What is your favorite Free Arts Moment? My favorite event I have attended was probably also its most impactful. I am so grateful to have been able to be a part of the ACASI Vigil [Arizona Child and Adolescent Survivor Initiative, a program of ASU]. This was an event where members of the community came...
Free Arts partnered with Arizonans for Children to bring joy and imagination to the children of Arizona. On February 22nd, 2025 from 11 AM to 3PM, the Arizonans for Children Foster Festival featured fun activities for hundreds of foster children and their families.
Today, I am asking for your support because I know you care. While we ended last year on solid financial ground, we are now facing challenging headwinds. Can we call on you for a donation, ensuring our ability to serve youth and families?
The end of the calendar year, with its busyness related to work, school, and upcoming holidays, often provokes mixed emotions in people. For the children, teens, and families that Free Arts serves, this time of year can surface their ongoing feelings regarding change, loneliness, and loss.
Every day, families seek safety and refuge at one of the several domestic violence shelters in the valley. Frightened, exhausted, and needing care, these families need a full array of wraparound services. Free Arts’s mission includes serving those affected by this unfortunate reality by partnering with shelters to offer programs that transform trauma into resilience...
As I write this, the calendar tells me it is the second day of fall. In the Phoenix area, that means that we are starting to feel a brisk breeze in the 90s (that is some Arizona weather humor for those outside of the area). As the seasons change, it feels natural to reflect on...
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 Saturday, April 20th, Free Arts hosted its 2024 Inspiring Creativity in Mentoring Symposium in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona, Gabriel’s Angels, and New Pathways for Youth.
