TPAC in the News


May 1, 2013

TPAC Seeks Finance Manager

The Finance Manager is responsible for financial management of TPAC operations. This position will provide leadership and coordination in the administrative, business planning, accounting and budgeting efforts of TPAC.

April 29, 2013

Creating a Sense of Belonging

Last year, Nicole Lightner’s world opened up. She can thank the Tucson Pima Arts Council’s PLACE grants for that.

March 21, 2013

Incorporating the Arts Into Urban Development

TPAC has invited Deborah Cullinan, executive director of San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts, to give a lecture about how art, social justice and community change tend to remain interrelated in communities throughout the country.

Class at The Drawing Studio. Courtesy of the Arizona Daily Star.

December 11, 2012

LOCAL ARTS FRAMED AS $87 MILLION FORCE

“Armed with two recent studies that say the arts sector is valuable to the region’s economy, the Tucson Pima Arts Council plans to ask in January for a doubling of its public funding from the city and the county.” To read the full Arizona Daily Star article, click the link below.

August 28, 2012

Barry’s Blog on 2012’s Influential Arts People

TPAC Executive Director Roberto Bedoya cited as one of 50 Arts Leaders.

August 28, 2012

Tucson Weekly review of Pioneer Building Exhibit, “Broadsides: The Art of Poetry”

“In the Broadsides exhibit at the Pioneer Building, viewers can find … poems with visual components.”

July 19, 2012

Lumies Winners Interviewed on PBS “Arizona Illustrated” News Hour

Lumies Winners featured weekly on Arizona Illustrated.

July 6, 2012

TPAC featured in Tucson Inside Business

Read Tucson Inside Business Article on new National Endowment for the Arts $100,000 grant.

May 9, 2012

“How Do You Move Through the City?”

PBS Spotlights WTA Exhibit by Bill Mackey

November 18, 2011

Tracing the Ties Between Art and Democracy

TPAC Executive Director Roberto Bedoya and artist Denise Uyehara interviewed on PBS – Arizona Illustrated, KUAT, AZPM. The interview was in relation to the event “Arts, Culture & Democracy” .

You can also listen to the KXCI podcast of the “Arts, Culture & Democracy” discussion.

Folklorico dancers at Tucson Meet Yourself. Photo by Steven Meckler.