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The following article originally appeared in the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) March 2012 newsletter Executive Director’s Column. Jonathan Katz is the chief executive officer of NASAA, one of the primary spokespersons on behalf of funding and support for the arts and cultural activities in the United States. For more than 20 years,… Read more »

The following article originally appeared in the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) March 2012 newsletter Executive Director’s Column. Jonathan Katz is the chief executive officer of NASAA, one of the primary spokespersons on behalf of funding and support for the arts and cultural activities in the United States. For more than 20 years,… Read more »

The following article originally appeared in the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) March 2012 newsletter Executive Director’s Column. Jonathan Katz is the chief executive officer of NASAA, one of the primary spokespersons on behalf of funding and support for the arts and cultural activities in the United States. For more than 20 years,… Read more »

The following article originally appeared in the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) March 2012 newsletter Executive Director’s Column. Jonathan Katz is the chief executive officer of NASAA, one of the primary spokespersons on behalf of funding and support for the arts and cultural activities in the United States. For more than 20 years,… Read more »

As of September 15, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice has added new language regarding ticketing to the regulations for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II (State and Local Government) and Title III (Places of Public Accommodation). These new regulations are enforceable as of March 15, 2011. The new ticketing regulations are composed… Read more »

Final Grants Deadline Reminder The application deadline for the fiscal year 2013 grants cycle for organizations and schools is this Thursday, March 15, 2012. Grant Guides and information can be found on the Arizona Commission on the Arts website at http://azarts.gov/grants/organizations-and-schools/guides/. Please be advised: As a government agency, the Arts Commission is not able to… Read more »

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. -Voltaire It is such an honor and a humbling experience to manage Arizona Poetry Out Loud. Over four months, more than 13,000 students from all over our state learn, and recite from memory, hundreds of poems in competition… Read more »

The upcoming Fiscal Year 2013 grant cycle – deadline Thursday, March 15, 2012 – marks the Arts Commission’s formal integration of the Arizona Cultural Data Project (AZCDP) as a part of its application process. We urge you to carefully review the grant guidelines. The application process in most grants categories now requires applicants to register… Read more »

Arts Commission’s Reauthorization Bill Receives Unanimous Approval in Senate Committee Today, Wednesday, February 29, 2012, the bill to reauthorize the Arts Commission for ten years took another critical step forward. The bill, HB2265, passed out of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Energy, with unanimous approval.

Today, and over the course of the next two days, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, will visit Arizona. He begins in Phoenix today, hosted by Phoenix Art Museum Director, Jim Ballinger, and Bob Booker, executive director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Ballinger is also a member of the… Read more »