Have you ever attended a concert where a local band performed or visited an art exhibit for a local artist or even saw a show that a local production put on? Then you have supported your local arts. Supporting your local arts is much more important than most people realize. When you support your local arts you are supporting your neighbors, friends and family because chances are that they are involved in the local arts one way or another. Ever since I was little I have been working with local production companies. The people I have met and worked with have become my family. I have never seen a group of people work harder towards a goal than I have seen local artists working on a project. Local artists are not doing this because they are required to but because they love doing it.

Local artists are some of the most compassionate and caring people I have ever met. When they set their mind to something they do it whole heartedly. I have met some creative people who will make what they are picturing in their mind come to life on the stage, paper, or canvas. When you support your local arts and artists you are investing in the future of that company or person. You are ensuring that they will be able to impact and empower others for many years to come. When you support a local artists you are letting them know that what they do is just as important as what the people in Hollywood do. By supporting the local arts you are showing others that you support the local arts and that might cause them to go out and see something done locally. So, this weekend instead of going to the movies or that big concert go check out a local production company perform or have a local band blow you away with their sound.