This paper focuses on cultural production among diasporic Arab American communities residing in Houston, Texas by examining primary source materials comprised in the Skaff Family Arab American Archive. Through analyzing gala dinner programs of local groups, community bulletins, ads in local newspapers, editorials, correspondence, and institutional and ecclesiastical records, a clear image of capacity building and networking emerges around Arab American diasporic artistic programming. Well known musicians and artists from the Arab world, such as Feyrouz, toured the U.S., and spent time in Houston and the Gulf Coast to raise awareness around political events and humanitarian crises. This paper is concerned in particular with the period between the 1940s-80s and follows modes of community building and arts programming documented in national and regional Arab American publications. Much of the efforts to bring renowned artists and performers to the U.S. appears to have been women-led in many instances, either through women’s volunteer auxiliary groups and news coverage written by Arab American women writers and journalists. Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian women’s groups in Houston participated in, promoted, and documented arts programming that at once gave space for Arab American cultural awareness and preservation, while assisting in raising funds for refugees and immigrants in the U.S. and the Arab world. Their efforts to serve their communities are reflected in the collaborative ties that stretch across national, ethnic, and religious lines and spanned numerous American cities.