COLUMBIA 
CENTER
for the ARTS

MISSION

The mission of Columbia Arts is to promote and provide an equity based, accessible, arts rich environment in the Columbia Gorge.

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VISION

We envision the Columbia Gorge as a thriving community for artists, performers, and audiences, where everyone can be engaged in a diverse range of creative opportunities.

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STATEMENT OF VALUES

Columbia Arts Values:

• Artists, performers, and arts appreciators

• Supporters of the arts, both donors and volunteers

• Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion

• Partnership with other organizations and individuals

• Mutual respect and trust

• Thoughtful decision making

• Good stewardship of our resources: building, financial and human.

• Truth, transparency, and open communication

• Opportunities for artists and performers to become more skilled

• Readily available, quality space for arts exploration, expression, and practice

• Access to the arts for all ages and all families

• Board, staff, and volunteers being representative of the local community.

• Advocacy, action, and engagement

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WHAT WE DO

Columbia Center for the Arts is dedicated to offering a wide range of opportunities for students, artists, and audiences to engage with the arts and with the local community. We operate a centrally located facility in Hood River, OR, that has space for fine art and a craft gallery for exhibiting the sale of visual artwork, a theatre/auditorium for performing arts, and multi-use spaces for educational arts programming.

 

In an effort to connect and benefit the arts community for all ages, backgrounds and all levels of experience. We value art-making as an essential part of a vibrant and healthy society.

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CCA’s objective is to create a cultural destination in Hood River, OR, with facilities that enable the arts to thrive in the Columbia River Gorge. An additional goal is to draw a variety of artists and art groups from throughout the Pacific Northwest to not only enhance and improve the arts, but to help boost the region’s economy and quality of life.

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ABOUT THE FACILITY

CCA’s facility features a 1,700 square-foot gallery, a 136-fixed seat black box theatre, and a 700-square-foot multi-use studio/classroom space.