Incorporated in 1982, La Quinta Arts Foundation (Federal Tax ID # 95-3842968) is a charitable non-profit organization whose mission is Promoting and Cultivating the Arts. This is accomplished by producing nationally acclaimed visual and performing art events, forming meaningful partnerships with civic and social service organizations, and providing cultural, education and personal growth outreach programs to all citizens of the Coachella Valley and beyond.

 “A city must be more than streets and buildings, cops and workers, ordinances and development. It must provide opportunity for positive participation and self-fulfillment of the individual, while contributing to the community.”  

– Fred Wolff, La Quinta's first mayor & co-founder of La Quinta Arts Foundation