The Sagrado’s annual art shows and aligned programming uplift creative voices, bring community together, and build cultural bridges. Learn More.

With the Sagrado’s mission of using arts, culture, and design to advance social and environmental justice, the obelisk project specifically highlights existing health disparities in South Phoenix that are the result of racist and segregationist zoning practices, such as highway construction and the placement of industrial sites. Learn More.

Design Empowerment PHX started in 2019 to support South Phoenix community members to reclaim control over the evolution of their environment through self-taught design enlightenment. Design empowerment workshops invite youth and community groups of all ages to learn about design by engaging in real design projects affecting their community.

South Phoenix Love is an ongoing initiative of the Sagrado to celebrate and promote love of family, love of community, and love of culture in South Phoenix. South Phoenix Love preserves history through multimedia narratives of South Phoenicians today and spreads the Love through locally-made merchandise, acts of kindness, and heat relief efforts. 

In collaboration with Merit Partners, the Sagrado will ensure Merit Sky Harbor Business Park becomes a new point of pride for the South Phoenix community and a model for conscious development. The Sagrado will facilitate dynamic, innovative public art projects designed by local artists and directly inspired by community voices. Together we will demonstrate a new model of industrial development that uplifts and preserves community values and history, in harmony with the natural environment.

To Learn more about this project, visit the project page HERE.