Plano is culturally diverse and active community with something to please everyone's tastes in music, art and dance.  Art Centre in historic downtown Plano is host to international artists of renown, as well as local and regional artists.  Media includes sculpture, oil, watercolor, ceramics, folk art, photography and jewelry.   With its renovated 160-seat theater, Art Center is the permanent home of the Plano Reparatory Theatre.  Director Jim Ware said, "All of the arts groups in Plano are growing by leaps and bounds, with the quantity and quality of the art being produced increasing rapidly.  As a community, we are working together to obtain a world-class performing arts center."

Other performing arts groups in Plano include the Plano Children's Theatre, the Plano Metropolitan Ballet, the Plano Chamber Orchestra, the Plano Community Band, the Town North Men of Notes, the Rich Tones, and the Younger Generation.  Organizations which support the visual arts are the Plano Art Association, the Plano Area Art Education Association, the Plano Photography Club and the Classics.  Plano's ease of access to Dallas and Fort Worth affords residents the opportunity to enjoy concerts, musicals, theater productions and art exhibitions of national and international renown.  The Dallas Museum of Art, African American Museum of Life Cultures, Meyerson Symphony Center, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, among many others in Dallas, as well as the Kimball Art Museum, Forth Worth Museum of Modern Art, and the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth provide a wealth of cultural programs and exhibits.