Central Arts District

PHOENIX ARTS GROUPS FORM NEW ARTS ORGANIZATION

A group of Phoenix arts organizations coordinated their efforts to launch the new Central Arts District. In a unanimous effort by the burgeoning art institutions located in the area between Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, Roosevelt and Virginia streets, leadership of these organizations envisioned the opportunity to distinguish the concentration of arts in the new district and embrace the businesses within it.

Central Arts District will provide a platform for these institutions to continue their work with a higher visibility and collaborate with one another on progressing the arts and culture in Central Phoenix. With four of the state’s largest arts and cultural organizations within these borders and the recent investment of more than $60 million in the neighborhood, the concentration and impact of their presence in the community merits the creation of the new Central Arts District.

These organizations are founding members of the new Central Arts District: Phoenix Theatre, Viad Corporate Center, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Heard Museum, Arizona Opera, Playhouse on the Park, Phoenix Community Alliance, Arizona School for the Arts, Hance Park Conservancy and Metro Arts High School.

A group of Phoenix arts organizations coordinated their efforts to launch the new Central Arts District. In a unanimous effort by the burgeoning art institutions located in the area between Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, Roosevelt and Virginia streets, leadership of these organizations envisioned the opportunity to distinguish the concentration of arts in the new district and embrace the businesses within it.

Central Arts District will provide a platform for these institutions to continue their work with a higher visibility and collaborate with one another on progressing the arts and culture in Central Phoenix. With four of the state’s largest arts and cultural organizations within these borders and the recent investment of more than $60 million in the neighborhood, the concentration and impact of their presence in the community merits the creation of the new Central Arts District.

These organizations are founding members of the new Central Arts District: Phoenix Theatre, Viad Corporate Center, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Heard Museum, Arizona Opera, Playhouse on the Park, Phoenix Community Alliance, Arizona School for the Arts, Hance Park Conservancy and Metro Arts High School.

At top, “Puddle Jumpers,” a sculpture by Genna Goodacre, located in the Sculpture Garden of the Viad Corporate Center in downtown Phoenix

Above right, “The Power of Mother Earth,” a 20-foot-tall mural by artist Thomas “Breeze" Marcus  PHOTO BY MARK SCARP, THE HEARD MUSEUM