Support the Arts Today
Planning for the Future of Arts Education
Support the Arts Today
ArtsBuild is committed to helping Chattanooga’s arts community during this difficult time. Local arts organizations and artists are working hard to adapt despite a cumulative total of $8.4 million in lost income since March 2020. Please support ArtsBuild with a gift to the 2021 Annual Campaign to help sustain critical financial support needed to build a stronger community through the arts. The arts are essential to our lives and our economy.
2021 Annual Campaign Fund
ArtsBuild is committed to helping Chattanooga’s arts community during this difficult time. Local arts organizations and artists are working hard to adapt despite a cumulative total of $8.4 million in lost income since March 2020. Please support ArtsBuild with a gift to the 2021 Annual Campaign to help sustain critical financial support needed to build a stronger community through the arts. The arts are essential to our lives and our economy.
2021 Annual Campaign Fund
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
Over the past five decades, ArtsBuild has invested more than $76 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 12,000 school children in grades K-4 each year.
- Has given financial support to more than 125 unique arts organizations and community arts projects and arts events since 2012.
- Awarded $500,000 in 2020 through competitive-based grants to support the mission, outreach efforts and programs of local arts organizations, our Community Arts Partners.
- Receives generous gifts from 1,000 donors each year to the ArtsBuild Annual Campaign, providing critical support for the arts in Chattanooga.
- Funds 21 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!
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY —
Artists at Work Initiative
ArtsBuild is excited to announce that we will be serving as a Cultural Hub for the Artists At Work (AAW) initiative in partnership with THE OFFICE performing arts + film, and we are currently in search of five Thrive Regional Artists for a
year-long, paid artist residency.
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2022.
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.
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