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The Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced on June 19, 2024, the hiring of Christina You-sun Park as Executive Director. Park will join the staff of the 57-year-old agency on June 21, 2024.
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The Arizona Commission on the Arts invites teen creatives to join the AZ Youth Arts Council to ensure that Arizona’s youth perspective is heard in arts programming and policy.
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On May 15, 2024, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced their second round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2024, totaling more than $110 million in direct funding support to arts organizations and programs throughout the United States. Among this round’s recipients are 17 from Arizona!
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The Arizona Commission on the Arts and Arizona State Parks and Trails have partnered to pilot the first ever Arizona State Parks Artist in Residence Program at Oracle State Park! Through the residency program, artists will spend up to two weeks residing and creating art in an Arizona state park. Oracle State Park, a 4,000-acre… Read more »