Groundworks is a 501c3 non-profit, youth-driven community arts space in Tucson. We're a team of artists, musicians and educators with the shared goal of developing creativity and talent in Tucson's youth arts scene. Since November 2021, we are located at 2919 e Grant Rd. Tucson AZ 85716, but catch us all around Tucson connecting with our local artistic community.

Every Friday and Saturday night we host an all-ages event for youth to come interact with art and music, so visit our venue page for the full calendar of events.

If you’d like to support, we ask for your contribution to offset our operation costs and to help get art supplies, musical gear and more into the hands of young artists! We also invite artists to submit to our gallery and musicians to utilize our facilities for practice, recording and more!

If you'd like to donate something other than money, we're looking for donations of musical equipment, art supplies, furniture, store fixtures, classroom supplies and donations of time/services that may benefit the space. We are also actively looking for interested artists and musicians of all ages to utilize our space and any resources we may have available. Get in touch here! 

Please share our website and donate if you feel passionately about youth music and arts in Tucson!

History

Groundworks was established in 2019 by our founding board of directors: Logan Greene (president), Nirantha Balagopal (treasurer) and Timothy Milner (secretary). A kickstarter that year helped raise enough money to sign a lease on a building in January of 2020. However, because of the impending pandemic, by March Groundworks had to cancel our grand opening plans and postpone all in-person activities. 

So, we switched to entirely virtual programming to continue our mission and our promise to the community to highlight youth musicians and artists in Tucson. After our virtual opening in our original Broadway location, Groundworks continued to build connections and resources so that we would feel comfortable and safe to open by the end of 2021. 

After moving to 2919 e Grant Rd in late 2021, we were able to host our official Grand Opening party with AJJ, Playboy Manbaby, Los Velvets, They’us, The Sinks, and Imogen Rose. Since then, we have been the host of many artists from around the world including Sparta, Cheekface, Smidley, Forever Came Calling, Flasher, The Body, Tim Kasher, Mattiel, Widowspeak, Teenage Halloween, Foot Ox, Mega Ran, Dent May, and more!

Today we are working to build a better organization both internally and with our physical space to allow a safer, more accessible alternative than what is currently available to youth interested in the arts in Tucson. From construction projects like stage/venue beautification, to administrative work like volunteer coordination, and to program development like creating our instrument/art supply library… we need your help to keep the mission alive!

Donate

Your support directly helps Groundwork’s all-volunteer staff create amazing Arts programming for the Tucson community. Learn more here.

• If you’re interested in learning more or getting involved, email us at info@groundworkstucson.com or fill out the form below.

• For professional booking inquiries, visit our booking page or contact booking@groundworkstucson.com.

• Interested in volunteering? We are always looking for motivated folks to help the cause. Click here to fill out our volunteer application.