This month at the Office of Arts and Culture:
- April is Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month, a time to support and advocate for the arts. Read the County Proclamation.
- Antonio De Jesús López is named the 2025-27 Poet Laureate of San Mateo County. Learn more
- Learn more about becoming an Arts Commissioner and how to apply for the open vacancies at https://www.smcgov.org/bnc/vacancies
- Celebrate Earth Month by highlighting the connection between climate change and the arts. In partnership with the Sustainability Department, enjoy the Climate Ribbon outdoor art installation and add with your wish about what’s important to you.
- Call for Artists: RFQ for outdoor landscape furniture, more info below under Public Art. Deadline to submit April 18, 2025.
Mission
The San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) and its Arts Commission champions the arts as essential for a healthy and vibrant community by shaping innovative cultural policies, creating inclusive and diverse programming, and ensuring access to arts and culture for all, with consideration for race, ability, sexual orientation, age, gender, economic status, and cultural background. We commit to partnering with artists and arts organizations that represent and celebrate the diversity of our county, through the fair and equitable distribution of programmatic and financial support. We support art events, programs, outreach, engagement and services that create social vitality in neighborhoods, K-12 schools, and under-served constituencies.