Press Releases
May 7, 2012
TPAC Announces 2012 Lumies Arts & Business Award Nominees
Tucson Pima Arts Council is thrilled to announce the slate of nominees for the 2012 Lumies Arts and Business Awards, which celebrate the outstanding businesses, nonprofit organizations, and individuals who help build the unique and distinctive character of Tucson and Pima County.
February 21, 2012
Chairman of National Endowment for the Arts Blogs about his trip to Arizona & Tucson!
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman had a great experience here in Tucson, thanks to all.
February 1, 2012
Tucson Pima Arts Council welcomes nominations for the annual “Lumies,” Pima County’s Arts & Business Awards
Nominations are due by midnight on April 12, 2012
December 13, 2011
P.L.A.C.E. III Initiative Recipients
Tucson Pima Arts Council awarded grants totaling $103,963 with funding received from Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Open Society Institute.
December 2, 2011
Tucson Pima Arts Council Awards $165,000 in Grants to support stabilization of 31 Arts Organizations
Funded by the City of Tucson through TPAC, these grants will help nonprofit organizations address priorities that will help them sustain, thrive and grow during these challenging economic times, according to Leia Maahs, TPAC grants and community cultural development manager.
November 2, 2011
Arts, Culture & Democracy: A Tucson Community Discussion
The Tucson Pima Arts Council and Alliance for Audience/ShowUp.com present a free provocative community discussion about the role arts and culture will play as part of civil discourse in the lives of Tucsonans.
October 25, 2011
Survey of City Council Candidates Shows
Survey of City Council Candidates Shows support for Public Art; Increase in Arts funding not likely until economy improves
August 15, 2011
P.L.A.C.E. II Initiative locates Tucson at the leading edge of community-based arts funding
TPAC partners with the Kresge foundation to fund art, culture and community building projects.
August 1, 2011
National Endowment for the Arts Awards TPAC $100,000
Our Town grant supports cultural asset mapping in Tucson’s Historic Warehouse Arts District.
Sons of Orpheus performance. Photo by Steven Meckler.
