An Overview of Public Art
The Arts Foundation Public Art Team manages 300+ Public Artwork Collection for City of Tucson and Pima County. Intentionally engaging community, the team is working to convene and support diversified perspectives, forms, functions and geographies in all aspects of the the public art process.
Public Art Opportunities
Browse our recently posted Public Art Opportunities below. If you are an artist and interested in creating Public Art in Southern Arizona, please explore our Public Art Artist Roster.Â
Call to Artists- Vinyl Culture: Banners and Wraps
Canal Convergence 2024 Request for Temporary Public Art Proposals
2024 Call to Teaching Artists  TRANSPORTATION ART BY YOUTH (TABY) SUMMER PROGRAMÂ
Simon Donovan, Stone Poneys, 2021. Photo by Julius Schlosburg
Public Art Map
The Arts Foundation stewards the Public Art process for the City of Tucson and Pima County. We’ve created an interactive map to help you discover public art, learn about the artists and visit public art sites throughout Tucson and Pima County.
Public Artist Roster
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona’s Artist Roster is a standing list of pre-qualified local artists who work in public art. This roster is used as an optional tool for qualifying public art projects through which a community review panel can select artists to present their work.
Alex! Jimenez working in the studio, 2022. Photo courtesy of the artist
Taranm Akbary, TABY Project Planter, 2021. Photo by Julius Schlosburg
Transportation Art By Youth
In collaboration with the Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility, with funding from the Pima Association of Governments, the Transportation Art By Youth (TABY) program hires youth artists to work with a professional artist in the development of public artwork for the City of Tucson.
Public Art & Community Design Committee
The Public Art and Community Design (PACD) Committee is a standing committee of the Arts Foundation composed of 21 voting members that participate in the development and implementation of the Public Art Plan and promote the Public Art Program.
Joe Pagac, Himmel Park, 2022. Photo by Julius Schlosburg
Chris Rush, 17 Portraits, 2007. Photo courtesy of the artist
Public Art Policy
The City of Tucson and Pima County contract the Arts Foundation to manage various aspects of their respective Public Art Programs, based on their governing policies.