About Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona

Who We Are

At the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, we’re serving artists and their communities through programming, funding, and collaboration. The Arts Foundation prioritizes relationships with artists, their communities, and cultural institutions to better achieve equity through the arts.

Border Arts Corridor, Project Creosote Grantee, 2021. Video still by BAC Fellow, Dania Santiago

Kinetic Arts Tucson, Project Creosote Grantee, 2021. Photo by Piamedea Digital

Mission Statement

To advance artistic expression, civic participation, and equitable economic growth of our diverse community by supporting, promoting, and advocating for arts and culture in our region.

Who we serve & History

Our Vision

Vision for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our work. Through forward-thinking accountable leadership, the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona works to affect systemic change that fosters an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and equitable local arts community.

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Yvonne Montoya, Dance in the Desert, 2022. Photo by Brian Halbach Photography

Rachel Slick, Self Portrait of the Artist, stART Grantee, Photo courtesy of the artist

Our Team

The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona is supported by a dynamic full-time staff and a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors.

Meet Our Team

Media & Press Kits

The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona has served its communities for more than 50 years developing a wide range of exhibitions and programs. For more information about our past and future projects or appointments with leadership, look here for press releases, names, and logo guidelines.

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Next Funhouse Movement Theater, Yume Windy, 2021, Project Creosote Grantee, Photo by Larry Hanlin