Arts & Cultural Advisory Committee

Kingston’s Arts & Cultural Advisory Committee (ACAC) has been established to provide specialist recommendation and advice to the City of Kingston in reation to strategic broad-based arts and cultural issues within the community.

The role of the committee is to:

• Provide a forum for identifying municipality-wide issues and opportunities; and
• Ensure that diverse community perspectives are considered in the decision-making process
• Identifies local issues and opportunities
• Assists in the development of effective Council policy and service provisions.

ACAC is made up of eight community members with broad experience and expertise in the arts and cultural sector, and four Kingston Councillors.

The Objectives of the Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee are to:

• Provide informed and diverse perspectives on broad-based arts and cultural issues and topics
• Act as a conduit between Council and the Kingston community, ensuring that expert, community views are represented
• Assist in the development of policies, programs and initiatives by offering expert and community insights
• Foster trust and transparency between Council and Kingston community

ACAC is guided by the committee’s Terms of Reference(PDF, 1MB) .