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At ArtsBuild, we work each day to build stronger communities through the arts with our investments and focus in three main areas—arts access, arts education, and arts leadership—to grow the arts ecosystem in Chattanooga-Hamilton County. Knowing the arts are essential to our lives and the economy, we take our unique role seriously as a grant maker, hub, and advocate for the arts. With the support of many donors and partners, we can generate resources towards our vision to provide more arts in more places for more people.

2025 Annual Campaign Fund

At ArtsBuild, we work each day to build stronger communities through the arts with our investments and focus in three main areas - arts access, arts education, and arts leadership - to grow the arts ecosystem in Chattanooga-Hamilton County. Knowing the arts are essential to our lives and the economy, we take our unique role seriously as a grant maker, hub, and advocate for the arts. With the support of many donors and partners, we can generate resources towards our vision to provide more arts in more places for more people.

2025 Annual Campaign Fund

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Our Mission

At ArtsBuild, our mission is building stronger communities 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 $80 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 14,000 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 23 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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SPOTLIGHT —

Performing Arts Feasibility Study

ArtsBuild is excited to share the launch of a comprehensive feasibility study to evaluate the need for a community Performing Arts Center in Chattanooga. Funded by a grant from the Lyndhurst Foundation, the study was conducted by Webb Mgmt, a nationally recognized consultancy specializing in arts and cultural facility planning. This initiative responds to pressing feedback from Chattanooga’s performing arts community, which has identified a shortage of dedicated rehearsal, creative incubation, and mid-size, flexible performance spaces.

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Our Community Arts Partners

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