As the Quad Cities Cultural Trust embarks on its Culture Bright series, it is enlisting dozens of community leaders to be both consumers and advocates of local arts and cultural events.
The QCCT has invited nearly 250 area leaders and key influencers to serve as Culture Champions and widely share the experiences they are enjoying.
“There are certain leaders we need to help tell this story and we need to have quality experience over these two weeks,” said QCCT Executive Director Jen Lewis-Snyder.
“We want them to go back to their employees, friends, families and share their experience.”
She hopes these supporters will “have a shock and awe moment” at one or more of the Legacy Partners. Whether it happens at the symphony, the theater, a museum or strolling through one of the holiday traditions, “we want them to share that enthusiasm with others.”
The Culture Champions, she said, are a group of dedicated supporters who play a crucial role in preserving and enriching the Quad Cities’ vibrant arts and cultural community by consuming the arts, advocating for them, and serving on art and cultural boards.
Among invited leaders are the QCCT Legacy Partners’ board members, supporters and other advocates. But all, Ms. Lewis-Snyder said, “helped us get to this point – whether it was by their giving or advocacy.”
These Cultural Champions will not only be attending Culture Bright events, they are asked to take photos, share on social media and be ambassadors for the QC’s arts and culture community. “These are the decision-makers and leaders who are going to invest in arts and culture.”
She also invites them to tell the QCCT “what can we do to make it better. ‘Get 1% better everyday’ – that’s what my husband always says to do.”
As a token of the QCCT’s gratitude, champions are being invited to be their guests at Culture Bright events. The cost of the Champions’ tickets are being covered by the QCCT. “It’s a testament to how much we believe in our Legacy Partners. This is arts and culture at work, we just need the consumption.
