UPHA

VISION STATEMENT

Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts seeks to preserve the memory of our pioneer ancestors by becoming the premiere proponent of pioneer-era arts and provider of cultural events featuring those arts and derivative arts whose roots lie in that era.

Through the combined efforts of its members, UPHA is building our sense of community, enhancing our standard of living, and strengthening our social fabric by preserving, nourishing, and showcasing our cultural roots.

OBJECTIVES

• Facilitate collaboration and cooperation between existing heritage arts organizations
• Create festivals, events and presentations that feature the heritage arts in ways that foster their preservation and create income streams through heritage tourism
• Market joint interests (i.e., elevating the place of the folk arts in public life) and resources (i.e., performers, events, presentations) to Utah tourism agencies, government agencies, businesses, heritage sites, event planners, etc.
• Find or build a home for the heritage arts that can be a venue for concerts, symposiums, conventions, workshops, festivals, competitions, exhibitions and performances and also provide space for offices, archiving of materials, rehearsal and teaching as well as being the home of resident performing groups
• Increase visibility of the heritage arts through a website, arts council, etc.
• Identify and cultivate heritage arts resources

PLANNED ACTIVITIES

• Build and maintain a website that will promote the events and activities of the UPHA and provide links to members’ websites
• Publish a monthly newsletter in which member organizations can promote their activities and events to the members of all UPHA member organizations and to the public
• Create events that allow member organizations to showcase their art, reach new audiences and attract new members
• Conduct a capital campaign to build or acquire a home for the performing folk arts and for the heritage display and craft arts that do not have a home
• Develop educational programs to enhance member organizations’ ability to conduct their business, attract new members, collaborate with other organizations and serve the community through their art
• Collaborate with local media to create media series that have the folk arts as their focus