Support the Arts Today

ArtsBuild is committed to helping Chattanooga’s arts community stay strong despite the disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our efforts will continue to evolve to meet the needs of the local arts sector. We are especially focused now on our unique role as funder, convener, and advocate for the arts. The arts are essential to our lives and the economy. We appreciate everyone’s help as we work to generate more resources and support for the arts.

2023 Annual Campaign Fund

ArtsBuild is committed to helping Chattanooga’s arts community stay strong despite the disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our efforts will continue to evolve to meet the needs of the local arts sector. We are especially focused now on our unique role as funder, convener, and advocate for the arts. The arts are essential to our lives and the economy. We appreciate everyone’s help as we work to generate more resources and support for the arts.

2022 Annual Campaign Fund

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Our Mission

At ArtsBuild, our mission is to build a stronger community through the arts.

We strive to fulfill our mission by:
Partnering - collaborating to reach creative solutions
Advocating - articulating the role of the arts in building lives and communities
Connecting - providing arts opportunities for all
Educating - cultivating creativity to enhance personal and academic growth
Advancing - strengthening the economic environment
Supporting - generating resources to support arts and cultural experiences

Grant Making

Arts Education

Arts Leadership

Over the past five decades, ArtsBuild has invested more than $77 million in arts organizations, arts programs and arts education initiatives in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. Additionally, ArtsBuild:

Provides free arts performances and exhibits for more than 13,000 school children in grades K-5 each year.
Has given financial support to more than 150 unique arts organizations and community arts projects and arts events since 2012.
Awarded $500,000 in 2022 through competitive-based grants to support the mission, outreach efforts and programs of local arts organizations, our Community Arts Partners.
Receives generous gifts from 650 donors each year to the ArtsBuild Annual Campaign, providing critical support for the arts in Chattanooga.
Funds 19 Community Arts Partners, who serve a cumulative total of 750,000 people each year.

Make a Difference

Your gift to ArtsBuild helps create a more vibrant city and a stronger community. Generous gifts from individuals to our Annual Campaign are essential to our ability to invest in our arts organizations and reach more people through the arts. Learn more about all the unique arts programs made possible by you!

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2022 REPORT —

Annual Report

We are pleased to share our 2022 Annual Report which highlights the ways that ArtsBuild connects the arts to education. In a year that was very much about recovering from the pandemic, we have a renewed excitement about creating access for people of all ages to learn and experience the arts in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

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Our Community Arts Partners

It takes everyone – arts organizations, artists, administrators, and educators – to build a stronger community through the arts. Learn more about ArtsBuild and how our Community Arts Partners are making a difference.