MITZI HANCUFF has been Executive Director of the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond for 21 years.  Under her leadership, class enrollment and programming now reach over 15,000 people a year.  Gatherings which started in two rooms in 1985, expanded under Hancuff's capable leadership and now include more than 250 classes and camps annually.  Programming has expanded to include the Edmond youth Chorus, two children's plays, the statewide Fine Arts and Literature Academic meet, and a statewide Youth Impressions juried art show.  Hancuff implented the Arts in Public Schools program to enhance arts education for over 600 3rd and 4th graders each week at four Edmond elementary schools.  Other educational edeavors include partnerships with Peppers Ranch, Boys Ranch Town and the City of Edmond Juvenile Court on "Your Creative Side," an art based delinquency prevention program for teens.  In addition to her business acumen, her fundraising ability has resulted in The Spring Sampler, Dancing with the Arts, Taste of Edmond dinners and other events.

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