Mission
The Arts Consortium marketed and supported the '2024 Mount Vernon Presents Season' of community arts and entertainment events. Through facilitation of quarterly local art partner meetings, planning and collaboration on a shared community events production calendar was achieved, providing maximization of marketing, administration, technical and other production resources for the community. Staff supported 64 productions and public events spanning 167 production days. More than 11,000 ticket sales were managed by box office staff and systems representing $248,000 in ticket sales. MVAC staff contributed 3,500 hours to support partner organizations in addition to contracted services. In 2024, 25% of audience members came from outside of Knox County and 36% of major show budgets were spent in county, providing local community reinvestment. MVAC.org has 21,000 unique website visitors, received more than 28,000 webiste hits and experienced 42,000 page views. New Facebook followers increased b