Shelly Willis Email and Phone Number

The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission is a City/County joint agency that provides funding to local artists and arts organizations, promotes the arts through marketing, outreach and education initiatives; administers the City and County Art in Public Places Program: and provides resources to support and increase regional arts education activities. The agency is guided by 11 Commissioners, five appointed by the Sacramento City Council, five appointed by the Sacramento County Board of… Show more The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission is a City/County joint agency that provides funding to local artists and arts organizations, promotes the arts through marketing, outreach and education initiatives; administers the City and County Art in Public Places Program: and provides resources to support and increase regional arts education activities. The agency is guided by 11 Commissioners, five appointed by the Sacramento City Council, five appointed by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, and one appointed based on the recommendations of the existing Commission members. The agency re-grants between $400,000 - $750,000 annually to Sacramento’s arts and cultural institutions and individual artists. For the past 4 years the Commission administered “Any Given Child” - an artist in schools program that has reached more than 100,000 Sacramento students. Willis also directs the City and County of Sacramento’s Art in Public Places Program. The program oversaw the development of the Sacramento International Airport public art program, an 8 million dollar project and the largest public art project in the County’s history. Show less