Arts Lancashire exists to support and promote the work of its members, offering a strategic voice for professional arts and culture in the county. 

We support quality arts provision and support new artistic ambition.

We encourage partnership working for the benefit members, local communities and visitors to the county. We believe an independent professional arts sector is vital to a vibrant, confident and successful Lancashire.

We regularly connect with observers from other strategic cultural partners such as Arts Council England, Lancashire County Council and Marketing Lancashire.

Arts Lancashire Priorities 2016-18

1. Raise the profile of the arts in Lancashire regionally and nationally
2. Deliver an annual Lancashire Arts Exchange
3. Develop a high profile Lancashire-wide project connecting with the Ambition for Excellence agenda
4. Promote and support Cultural Tourism, developing long-term ambitions for the county triggered by Marketing Lancashire’s 2016 pilot project
5. Assess and promote the economic impact of the arts in the county
6. Assist its members to attract significant new investment into the arts in the county
7. Review and amend the approach to Arts Lancashire membership
8. Connect effectively to the national conversation driving advocacy for the arts and cultural sector, for example via the What Next? Movement.