Founders, Gigi "Fast Elk" Bannister (Actress/Producer and Special Effects Artist), Reggie Bannister (Musician, Actor, Producer) and Robert Leggett (Music Promoter, Actor), founded a community organization (Crestline Theatre Arts) to encourage, train and support local youth in the visual and performing arts. In Fall of 2004, Crestline Theatre Arts expanded to include all art forms and became the Crestline Creative Arts Foundation receiving federal approval as a 501(c)(3) in December 2004.