Mission Statement:

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

 

SLOGAN:  Bringing life to history and bringing history to life

 

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.