TACFA’s Programs
Our Programs
TACFA supports a wide range of programs to develop, showcase, and support the arts in our community. We strive to create rich opportunities for arts participation for everyone.
Broadway in the Park
Our signature program, Broadway in the Park, brings together over 140 volunteers so that nearly 5,000 members of the community can enjoy a professional musical production at an affordable ticket price.
Student Art Competition
We organize a student art competition and exhibit that draws over 200 entries and offers prize money to the students, and stipends to their teachers.
Kids Koncerts
TACFA provides the funding to send over 1,000 Tustin 4th graders to a symphony created just for children.
Elementary Art Education
We provide funding to nine Title 1 elementary schools to enable them to have art education for their students.
Scholarships
TACFA’s scholarship programs help graduating high school seniors to continue their art education.
Access to the Arts
Our support of Access to the Arts allows students attending classes through the Orange County Department of Education ACCESS Program at Academic Center of Tustin to earn credits while learning the basics of art and composition.
Tustin Literary Foundation
The Tustin Literary Foundation is dedicated to enriching Tustin’s cultural landscape by promoting literature, poetry, and local playwrights.
Voices of Tustin
TACFA assists with funding of The Voices of Tustin chorus, which performs their musical magic to entertain the Tustin community.
The heART of Orange County
TACFA, in conjunction with Chemers Gallery, helps to promote and fund an annual all-media juried exhibit for local artists.
Artscapes
Our Artscapes program seeks to provide the city with public art sculpture that will enhance the beauty of Tustin.
Tustin Art League
TACFA also provides funding to the Tustin Art League, an organization of visual artists whose purpose is to enhance the visual arts within the community to enrich and energize citizens of all ages.
Tustin Art Walk
TACFA organizes and provides funding each year to support the Tustin Art Walk, featuring live music, wine and beer tasting areas, a kids craft village, and more.
Plein Aire Competition
TACFA provides the prize money for the Plein Aire Art Competition at the Art Walk. A week before, artists descend onto Old Town Tustin and local Tustin parks to paint their sceneries for the contest.