The St. Johns Cultural Council is the designated Local Arts Agency for St. Johns County, Florida. Its offices are located at the beautiful historic Waterworks Building at 184 San Marco Avenue in St. Augustine. The Cultural Council is committed to ensuring that the lives of St. Johns County’s residents and visitors are enriched through a variety of arts, culture, and heritage experiences.

The Cultural Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports local artists and cultural organizations through grants, professional development programs, and other capacity-building services.

St. Johns Cultural Council produces cultural events, funds arts education projects, creates public art exhibitions, and manages the historic St. Augustine Beach Hotel and the Waterworks Building as cultural centers for the community.

In addition, the Cultural Council provides arts, culture, and heritage tourism destination marketing services for the county’s Tourist Development Council and administers the County’s Arts, Culture, and Heritage Grant Program.  Funding for these services comes from a portion of the County’s tourist development tax.

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Featured Organizations

EMMA Concert Association

Presenting beautiful music in beautiful St. Augustine at the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College! EMMA’s mission is to offer quality music and dance performances by national and international artists. They also aim to encourage interest in classical music and to provide opportunities for the youth of St. Johns County. EMMA accomplishes this by offering school concerts in local schools and funding requests from music teachers for instruments and equipment.

Historic Florida Militia

historic-militiaThe Historic Florida Militia (HFM) is a non-profit umbrella organization supporting re-created historic interpretive units and representing a number of cultures and time periods. "We are not street performers, we are educators. We are not parades, we are historic programs. This is not an exercise in free speech, this is an opportunity to educate. We are not promoting a political agenda, we are promoting the city's history through a practical and factual teaching method".

Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College

crisp-ellertBuilt in honor of Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert and her husband, Dr. Robert Ellert, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum offers Flagler College students and the Northeast Florida community a venue for fostering knowledge and a deep appreciation of contemporary art. As an educational resource for the College, the Museum exhibits regional, national and international artists, and provides opportunities for critical engagement and exposure to a variety of exhibitions and personal interactions with visiting artists. The Museum challenges students, the Flagler community and the public to cultivate individual creativity, critical reflection, historical consciousness and respect for the free exchange of ideas. In this spirit, the Museum also hosts public programs, including artist talks, readings, panel discussions and film series that provide a platform for vital interdisciplinary dialogue.