An Overview of Public Art
The Arts Foundation Public Art Team manages 300+ Public Artwork Collection for City of Tucson. 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 Projects & Opportunities
Browse opportunities and information about our Public Art Projects below. If you are an artist and interested in creating Public Art in Southern Arizona, please review our latest Public Art Projects and consider applying to be on our Artist Roster.
Art In Your Park: Kennedy Park
22nd ST: Camino Seco to Houghton
2026 SaludArte
Sugar Hill on stone: murals and digital design
Tucson House: Interior Art Curation
Amazon Flats: Murals and Mosaics
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 Southern Arizona. We’ve created an interactive map to help you discover public art, learn about the artists and visit public art sites throughout Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Public Artist Roster
Public Art by Hirotsune Tashima and TABY Youth Artists for the Wagging Tails Dog Park, 2024. 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 Committee (PACDC) 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 contracts the Arts Foundation to manage various aspects of their respective Public Art Programs, based on their governing policies.