Waverly Missouri Arts Council

Dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Waverly Missouri
   
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Mission Statement:

to focus, support, and celebrate both Performing Arts liberal arts, and folk art providing  programming that will enhance cultural enrichment, appreciation, and pride for Waverly’s history.

 

SLOGAN:  Missouri River legacy and Apples

 

Goals:

§   Collaborate and partner with local businesses and individuals, area and regional Chambers of Commerce, the Missouri Arts Council, and Missouri Tourism to create an environment that will promote artistic diversity and the celebration of arts within the community and region.

 

§   Identify programming that will showcase the Waverly area, and the citizens that live there, promoting folk art and folk life that have shaped our heritage.

 

§   Schedule events and programming that will augment area schedules while enhancing local activities and businesses.

 

Culture:

Civilization, society, mores, background traditions, ethnicity, customs, philosophy.  The arts collectively, art, music, literature, and related intellectual activities.  Knowledge and sophistication; enlightenment and sophistication acquired through education and exposure to the arts.  Shared beliefs and values of a group; the beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular group.  People with shared beliefs and practices; a group of people whose shared beliefs and practices identify the particular place, class, or time.  Shared attitudes; a particular set of attitudes that characterizes a group of people.