As a community arts service organization the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Arts Council (MRPMAC) has beenpromoting and supporting arts and culture in the communities of Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge since 1971. Since 2003 the MRPMAC has managed The ACT Arts Centre and Theatre, also acting as the key presenter in the region bringing a variety of performing arts disciplines for all ages to perform at The ACT. In 2005 the Arts Council was also asked to take on the operations of the Maple Ridge Art Gallery, to enable the Arts Centre to continue to service the local visual arts community upon the dissolution of the Maple Ridge Art Gallery Society.