Who We Serve
At the Arts Foundation, we serve and fund organizations and community members residing in the city of Tucson, Pima County, and increasingly, in the Southern Arizona region.
We aim to reach and engage both urban and rural communities, knowing important art is being created in the large cities and small towns of Southern Arizona. We work to learn from and support these artists as well as the place they call home.
“…cultural self-determination is a crucial dimension of equity. That is the ability to make sense of the world on one’s own terms, to tell one’s own story, to dream, imagine, assert aesthetically. This is foundational to our American ethos, and access to the resources and opportunities for arts engagement is a crucial dimension of an equitable community.”
–Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, Welcome remarks at the 2022 National Arts Action Summit.
Arts Foundation Team
![Abby Christensen](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Arts-Foundation_Abby-Christenson-219x300.jpg)
![Adriana Gallego](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Adriana-headshot_web-218x300.jpg)
![Ammi Robles](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Arts-Foundation_Ammi-Robles-1-218x300.jpg)
![Ariel Fry](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ariel-headshot_web-218x300.jpg)
![Dalia Prado](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dalia-edited-35-219x300.jpg)
![David Gaxiola](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/david-gaxiola_arts-foundation-tucson-southern-arizona-1-218x300.jpg)
![Donna Isaac](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-Isaac-2-1-218x300.jpg)
![Gabriela Muñoz](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gabriela-headshot_web-218x300.jpg)
![Jenea Sanchez](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Arts-Foundation_Jenea-Sanchez_-2-219x300.jpg)
![Sabrina Parra](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Arts-Foundation_Sabrina-Parra-219x300.jpg)
![Sadie Shaw](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Arts-Foundation_Sadie-Shaw-219x300.jpg)
Sadie Shaw
Public Art & Community Design Administrator
520-624-0595 ext. 3
![Wylwyn Reyes](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Arts-Foundation_Wylwyn-Reyes-2-218x300.jpg)
Arts Foundation Board of Directors
To reach members of the Arts Foundation Board of Directors, email agallego@artsfoundtucson.org or call 520-624-0595 ext. 1.
![Cristal Franco](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Cristal-Franco.png)
Cristal Franco
Director
![Eli Burke](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Eli-Burke.png)
Eli Burke
Director
![Junior Roman](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Junior-Roman.png)
Junior Roman
Treasurer
![Khailill Knight-Papaioannou](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Khalill-Knight-Papiannou.png)
Khailill Knight-Papaioannou
Secretary
![Magdalena Verdugo](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Magdalena-Verdugo.png)
Magdalena Verdugo
Board President
![Marcia Nedland](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Marcia-Nedland.png)
Marcia Nedland
Director
![Marcos Ysmael](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Marcos-Ysmael.png)
Marcos Ysmael
First Vice President
![Stephanie Rosenberg](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Stephanie-Rosenberg.png)
Stephanie Rosenberg
Second Vice President
![Tyler Miller](https://artsfoundtucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ArtsFoundation_BoD_Tyler-Nicole-Miller.png)
Tyler Miller
Director