Quad City Arts

How QCCT Impacts Quad City Arts

You may know Quad City Arts for their cool gallery and summer mural painting. Did you know this fabulous cultural partner established Visiting Artists and Festival of Trees, too?

Quad City Arts was founded in 1970 and is an arts advocacy organization that operates a visual arts gallery and a re-granting program for local artists called Arts Dollars. Visiting Artists, Inc. was launched in 1974 as an educational residency program presenting performing arts through residencies in schools and at community sites.

The organization’s dual role of presenting the arts and humanities, as well as serving as an arts resources, allows them to serve more than 350,000 people annually in the Arts Center in Rock Island and at over 200 community rural and urban community sites. The goal is to reach every child in the Quad Cities region, and with the support from QCCT, this dream is closer to becoming a reality.