Hello, friends! Vice President of Programs, Matt Sandoval, here. I wanted to share an update on the progress of the Canvas of the Heart podcast for Free Arts. I’m happy to report that we have successfully completed the podcast’s first season! Throughout the summer, we were able to feature a diverse group of guests who...
It’s been a little over a year since Phonetic Spit, a unique Valley nonprofit with similar goals and values to Free Arts, partnered with us to form Mic Check, a monthly teen and young adult open mic event held at Parsons Place every third Saturday of the month.
Group photo of Edward Jones holding their affirmation cards at the Bob & Renee Parsons Place for Art and Transformation. Edward Jones re-launched their Day of Caring initiative where 19,000+ offices and employees across the country are encouraged to support their communities through a day of service. On August 29, 2022, Free Arts hosted 11...
Participating families in our new program. We all start somewhere to build resilience. With this new program, it aims to connect families with a supportive community. 2022 was a year of growth and opportunities of expansion for our programs. One of the opportunities has been the creation of the Foster and Kinship Family Program. This...
This year Free Arts has teamed up with Phonetic Spit, a local non-profit whose mission is to create brave spaces that help young people find, develop, and publicly present their voices as agents of social change.
The first Transformation Celebration was on Friday, January 28, 2022. Some attendees were neighbors in the area who had watched the construction project and wanted to learn more.
