RIFFRAFF ARTS COLLECTIVE INSPIRES, EMPOWERS AND PROMOTES THE ARTS AND CREATIVITY IN DOWNTOWN PRINCETON, SOUTHERN WV AND THE APPALACHIAN REGION. RRAC ENABLES CREATIVE GROWTH BY PROVIDING SPACE, TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO ARTISTS OF ALL TYPES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VISUAL, PERFORMING, LITERARY AND HEALING ARTISTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND CREATIVE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. RRAC OPENS THE DOORS TO CREATIVE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION BY CONNECTING ARTISTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND DEPLOYS CREATIVE ACTION FROM WITHIN THE SPACE IT OCCUPIES TO THE WORLD AROUND IT. RRAC ENABLES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUTH. RRAC BELIEVES IN THE POWER AND ABILITY OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS TO PROMOTE GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION, BOTH PERSONALLY AND EXTERNALLY, AND SEEKS TO PROMOTE CHANGE AND ULTIMATELY, POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION OF PEOPLE, SPACES AND PLACES.