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This collaborative fundraising and celebration event is presented by West Valley Arts Council and the P.W. Litchfield Heritage Center at the historic WWII era hangar at Flight Goodyear.
This amazing event will:
- Raise awareness of the West Valley’s special identity through art and history.
- Provide a unique, immersive event in the West Valley.
- Raise funds and strengthen Arts, History and Culture in the West Valley.
- Build Regional identity as a community cultural event.
- Celebrate American history and the arts.
West valley arts council
Growing Arts and Culture in the West Valley
West Valley Arts Council is a 501c3 nonprofit that serves the 13 municipalities that make up the West Valley by acting as a facilitator for inclusive art and culture in the West Valley.
Our partnerships connect and strengthen communities through sharing resources, opportunities, and building networks across neighborhoods, artists, culture-keepers, and organizations. Our goal is to help nurture an arts ecosystem where everyone has a voice and everyone belongs.
Founded in 1969 as the Cultural Arts Society West, and renamed West Valley Arts Council in 1989 to reflect a broader and more inclusive vision, WVAC has long been part of the cultural fabric of the West Valley. Rather than acting as the center, we strive to be one thread among many — helping cultivate the quality of life that emerges when communities shape their own cultural landscapes.
P.W. Litchfield Heritage Center
History, Arts and Culture for the Southwest Valley
The new P.W. Litchfield Heritage Center (PWLHC) will be home to a museum, archive, research library, gift shop, and public programming areas. Named in honor of Paul Weeks Litchfield, an internationally known industrial figure of the first half of the 20th century, the Center will be housed in the re-purposed historic Litchfield/Denny home, which was the vacation residence of Paul and Florence Litchfield and later the year-round residence of their daughter and her husband, Edith and Wally Denny. Once part of the larger Rancho La Loma property, a 20-acre, hilltop portion on which the home is located, was donated by the Dennys to the City of Litchfield Park.
This groundbreaking ushers in a new era for the region—rooted in heritage, driven by vision, and devoted to enriching lives through arts and culture.
