The Whistler Arts Council is a registered charity established in 1982 with a mandate to build and integrate arts into the fabric of the Whistler community. The Whistler Arts Council advocates for the arts and local artists; provides the community access to the arts and vice versa; provides resources and information to the community, outside organizations and local artists by acting as a referral service, co-programmer and information network. The Arts Council also produces a number of festivals, events and programs throughout the year including: Performance Series, Children's Art Festival, Bizarre Bazaar, ArtWalk, Celebration 2010T: Whistler Arts Festival, ARTrageous, Whistler Business & the Arts Awards, Missoula Children's Theatre, Student Art Awards & Bursaries and works on projects with other event producers to integrate arts programming.