About Us
Supporting Art Education in Sacramento
Our Mission:
Our Vision:
In 2018, Sacramento’s Creative Edge Culture Plan was released documenting the status of arts, culture and the creative economy in Sacramento. The number one goal in the analysis was the need to restore arts education in the schools. Friends of Sacramento Arts (FOSA) was launched in 2019 with the mission to ensure equitable access to comprehensive arts education in K-12 public schools in the Sacramento Region.
Friends is led by a 10-member board of directors and an executive director, Allison Cagley, who was selected by the City of Sacramento’s mayor’s office and community leader, Dennis Mangers. Friends works with a consortium comprised of the Sacramento County Office of Education, the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture and the 14 school districts in Sacramento County. Friends is a partner with the statewide arts education advocacy organization CREATE CA and works with local arts advocacy groups – Sacramento Alliance for Regional Arts and the Capitol Creative Alliance.
We advocate for increased access to arts education for K-12 public school students in Sacramento County.
We provide funding for arts projects for students.
We provide information, resources and connections to advance these goals.
“Thanks to your grant, we can pay the wonderful teachers who have been working with us and use that money to reach more communities.” – Cynthia Speakman, On Stage Theater Arts. “Your donations help us provide critical funding to local art programs like OnStage Theater Arts!”