Mission, Vision, DEI, and Guiding Principles

duCret Center of Art, Plainfield, NJ

Mission

The duCret Center of Art’s mission is to provide a space for creativity, collaboration and exploration for people of all ages to experience and appreciate art in its many forms. We strive to create an inclusive art environment that fosters creative expression and encourages meaningful dialogue on art, culture and the creative process.

Vision

To create a safe, nonjudgment, inclusive environment, without barriers, that promotes creativity and trust.

Where an artist, at any level, can learn, create and nurture their creative side.

To be a community resource center and school for the visual and performing arts.

 

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DEI, Guiding Principles

These principles determine duCret’s direction and are used as strategic filters.

  • Respect and Trust: Build a position of respect and trust with clients, with students, with instructors and with the community.
  • Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: DEI fosters change and change fosters creativity.
  • Community Outreach: Create and Provide programs that appeal to a broad range of ethnic groups.

 

 At duCret we strive to build an environment of safety, trust, non-judgement and inclusion, where our Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) students, alumni, faculty and staff feel supported and respected. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination, we embrace diversity and we feel that silence equals complicity. As part of our strategic plan, we are making a concretive effort to recruit BIPOC students and faculty because diversity fosters change and change fosters creativity.