Monthly Gallery Exhibits open to the public Monday through Friday 1 - 5pm. Art show openings are during the First Friday Art Walk 5 - 7pm.

Featuring local and visiting performers in a pleasant setting.

Youth-focused programs designed to support the development of our children into creative, problem solving, better educated, open minded, self confident and empowered members of our community.

During the summer months, weeklong and weekly programs are offered for ages 0-18 in the visual, performing and literary arts. Every summer, a new variety of workshops are offered with trained and experienced instructors.

Every year, HCOA awards scholarships to students who choose to pursue their creative talent during the summer. Past recipients have used these gifts to attend music, fine art and dance camps, purchase private art lessons and acquire art supplies.

Family fun and festive Faires providing a sustainable venue for original art so artists can live and work in Homer. .

Creative Communities is a community-based program of regular, (bi)weekly, informal, adult interactive groups to encourage members of the community to engage in their creative endeavors in our warm, well- lit gallery space during the darkest months of the Alaskan winter.

Workshops and classes in the literary, performing and visual arts are offered throughout the year.

Every year Homer Council on the Arts produces a performing arts show for both youth and adults, offering the empowering experience of performing on a large and sophisticated stage, with the support of a very talented and experienced production staff.

Every year, HCOA brings national and international performers to Homer filling larger venues than the HCOA Gallery. Performances range from singer/songwriters and musical ensembles to dance troupes and large bands. Workshops and school residencies are often a part of the program, bringing the world to Homer to entertain, instruct and inspire the community.

An annual event for Kenai Peninsula Borough residents, where writers of all ages participate, with winners, prizes and a public reading.

Every January, HCOA honors local artists and community members for their art related accomplishments and service to the community.

The HCOA website calendar is directly linked to the Homer News on line calendar. Every "arts" event listed on the Homer News on line calendar creates the Homer Community Arts Calendar on this website.

E-newsletters passing information to the public with news, events, opportunities and more...

Integral to this web site, HCOA is developing a comprehensive, publicly searchable registry of artists, performers and writers in the Homer area to be launched in the fall of 2011.

HCOA has a library of books and videos that have been donated by members of the community. With the help of volunteers, we are creating a digital catalogue that will be part of the HCOA website. From the website, any one can then see what HCOA has available in the library and then come over and borrow the books.