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Improving the financial and creative health of Arizona’s arts-and-culture organizations.
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The Flinn Foundation supports arts and culture in Arizona principally through the Initiative for Financial and Creative Health, which helps some of Arizona’s largest arts-and-culture organizations identify and design strategies to impact programmatic innovations and priority capitalization needs.
The Foundation also supports SMU DataArts, which gives Arizona’s arts-and-culture sector access to standardized data to strengthen organizational effectiveness, and a partnership with the Arizona Commission on the Arts to support organizations, primarily in rural areas of Arizona.
Flinn Foundation teams with Arizona America250 Commission, Art State Arizona on Five C’s exhibit
A new exhibit at the Flinn Foundation reimagines Arizona’s iconic Five C’s — copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate — in pieces created by artists from around the state.
The Foundation launched the show Feb. 3, in partnership with the Arizona America250 Commission and Art State Arizona, with about 150 people attending the opening reception. The project, on display through July, reflects a diverse group of artists from rural, tribal, and urban communities across Arizona and serves as a signature public-art initiative connected to the state’s commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary. [Read more]
Flinn to lead new Arizona Community NeuroArts Coalition
Arizona has joined 10 regions across the U.S. as part of a new network exploring how the arts can be used to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Partners in the Arizona Community NeuroArts Coalition include the Flinn Foundation, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, Vitalyst Health Foundation and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
Neuroarts is an emerging field that explores how arts and aesthetic experiences change the brain, body, and behavior and how this knowledge can be applied as health care. [Read more]
Flinn Scholars-themed art exhibition celebrates 40 years of program
The Flinn Foundation and Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, now known as Art State Arizona, have partnered on the exhibition, Art of Achievement: Celebrating 40 years of Flinn Scholars, to display their journeys, evolution, and achievements.
Twenty-one Flinn Scholars were profiled by the artists—nine of which were also Flinn Scholars—who created visual, literary, or musical pieces interpreted by their conversations.
The gallery at the Flinn Foundation will be open to the public through 2025. [Read more]
Flinn commits nearly $4M to Arizona arts groups
The Flinn Foundation is pledging almost $4 million to Arizona arts and culture organizations, a substantial financial commitment designed to support the groups’ long-term sustainability.
The grants, which run through 2027, will directly support 18 of the state’s largest arts organizations as well as smaller groups operating in rural or underserved areas. The initiative will provide grants ranging from $100,000 to $300,000 over three years to large organizations in the Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff areas and a $150,000 grant to the Arizona Commission on the Arts to support its Creative Communities program. [Read more]
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Arts and Culture
Flinn Foundation, Arizona America250 Commission, Art State Arizona reveal Five C’s art installations
A new exhibit at the Flinn Foundation reimagines Arizona’s iconic Five C’s — copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate — in pieces created by artists from around the state. The Foundation launched the show Feb. 3, in partnership with the Arizona America250 Commission and Art State Arizona, with about 150 people attending the opening reception. “Arizona’s Five C’s: Past, Present and What Comes Next” […]
Arts and Culture
Arizona Arts & Culture News: Arizona joins national neuroarts network; ZooLights returns for 2025; Flagstaff residents preserve history; NAU band heads to Macy’s Parade; Arizona Broadway Theatre turns 20; Phoenix shifts cultural facilities.
State arts commission, philanthropies join national network of neuroarts advocates / Flinn Foundation
Arizona has joined 10 regions across the U.S. as part of a new network exploring how the arts can be used to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities
Arts and Culture
State arts commission, philanthropies join national network of neuroarts advocates
Emerging field focuses on arts-based programming to enhance health and well-being Arizona has joined 10 regions across the U.S. as part of a new network exploring how the arts can be used to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities. The Community Neuroarts Coalitions Network is a key building block of the […]
Arts and Culture
Arts & Culture News: Phoenix Symphony launches season; Science Center debuts planetarium; Heard hosts Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Phoenix Symphony’s new season shows new side of classical music / Arizona Republic
The Phoenix Symphony is launching its season while continuing its search for a new music director
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