Patron Member Benefits for SABCA Members

Marketing Opportunities, Elevated Employee Benefits, Arts and Cultural Event Coordination benefits are available to all Patron Members of the Southern Arizona Business Committee for the Arts.  Event Coordination and Administration services start at $2,500, ranging to $30,000 depending on the frequency and scale of the event or program.

Employee Benefits
From employee events and promotions, employee nights out at the theatre, to transforming your business walls into a veritable gallery, our organization can provide tangible benefits with a tailored program to fit your needs and desires without significant cost to you, or even free of charge.

Marketing
If you are looking for business recognition or increased name visibility, our organization presents over 150 annual events and programs. Your business can benefit greatly from the marketing exposure on countless television, print, and radio ads.

Arts and Cultural Event Coordination
We offer many services to our members that you won’t find anywhere else. Our event and promotional collaboration capabilities include but are not limited to large scale festivals, live music and concert series’, grand opening celebrations, employee picnics, employee arts galas and many more. The sky is truly the limit – the great thing about joining such a creative business council is that our organization can provide the administration of nearly any type of community centered arts and cultural event or program that fits into your business model. All events are geared towards increasing the foot traffic in your place of business while also branding your business as a community leader! Our business partners find that these events not only enhance their image within the communities they operate, but also increase their sales and profits through building and expanding their clientele.

To set up a meeting to discuss how your business or organization may benefit from the Arts, please contact Executive Director, Kate Marquez at (520) 797-3959 x 6 or kate@saaca.org

Some current examples of Patron members of the Southern AZ Business Committee for the Arts include…

General Growth Management, Inc – Park Place Mall – Tucson Mall
SAACA works with General Growth Properties locally in Southern Arizona in attempt to re-focus the corporate image to inspire building a community through grass-roots art initiatives.  For example; the Delightful Diversions programs brings local artists and performers into Park Place Mall each week to provide an escape, or ‘diversion’ from the everyday retail experience for shoppers, diners and mall patrons; the Park Place Mall Concert Series hires over 150 local musicians to play free concerts in the mall every Thursday year-round; the Park Place Saturday Kids Club opens up the indoor children’s playland to non-profits who may conduct art themed activities that align with their mission to help educate the public on their cause; the Tucson Mall is investing monies on regional Public Art installations in replacement of commercially driven art; bothmalls provide vacant space to the community for non-profit art advertisement space when available; finally, Tucson Mall and Park Mall host over 200 performances during the Holiday Season showcasing hundreds of local student and established artists in all genres. 

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc
In collaboration with SAACA, Ventana Medical Systems, Inc has provided the largest community gallery space in Southern Arizona utilizing employee hallways and public spaces to hang over 400 pieces of artwork each year in a series of community exhibitions and competitions.  The 800+ employee bio-tech facility boasts the participation of emerging and established national and local artists each year. 

Broadway Village Partners
SAACA works with the Broadway Village Partners to re-invigorate Tucson oldest shopping center at Broadway Village located at Country Club and Broadway by filling vacant commercial spaces with opportunities for local artists to exhibit their artwork within the community. 

Comcast
The national corporation is committed to working with non-profits to create successful programs that improve the quality of life where their customers and employees live and work.  COMCAST supports SAACA through the sponsorship of annual fine art festival, car shows and other community arts initiatives within the organization.  

Fishkind, Bakewell & Maltzman Eye Care and Surgery Center
This top rated local business contributes as a Patron Member to SAACA by underwriting support for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra MasterWorks Concert Series in the Northwest Tucson community.  In addition to financial support for the concert series, the business also receives valuable marketing opportunities through participation at SAACA festivals with a business presence as well as complimentary tickets to local performances through Southern Arizona.

Tucson Federal Credit Union 
This local credit union and banking institution provides annual underwriting support for the La Encantada Summer Concert Series.  In addition, TFCU also takes advantage of employee support programs that reward employees with free tickets to local performing arts performances. 

Evergreen Devco - Diamond Ventures
SAACA partners with the Steam Pump Village development in Oro Valley, AZ to work with the local tenants to produce classic car shows and well as an annual concert series on site to draw new customers and patrons to the shopping center. 

Tucson Newspapers
TNI collaborates with SAACA to provide advertising support for many of SAACA’s annual events and programs.  Tucson Newspapers is committed to supporting the arts in the community and through their partnership with SAACA are able to connect with the community at any of the 100+ annual events SAACA produces each year. 

Westcor - La Encantada & Casa Grande Promenade
SAACA and Westcor in Southern Arizona partner together on a series of events and programs to attract new patrons to their centers through collaborative and creative events, including: Passion for Fashion, a charity fashion show for all ages, La Encantada Summer Concert Series, Performing and Fine Arts Festivals as well as a Classic Car Show at the Casa Grande Promenade and an annual Holiday Festival of the Arts. 

Weingarten Realty
Oracle Crossings Shopping Center and Weingarten Realty partners with SAACA to promote annual arts centered and themed events year round that draw new patrons to the center, including: Holiday Art Spectacular featuring window paintings from area artists through the Holidays, FALL-O-WEEN Promotion that features costume contests, as well as pumpkin carving contests, Culinary Arts Tour throughout the center as well as an annual live music series featuring local artists performing throughout the center.  These promotions not only support the local businesses in the community, they engage the shopper in a more family friendly community based manner.


Tucson Pima Arts Council
The local granting organization supports SAACA with grant funds to aid in the operating and strategic planning process to help grow and sustain the organization so that it can continue to support and create new opportunities for artists and musicians in the community. 

Arizona Commission on the Arts 
The designated State Arts Organization provides General Operating Support funds to SAACA to support our annual programs and events that promote individual artist within the community while encouraging participation for the arts in new and exciting ventures.

Pima Community College 
As one of the nations largest community colleges, Pima Community College partners with SAACA to present a community Arts & Cultural Festival at the Northwest Campus each year that highlights the cultural arts community throughout Southern Arizona.  The event not only creates new opportunities for individual artists, but also serves as one of Pima’s largest collaborative events produced each year. 

Desert Diamond Casino 
SAACA and DDC partner each year to promote the cultural arts of the Native American communities throughout the region through collaboration on the SPIRIT, Native American Fine Art Festival held each Fall at the Diamond Center at the Desert Diamond Casino off of Pima Mine Road in Sahuarita, AZ.  The festival works to preserve the rich cultural arts found in many reservation communities and tribes across the Nation.

Hilton El Conquistador Resort
This top rated Southern Arizona Resort facility collaborates with SAACA to create one of the most unique and mission based Jazz events in the area: Jazz Legends in Concert LIVE!.  Each year the hotel underwrites a large portion of the necessary expenses involved with hosting 7 of the world’s most talented Jazz musicians to create a weekend of Master Classes open to local high school and college students.  The weekend is capped off with a spectacular concert poolside at the resort underneath the Pusch View Mountains in Oro Valley, AZ. 

Greater Phoenix Arts & Business Council
SAACA partners with the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix to bring to Southern Arizona the national Business Volunteers for the Arts Programs.  In return, SAACA partners with the organization to bring new and community based art festivals to the Phoenix area.