Sioux City Art Center

The Sioux City Art Center's mission is to enrich our region's quality of life by bringing the excitement of the visual arts to our community through education, exhibitions and permanent collection.

The Art Center Association of Sioux City was first incorporated in 1914 as the Sioux City Society of Fine Arts.  From its inception to the opening of the Sioux City Art Center in 1938, the Society sponsored art classes and exhibitions.  After occupying four temporary locations, the Art Center Association of Sioux City mounted a capital campaign in the early 1990s to build a new permanent location, which opened in 1997.  Today the Center is a model public/private partnership between the City of Sioux City and the Art Center Association of Sioux City, with each contributing approximately one-half of the Art Center's annual operating budget

 VISION

The Art Center will continue to serve as and enhance its position as a premier cultural attraction for the citizens of the Sioux City metro area.

The Art Center will use its permanent collection to position itself as a major regional educational resource for educators, students, and the general public.

The Art Center will promote itself as a cultural tourist destination based on its reputation as presenting major traveling exhibitions, and a quality permanent collection featuring the best regional artists.

The Art Center will increase access to education and in turn the Art Cneter's permanent collection, by expanding the present facility with a new Learning Center.