rizona Citizens for the Arts and Arizona Action for the Arts are separate and legally distinct organizations with a common goal: Create an environment in which the arts can flourish in Arizona."Your organization's year-round grassroots advocacy efforts and lobbying presence at the State Capitol are absolutely vital in creating public policy that is favorable to the arts."
--Carolyn Allen, Arizona State Senator

Arizona Citizens for the Arts, formerly Arizonans for Cultural Development, is the nonprofit charitable arm of Arizona Action for the Arts. Arizona Citizens for the Arts generates discussion and builds awareness of the importance and impact of the arts in achieving quality of life, educational excellence and economic health for all Arizonans and Arizona enterprises.

Arizona Citizens for the Arts (AzCA) presents the annual Governor's Arts Awards with the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Office of the Governor.

Arizona Action for the Arts was incorporated in 2005 to

• promote public dialogue, public policy and legislation favorable to the arts
• ensure and increase state funding for the arts, and
• serve as a resource for expanding additional public arts funding sources.