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Improving the financial and creative health of Arizona’s arts-and-culture organizations.
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Flinn Arts & Culture
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, SAACA to host bioscience-themed exhibition
The Flinn Foundation and Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance will host an evocative bioscience-themed show delving into the profound connection between art and health care. The exhibition will showcase a diverse collection of works exploring themes of scientific discovery, research, exploration, illness, recovery, and the transformative power of creative expression.
From Micro to Macro will be on display in the Flinn Foundation’s lobby and conference center in Phoenix from August through January 2025.
Art exhibit highlighting early disease diagnosis on display at Flinn Foundation
The Flinn Foundation’s longtime support of Arizona artists and the biosciences is currently represented 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. The Foundation is displaying selected works from the exhibition in spring 2024. [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. He is honorary chair of the Art d’Core Gala at the Phoenix Art Museum in March, benefiting the nonprofit Artlink. 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
Flinn Scholar Trevor Barroero was auditioning in October for the principal percussionist position with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. As an eighth-grade spectator at Tucson Music Hall, Barroero would imagine himself one day playing on that same stage.
The Ironwood Ridge High School of Oro Valley and University of Arizona graduate aced the audition and landed his dream job.
Barroero, who was offered the merit-based Flinn Scholarship in 2012, had his first concert in November and has been performing at schools from Tucson to Nogales with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet and teaching percussion to youth and adults. [Read more]
Flinn Foundation newsletter serves Arizona arts and culture community
The Flinn Foundation’s “Arizona Arts & Culture News,” created for the state’s arts and culture community, highlights media stories from around the state about Arizona artists and organizations.
Subscribers to the newsletter will receive media story summaries in their inbox twice per month. It’s a quick and easy way to stay updated on the latest arts and culture news and learn about new exhibits, programs, and artists. Sign up is available on the website. [Sign up]
News and Updates
Arts and Culture
Arizona Arts & Culture News: Canal Convergence; Chandler Youth Theatre; ¡Sombra! public art project
Scottsdale Arts announces 2024 Canal Convergence festival details / Phoenix New Times |
Canal Convergence, the annual festival produced by Scottsdale Arts, will be held Nov. 8-17 at the Scottsdale Waterfront. The free, 10-night event features large-scale public artworks created by artists from around the world alongside live music and dance performances.
Arts and Culture
Arizona Arts & Culture News: Arizona Opera director; Cave Creek Museum; Navajo Code Talkers
Arizona Opera director leaving after eight seasons / Tucson.com |
Joseph Specter will leave the Arizona Opera at the end of the upcoming season. Specter has been the company’s president and general director since 2016. The Opera was founded in 1971 in Tucson. By 1976, the company had become Arizona Opera and was performing full seasons there and in Phoenix.
Arts and Culture
Arizona Arts & Culture News: Christina You-sun Park; Art for axolotls; DESERT PULSE; Arizona Opera spreads awareness
Arizona Commission on the Arts hires Christina You-sun Park as executive director / Arizona Commission on the Arts |
Christina You-sun Park, a seasoned leader with a diverse background in arts administration, equitable creative placemaking, grantmaking, and cultural research, has been named executive director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a 57-year-old state agency.
Arts and Culture
Arizona Arts & Culture News: Poozeum; Blue Dragon Map; History through lowriding; Flinn seeks artists
Owner of world’s biggest fossilized poop collection opens museum / CNN
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George Frandsen, owner of the newly opened Poozeum in Williams, Arizona, offers visitors free access to approximately 8,000 pieces that make up his coprolite collection.
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Tammy McLeod, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Karey Miles
Conference Center & Guest Experience Coordinator