The Toe River Arts Council shall have as its purposes to promote and encourage the existing cultural and educational organizations of Mitchell and Yancey Counties, North Carolina; to engage in any phase of the creative or performing arts; to assist in the establishment of new cultural, educational and scientific activities in fields where none now exists; to coordinate cultural, educational and scientific activities of Mitchell and Yancey Counties so as to avoid overlapping and duplication of efforts; to sponsor co-operative planning, research, fund-raising and public educational programs, administer property, and undertake such other services and programs as are deemed necessary to encourage participation and appreciation of the arts in the area.