CULTIVATING A COMMUNITY OF ARTS & CULTURE
The Alliance connects our community to arts and culture by supporting, promoting, and enriching existing opportunities, and by seeking new possibilities. Our mission allows us to focus on enhancing the quality of life in Marshalltown by making it a place in which arts and culture thrive and our community flourishes. We are passionate about making Marshalltown THE place to live, work, learn and play by being THE influencer and driver of a creative culture supporting the economy and quality of life in our community.
Learn more about the Alliance here!
Learn more about the Alliance here!
(RE) INVIGORATE - film series -
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Continuing to strengthen and energize arts and culture, while celebrating our community pride points and amplifying our talented performing artists in Marshalltown. This five part film series features local performing artists, musicians and locations including the Gallery Garden, Downtown, MHS Roundhouse (Drills), 13th Street District (Echo) and the Fisher Community Center Pond.
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A special THANK YOU to the very talented Nick Cooper and Toree Benson for creating this beautiful project!
New Decade. New Focus. 2020 Year in Review.
The Alliance worked diligently in 2020 to continue our mission and increase our impact within Marshalltown, even amidst a global pandemic. During the pandemic, the arts have been there to support us. We’ve listened to music, read books, made chalk drawings with our kids, danced in our living rooms and watched movies. The arts are working overtime in every community, household, and family, doing what they do best: connecting us, giving us needed moments of joy, and most of all, creating hope.
We believe the arts and creativity are critical to our recovery as we look to the future.
We have big things in store for Marshalltown in 2021 and are excited about the future of the arts in our community.
THANK YOU to all of our artists, partners, and donors for being a continued supporter of the arts!
Year in Review Document - PDF
We believe the arts and creativity are critical to our recovery as we look to the future.
We have big things in store for Marshalltown in 2021 and are excited about the future of the arts in our community.
THANK YOU to all of our artists, partners, and donors for being a continued supporter of the arts!
Year in Review Document - PDF
Alliance 2020 Partnership and Recap Video
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"It has been such an honor and an inspiration to work with, and learn from, the Marshall County Arts & Culture Alliance. This group and community could be poster children for resiliency, as they have used art to strengthen their community while navigating a devastating tornado, pandemic, and derecho during the past two years. Known for their annual Arts Festival, the Alliance has shifted its resources and focus into a new direction of serving as a community bridge builder through inclusive creative projects and local partnerships, such as the Art in Public Places Program and the Marshalltown Mural Program. From any measure, achieving this during a normal year would be an accomplishment. I can only imagine that the hope and goodwill fostered by these consistent community art projects is an antidote to the turmoil fear and division that surrounds us. As an Iowa artist and a community arts specialist, I can tell you that the Arts & Culture Alliance and Marshalltown is a constant jolt of positivity and encouragement that art matters in our communities."
Alliance Strategic Planning Facilitator, Jennifer Drinkwater,
Art Specialist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at Iowa State University
