The Flower City Arts Center Board has appointed Kristin A. Rapp as the Center’s new Executive Director, effective February 20, 2023. Flower City Arts Center (FCAC) is a community-based not-for-profit that educates, encourages, and inspires all people to create and enjoy the visual arts.
Rapp comes to Flower City Arts Center having woven together a colorful array of arts, education, healing, and leadership experiences. She is an accomplished social entrepreneur, therapist, published author, and artist with a Certificate in Strategic Nonprofit Leadership and a background in clinical supervision as a Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW). Rapp founded and ran a nonprofit organization that educated and employed through arts, technology, and creative entrepreneurship and a private therapy practice for individuals and couples.
“It is an honor to be chosen to lead the Flower City Arts Center, which has a solid reputation and artistic imprint in the Rochester community,” Rapp stated. “Developing authentic relationships is a top priority, so I am happy and excited to connect and work with the strong team at the heart of FCAC. Together we can collaboratively carry forward the vision and dream up possibilities with fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, meeting them with boots on the ground action, in order to breathe new life into the Center. We can expand our brand, forge new partnerships, widen our scope, and deepen the impact of this powerful arts learning work.”
For more information about Flower City Arts Center, call 244-1730 or visit https://www.flowercityarts.org.
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