In May 2021, Creative Flagstaff’s Board of Directors adopted a comprehensive new strategic plan focused on three strategies:

1. Reduce barriers to participating in the creative sector and the arts.
2. Gather artists, thinkers, makers, and leaders and build community around making change.
3. Invest in catalytic initiatives that support creative sector entrepreneurship and nonprofit excellence.

Our plan is ambitious:

1. We will deepen the cultural sector’s relationship with our region’s philanthropic community. In 2021/2022, we plan to hire our organization’s first ever Development Director.
2. We plan to launch a series of annual events that strengthen the relationship between arts, science, and ideas – culminating in the establishment of a world-class festival.
3. We seek to grow recognition for our collective work amongst our community and our region.
4. We will reopen Coconino Center for the Arts with an even more robust and imaginative slate of programs.
5. And, we will continue to be advocates on behalf of arts, education, STEAM, tourism, and cultural equity within our community and beyond.

Read the strategic plan to learn more about our research and process, goals, and initiatives.

Every year, the Board will evaluate its progress on the strategic plan, make adjustments to goals and priorities as required, and assess when it is ready to move to the next phase programmatically and operationally.

The FY22 Action Plan represents the first steps of Phase 1 of the strategic plan. Phase 1 is largely focused on building the organization’s capacity and leadership to support the proposed Dark Sky Arts & Ideas Festival in Phase 2.