Governor’s Budget Proposes Level Funding for the Arts

The Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget released on Friday, January 16, 2026, by the Governor's office proposes the continuation of a $2 million one-time legislative appropriation to the Arizona Commission on the Arts that was included in the State's FY2025 and FY2026 budgets. The Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget released by the Governor’s office on Friday, January 16, 2026, proposes the continuation of a $2 million one-time legislative appropriation to the Arizona Commission on the Arts that was included in the State’s FY2025 and FY2026 budgets. One of 56 state and jurisdictional arts agencies in the United States, the Arizona Commission on the Arts receives and administers funds from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts and directs this funding to programs that contribute to the growth and stabilization of a statewide arts and culture sector.