The mission of the Homer Council on the Arts is to provide opportunities for all people in our community to experience and participate in the arts. Homer Council on the Arts (HCOA) is the local arts agency serving the communities of Kachemak Bay and the Lower Kenai Peninsula. HCOA advocates a role for The Arts in community life. We offer programs in arts education and sponsor a variety of public arts events such as concerts, plays, gallery exhibits, talent shows, and crafts faires. The historic roots of the organization reach back to 1958 with the founding of the Homer Concert Association. In subsequent years Homer area arts groups determined that a formal organization was needed to support their increasing programmatic needs and to furnish a cultural arts facility in Homer. Homer Council on the Arts was established in 1975 for this purpose.