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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 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]
Flinn, SAACA hosting bioscience-themed exhibition
Have you ever wondered what the retinal images of your eyes would look like printed on cotton? Perhaps a watercolor version of a breast cancer cell? Or DNA on fused glass?
These are three of the 29 works of art on display through January 2025 at the Flinn Foundation in Phoenix through a partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance.
“From Micro to Macro” is an evocative bioscience-themed exhibit delving into the connection between art and health care. The art, on display in the Foundation’s lobby and conference center, explores themes of scientific discovery, research, exploration, illness, recovery, and the transformative power of creative expression. [Read more]
Art exhibit highlights early disease diagnosis at Flinn Foundation
The Flinn Foundation’s longtime support of Arizona artists and the biosciences was represented this year with an art installation on display in its Phoenix building’s lobby and renovated conference center—the first since the art series was launched in 2022.
The exhibition, Uncommon Knowledge, is a partnership between the Tucson-based Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and Roche Tissue Diagnostics that highlights the value of regular disease screenings and patient self-advocacy. The artwork tells the stories of 21 Roche employees as interpreted by 14 literary and visual artists. Uncommon Knowledge was on display in fall 2023 at the Ventana Gallery on the Roche campus in Oro Valley and then on display from spring through August 2024 at the Flinn Foundation. [Read more]
Flinn Foundation adds two Phoenix business leaders, arts supporters to board
Arizona business leaders Chris Camacho and Adam Goodman—the heads of Greater Phoenix Economic Council and Goodmans, respectively—have been elected to the Flinn Foundation board of directors, which is responsible for allocating funding for the foundation’s grants and programs while setting its strategic direction.
Camacho, an advocate for the biosciences, other innovation industries, and the arts has served as president and CEO of the economic development organization for nearly a decade. Goodman represents the third generation to lead the Goodmans family business, a furniture and office design company. Goodman, an ardent supporter of the arts, journalism, and health care, is also an Arizona Center for Civic Leadership 2023 Flinn-Brown Fellow. [Read more]
Flinn Scholar alum and percussionist Trevor Barroero lands dream job in Arizona
As an eighth-grade spectator at Tucson Music Hall, Flinn Scholar Trevor Barroero would imagine himself one day playing on that same stage as principal percussionist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
The Ironwood Ridge High School of Oro Valley and University of Arizona graduate aced his audition and landed his dream job.
Barroero, who was offered the merit-based Flinn Scholarship in 2012, has also been performing at schools from Tucson to Nogales with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet and teaching percussion to youth and adults. [Read more]
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Flinn commits nearly $4M to Arizona arts groups
best pokerbros clubs 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. […]
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Arizona Arts & Culture News: ‘Desert lace’ cactus art; Native art history; Art from Scratch exhibit
John and Lauri Maeder craft art in ‘desert lace’ / Sedona Red Rock News
John and Lauri Maeder have discovered a way to reveal unique aspects of cacti innards in their artwork and jewelry. Their process of removing the plant’s outer layers is a closely-guarded secret, developed about a decade ago over the course of 23 months.
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NEH Chair and Flinn Scholar Shelly Lowe recounts her journey
best pokerbros clubs By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Shelly Lowe laughed when she was asked to define the humanities. As chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Lowe said that’s one of the difficulties of her job. “Humanities are our creation stories,” Lowe said. “And there are so many creation stories out there from different […]
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Arizona Arts & Culture News: Mesa Arts Center executive director named; Tempe Arts in Schools grants; AI in botany
Tripoli named executive director of Mesa Arts Center / QueenCreekSunTimes.com |
Mandy Tripoli has been with the city for 13 years in various positions within the Mesa Arts Center. As executive director, she’ll oversee programming and operations, including Performing Live, Art Studios, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, festivals and engagement and education programming.
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