Maricopa Friends of the Arts (MFOTA) is celebrating its first fundraising event, Maricopa Taste The Arts, to be held at Global Water July 23. Maricopa Taste The Arts will include samplings of arts in the form of food (Dinner-Dessert-Wine tastings), visual and musical offerings.

Tickets are $50 per person and available through email at [email protected]. There are also individual and business sponsorships available.

The goal is to raise $10,000 to promote the arts in Maricopa including contributing to the purchase of a Piano for Maricopa High School’s Performing Arts Center and offer grants to encourage artists in the community.

Participants in Maricopa Taste The Arts will include Roots Eatery, KayLee Pro Desserts, Honeycutt Coffee Wines, three musical entertainers, a theatrical vignette from the Maricopa Community Theatre and a continuous visual arts slide show on multiple screens throughout the venue.

MFOTA began its mission in May 2021. Its purpose as a Patron of the Arts is to foster, promote and financially support art forms in Maricopa and surrounding communities.

The volunteer-run nonprofit recognizes the quality-of-life benefits the creative energy of a variety of art forms provides directly and indirectly to artists and their audiences.

In celebration of the arts, it strives to bring a vast variety of all art forms to its membership and the community.