This year's Free Arts Theater Camp was themed “Strengthening Futures,” and was held for the 23rd year at the Herberger Theater Center.

On Saturday, May 18th, we had our first-ever Free Arts Day in Pima County at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.

This May marked another successful season of our Professional Artist Series at CFLA! Students learned from a Free Arts professional teaching artist and built relationships with their volunteer mentors over the course of six weeks.

On April 21st, Free Arts participated in Chalk it Up! Prescott, a chalk art festival that was family-friendly and community-centered. The event was in partnership with The Launch Pad Teen Center, one of our partner organizations in Yavapai County.

Did you know that April is National Volunteer Month? We just couldn’t wait, so we celebrated early at our Mentor Paint & Sip in March.

families from all over the state gathered at Lost Canyon Camp in Williams, Arizona, for a day filled with creativity, fun, and togetherness. This Family Free Arts Day was in partnership with the Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents.

The Free Arts Family Program and Young Adult Empowerment Program (YAEP) were honored to provide resilience-building art activities at Arizonans for Children Foster Festival. For this annual event, the Enchanted Island Amusement Park partners with Arizonans for Children to bring a one-of-a-kind experience to foster families.

In October, Free Arts was invited to participate in “Teen Maze” as one of our first steps towards establishing statewide programs.

For the last 22 years, Free Arts has partnered with Dance Theater West (DTW) to create DTW’s Storybook Ballet production featuring Free Arts children and teens. Our beloved partnership continued into September 2023, when twelve Free Arts children performed alongside DTW dancers at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

As the school year kicks off, so does the Weekly Mentor Program!