Arts & Culture

Description: to expand the arts within the region and/or establish diversified and inclusive programs that offer widespread opportunities for participation and appreciation of culturally significant places, beliefs, and traditions.

Top 3 Project Examples in this Service Area

Chalktoberfest

A competitive art-drawing contest where students can show off their creative abilities through chalk. In 2020, the theme was to draw a movie poster. In 2021, the theme was to draw an album cover. In 2022, our theme was to create a book cover for your favorite book. Visit our YouTube channel to see all of the artistic creations.

My Community My Vision

In 2019, Ripley Youth Outreach received a My Community My Vision Grant of $5,000 to develop and initiate a youth-led project within Ripley County. They took the opportunity to create an interactive-mural in Versailles.

Symphony Orchestra

Our grant supported a community wide effort to host a free concert and fireworks show that included the musical talents of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

"Community art is an important aspect to revitalization because it engages people in transforming their downtown, it brings people of different generations together, and it sparks conversation and lifts our spirits. Very simply, community art makes us happy and proud. For all of these reasons the community foundation thought that the creation of a community mural for Versailles was the ideal way to assist the Town, Main Street Versailles, The Lions Club, and countless other organizations with their efforts to draw people back to this beautiful square. When we work together, amazing things happen."

"Your generosity allows us to continue our mission of artistic education, expression and enjoyment in the Batesville area."

"This beautiful mural brought to life an area of town that was very vacant and in need of aesthetic maintenance… Overall, the new space offers a cheerful and inviting first impression as one arrives into the downtown district. We are grateful to the Ripley County Community Foundation for its support of creative placemaking initiatives such as this."