Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Location | 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 26°00′38″N 80°08′26″W / 26.010437°N 80.140669°WCoordinates: 26°00′38″N 80°08′26″W / 26.010437°N 80.140669°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Joy Satterlee, APR |
| Website | www |
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood is an arts venue in Hollywood, Florida at 1650 Harrison Street in Broward County. The Center presents contemporary visual and performing arts shows and includes an adjacent art school and the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center at 1770 Monroe Street (US 1 and Monroe Street).
The City of Hollywood opened the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood in 1975 at 1301 S. Ocean Drive in Hollywood. In 1978, the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood was incorporated as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. From its former beachfront gallery, which was dedicated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 2, 1975, the Center found its niche in South Florida's art scene promoting innovative contemporary artists and hosting educational programs.
In 1991, the Center moved to the city-owned,historic (circa 1924) Kagey mansion in downtown Hollywood at 1650 Harrison Street. The move allowed immediate expansion in display space, and also added classrooms for youth and adult arts education. After renovations, the Center’s new home opened to the public in 1992. Also in the early 1990s, the Center opened its Arts School in an adjacent building at 1626 Harrison Street.
The Center redefined its mission in 1997 to offer performing arts on par with its visual arts programs. In 2000, it took over the programming and management of the city’s Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, a 500-seat theater located at 1770 Monroe Street. (U.S. 1 and Monroe Street).
Designated a Major Cultural Institution in Broward County on Oct. 6, 2005 by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council, the Center today is only one of eight Major Cultural Institutions in the county out of 575 cultural entities.
Annually, the Art and Culture Center provides programming which impacts more than 50,000 South Florida residents and visitors. Its adult and children’s visual and performing arts education programs celebrate creativity and excellence, while its innovative exhibitions, films and performances introduce fresh perspective to the arts.
Educational programming includes adult, children’s and youth arts classes, after-school and outreach programs, camps, and other art curricula that meet Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
In partnership with the Broward Education Communications Network, the Center offers distance learning arts classes to Broward County Public Schools (elementary, middle, high and ESE schools). The Center also provides music/drama/theater and visual arts programming for schools and other non-profits.
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