Creative West is a nonprofit regional arts service organization whose mission is to build equitable technology, funding, advocacy, and policy systems to generate creative capacity in the West and beyond. Established in 1974 as a U.S. Regional Arts Organization (USRAO), Creative West serves a broad and diverse region that stretches from the Arctic Coast to the Desert Southwest and from the Great Plains to the Pacific Islands. We offer direct, practical support to artists, culture bearers, state arts agencies, and creative organizations.

Creative West was founded on the belief that place matters to the creative process. Over fifty years later, communities of practice, experience, and identity remain fundamental to our work, framing our understanding of how culture is creatively produced and collectively experienced.