National Arts Centre releases 2008-2013 Strategic Plan

National Arts Centre releases 2008-2013 Strategic Plan

Ottawa (Canada) ’Äì The National Arts Centre (NAC) today released its new Strategic Plan which sets out the vision that will guide it over the next five years. The Plan, called ’ÄúPerforming for Canadians’Äù, will help the NAC fulfill its role as a national centre for performance, creation and learning.

The Plan focuses on five clear goals: artistic excellence and innovation; enhancing the NAC’Äôs national role; expanding its arts education activities; significantly increasing earned revenue; and developing a more customer-oriented internal culture.

’ÄúThe NAC has a broad mandate, with many audiences to reach successfully,’Äù said Julia Foster, Chair of the National Arts Centre's Board of Trustees. ’ÄòPerforming for Canadians’Äô provides us with a clear road map. We are proud of the work that has gone into the development of this plan, reflecting the voices of Canadians from all parts of the country.’Äù

The Strategic Plan is the result of extensive consultations over the last year with hundreds of artists, arts organizations, arts educators and public funders in communities all across Canada.

’ÄúThis dialogue with these stakeholders provided the NAC with tremendously useful feedback, and helped to shape our strategic plan,’Äù said Peter Herrndorf, President and CEO of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. ’ÄúWhile we’Äôve made a lot of progress over the past few years, the NAC still has a lot more work to do to achieve our dream of becoming a truly national performing arts organization.’Äù

Copies of the Strategic Plan are available on the NAC website at www.nac-cna.ca.