space and services for artist studios, youth & under-served communities, and other arts & community groups. We partner with Blind & Vision Impaired of Marin to host & provide workshops with 1 to 1 assistance for vision challenged artists. We partner with agencies like Alchemia.org & Canal Alliance.org and The Canal Arts.org to support creative efforts of developmentally challenged artists, & in newcomer communities of color such as the Canal district of San Rafael. We sponsor art activities for youth. Programs are on-line, at the Art Center, in local schools, at the Boro Community Center in the Canal and elsewhere in the community.

