The Golden Bay Community Arts Council is committed to supporting arts and culture in Golden Bay, by:

• Organising, supporting and/or promoting a diverse range of local arts and cultural events, activities and workshops.
• Helping to promote arts and cultural events/activities/workshops organised by others, taking place within Golden Bay or the wider Nelson-Tasman region.
• Assisting local artists, artisans, creative practitioners and arts-related groups to prepare funding applications to Creative Communities or other local, regional and national funders.
• Providing access to resources, equipment, professional development and exhibition opportunities that support professional artists and other creative practitioners in Golden Bay.
• Providing opportunities for the local arts community to network and share information, ideas and resources.
• Working with other local organisations to increase the local community’s awareness of, respect for and participation in the arts, and to promote Golden Bay as an ‘arts destination’.