activities · 11
what they do
direct service · 10
- Curating and hosting artistic and community events Themed Adult-Oriented Art & Performance EventsCurates artistic events and provides an accessible space for community events, liberatory art practices, and social justice organizing, including neurodivergent-themed burlesque shows.
- Curating and hosting artistic and community events Themed Adult-Oriented Art & Performance EventsCurates and hosts artistic events, including neurodivergent-themed burlesque shows, and provides accessible space for community events, liberatory art practices, and social justice organizing.
- Ensuring accessibility for events and spacesMaintains a wheelchair-accessible courtyard, provides a ramp for stage access, operates an all-gender restroom with wheelchair accessibility, and offers free earplugs and masks at events for individuals with sensitivities.
- Offering event support services Event Appearance Booking & SupportOffers services to create promotional materials, set up ticketing platforms, silent auctions, raffles, or sponsorship packages for events, and provides ASL and Spanish translation, QR codes or captioning, and virtual options for events.
- Offering event support services Event Appearance Booking & SupportOffers services to create promotional materials, set up ticketing platforms, silent auctions, raffles, or sponsorship packages for events, and provides ASL and Spanish translation, QR codes or captioning, and virtual options for events, connecting organizers with professional interpreters and technicians.
- Operating a co-op boutique and maker-space Artisan Craft Sales and ExhibitionsOperates a co-op boutique-style thrift store and maker-space that features work by local artists.
- Operating event and studio spaces Performing Arts Venue OperationsOperates an event space housed in a 100-year-old art studio warehouse, including a main permanent stage, eleven art studios, areas for site-specific installations, an outdoor stage and garden, and dedicated studio spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Splinter Movement Space).
- Operating event and studio spaces Performing Arts Venue OperationsOperates a main permanent stage, a 100-year-old art studio warehouse event space, eleven art studios, areas for site-specific installations, an outdoor stage and garden, and dedicated studio spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Splinter Movement Space) for various artistic and community activities.
- Providing mutual aid and community support Permanent and Transitional Housing SupportProvides mutual aid to neighbors impacted by housing insecurity, including those who are unsheltered, operates a free store, and organizes with and employs individuals experiencing homelessness in nearby encampments.
- Providing mutual aid and support for housing insecure individuals Permanent and Transitional Housing SupportProvides mutual aid to neighbors impacted by housing insecurity, including those who are unsheltered, operates a free store, and organizes with and employs individuals experiencing homelessness in nearby encampments.
advocacy · 1
- Leading housing justice advocacyLeads the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice project focused on housing justice in Tucson.
strategies · 20
how they think
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- Accessibility and Disability Justice Focus accessibility_focusedPrioritizes disability justice by continuously improving physical and programmatic accessibility and providing transparent, detailed accessibility information to empower community members.
- Anti-Colonial and Anti-Gentrification Stance anti-colonialism and anti-gentrificationPublicly acknowledges occupation of Indigenous lands and actively opposes gentrification through mutual aid and community support, particularly for those impacted by the housing crisis.
- Anti-colonial, anti-gentrification, and land-based justice anti-colonialism and anti-gentrification, regenerative-community-practiceOpposes gentrification and colonialism by acknowledging occupation of Indigenous lands, providing mutual aid to those impacted by the housing crisis, and integrating regenerative food cultivation and natural building into community justice work as part of a holistic liberation practice.
- Community Building Across Divisions community buildingActively nurtures community building across social divisions by cultivating inclusive, representative leadership and promoting partnership, diversity, and mutual support.
- Community Engagement Through Shared Space community_engagementSupports mission-aligned groups by offering affordable retail and community rental rates for workshops, skill shares, events, and trainings, fostering collaborative use of space.
- Community-Centered Safety community-centered safetyPrioritizes the safety and well-being of community members—especially disabled and immunocompromised people—as a foundational value in shaping policies and practices.
- Continuous Improvement in Accessibility continuous improvement and accessibility focusCommits to the ongoing evolution and improvement of accessibility in both physical space and operations, recognizing accessibility as a dynamic, not static, goal.
- Continuous accessibility improvement continuous improvement and accessibility focusCommits to the ongoing evolution and improvement of physical, sensory, and economic accessibility in its space and operations as a core operational value.
- Equity-Focused Programming equity-focused programmingCenters the artistic expression, voices, and experiences of systematically disenfranchised individuals by intentionally creating space for marginalized communities to lead and represent themselves in programming.
- Equity-centered programming and leadership equity-focused programming, representative leadershipCenters the artistic expression, voices, and experiences of systematically disenfranchised individuals through programming and ensures leadership (Board and executive team) is 100% comprised of people with intersecting marginalized identities, including Black, Indigenous, POC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, neurodivergent, and those with lived experience of sex work, housing insecurity, and incarceration.
- Flexible Pricing and Community Access flexible_pricingExpands access to facilities by offering sliding scale and work-trade options for rentals, particularly during off-peak hours, ensuring financial barriers do not exclude community members or aligned groups.
- Inclusive and Accessible Event Hosting inclusive event hostingEnsures events are safe and accessible for all, particularly disabled and immunocompromised individuals, through fragrance-free requests, masking policies, and intentional accommodations that center health and inclusion.
- Inclusive and accessible community events inclusive event hosting, community-centered safety, accessibility_focusedHosts safe, accessible events with policies that protect disabled and immunocompromised community members, including fragrance-free requests, mandatory masking, and detailed public accessibility information to ensure broad inclusion.
- Radical Hospitality and Anti-Capitalist Practice radical hospitality and anti-capitalismOperates through a model of radical hospitality by subsidizing community access to space, paying living wages, reinvesting in accessibility, and advocating for the redistribution of resources, challenging capitalist norms in nonprofit and arts spaces.
- Radical hospitality and anti-capitalist resource redistribution radical hospitality and anti-capitalism, flexible_pricingPractices radical hospitality by offering subsidized and sliding-scale space rentals, work-trade options, and reinvesting in accessibility, while paying staff living wages and advocating for the redistribution of goods and care as part of an anti-capitalist framework.
- Representative Leadership representative leadershipEnsures that organizational leadership—including the Board of Directors and executive team—is composed entirely of individuals with intersecting marginalized identities, grounding governance in lived experience and community accountability.
- Social Justice Advocacy and Abolition social justice advocacyAdvocates against gentrification and for abolition, aligning organizational practice with broader structural change and resistance to systems of oppression.
- Story-centered community engagement story-centered-engagementUses storytelling as a foundational practice for accessibility and community engagement, centering narrative as a tool for connection, representation, and inclusion.
- Thrift-Make-Mend Model for Sustainable Engagement thrift-make-mendEngages the community through a sustainable, anti-consumerist model centered on thrifting, creating, and repairing items, fostering resource sharing and creative reuse.
- Thrift-make-mend sustainable engagement model thrift-make-mendPromotes sustainable community engagement through thrifting, creating, and repairing items, fostering resourcefulness and anti-consumerist values.
named programs · 6
what they call their work
Artistic Event Curation
Curates artistic events that center the voices and experiences of systematically disenfranchised individuals.
Community Rental Options
Offers sliding scale and work trade options for space rentals during off-peak hours for members and community groups aligned with the organization's mission.
Event Space Rentals
Provides various indoor and outdoor spaces (Studio Nueve, Studio Cinco, Courtyard, Splinter Movement Space) for workshops, skill shares, events, and training sessions, with retail and community rates.
Mutual Aid
Provides mutual aid to unsheltered neighbors and those impacted by the housing crisis, including operating a free store and organizing with individuals living outside.
Social Justice Organizing
Engages in social justice organizing, focusing on anti-racism, decolonization, housing justice, disability justice, and anti-gentrification.
The Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice
A project that offers allyship courses around housing and ownership, collaborating with Justice Movement.
relationships · 17
who they work with
- Arizona Commission on the Arts Funder — Provides support for projects.
- Circle for Justice Innovations Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- Emergent Fund Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- Fluxx Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- Justice Movement Partner — Co-founded by Natalie Brewster Nguyen, one of Splinter's Co-Executive Directors, and collaborates with the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice.
- National Endowment for the Arts Funder — Provides support to the Arizona Commission on the Arts, which in turn supports Splinter Art and Community Fund projects.
- Network for Good Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- Resist Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- The Arts Foundation of Southern Arizona Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- The Community Food Bank of Southern AZ Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- The Drawing Studio Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- The Outlaw Project Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.
- Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice Partner — Collaborates with the Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice, which is one of Splinter's primary projects and offers allyship courses around housing and ownership.
- Tucson Alliance for Housing Justice Partner — Collaborative project focused on housing justice in Tucson, led by Splinter Art and Community Fund member Raye Winch.
- Voqal Funder — Listed as a grant and award provider.