Service and Celebrating a City – Art Night Encinitas

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2020

The Encinitas Branch of San Diego County Library (Encinitas Library) partnered with the City of Encinitas to provide a year-long art and culture series called “Art Night Encinitas”. The series sought to connect residents with galleries up and down the San Diego coastline through bi-monthly events that utilized the library and selected galleries as a jumping off point. Art lovers could meet at the library to view special art exhibits that were guided by docents, enjoy live performances and purchase books from the Friends of the Library. Visitors could then board County-sponsored transportation to visit other art destinations, which resulted in over 1,000 attendees per event. Art Night Encinitas is a partnership success story that encouraged civic participation in the arts through convenient expanded access and shared resources between the County of San Diego and the City of Encinitas. Due to the program’s success in 2019, the City of Encinitas plans to expand the program’s reach regionally in 2020