Celebrating 18 Years of Bringing the Magic of the Arts to our Youth

Building the Permanent Home of O.C.C.T.

The Theatre is currently in a capital campaign to build it's permanent home-
The Oregon Coast Children's Center for the Arts

 In January of 2008 we celebrate our 18^th year bringing the Arts to the children of the Pacific Northwest and the Western United States. The mission of O.C.C.T. has always been to foster & encourage understanding and appreciation for the Fine and Performing Arts for our Children.

  We are building our permanent home to house offices, studio, classroom, exhibit hall, & a children’s sculpture garden with a small outdoor state for summer performances. The Center would also house a Gallery and Gift Shop. Our plans are the culmination of many years of work, reaching over 420,000 children and families with our educational art programs, and to perpetuate our mission of keeping alive the arts for the children of the Pacific Northwest.

 The Centers Curriculum is based on the European model of Arts Education, students though out our region will now have a home to study the Fine & Performing Arts, Theatre, Film, Music, Media Arts, Design, Circus, Dance, Writing, & Traditional Folk Arts like Puppetry all under a single roof. the Center will also host Educators of the Arts and offer Artist-in residency programs where master artists can pass on their knowledge & skills and keep alive arts traditions for generations to come.  Through Festivals, Exhibitions, Lectures, Workshops, & Traveling Art Programs, we will continue to reach out to rural and under served communities as we have done for over 16 years.

 We have planned Educational Art Exhibitions in Modern & Ancient Art, and many educational workshops planned until we open the permanent doors of OCCCA. Between now and 2008 we hope to raise $250,000.00 for the purchase of land with an existing building to begin operations for the Art Center.
  We are looking into land sites in Lincoln County on the Central Oregon Coast, this location was chosen after 5 years of study into this region. We also choose this area because of it’s proximity to the Willamette Valley, Central and Southern Oregon Coast where the Theatre does almost 90% of our educational school tours. 

  The Oregon Coast Children’s Theatre is a not-for-profit educational theatre, OCCT tours Fine Art & Performance Art Programs to schools, libraries, museums, & festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest & U.S.