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This November, 15 year-old Jordan Lomahoema from Keams Canyon, on the Hopi Nation was at the White House to receive the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, on behalf of the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP). Only 12 programs across the country were honored for community-based programs that… Read more »

This November, 15 year-old Jordan Lomahoema from Keams Canyon, on the Hopi Nation was at the White House to receive the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, on behalf of the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP). Only 12 programs across the country were honored for community-based programs that… Read more »

This November, 15 year-old Jordan Lomahoema from Keams Canyon, on the Hopi Nation was at the White House to receive the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, on behalf of the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP). Only 12 programs across the country were honored for community-based programs that… Read more »

This November, 15 year-old Jordan Lomahoema from Keams Canyon, on the Hopi Nation was at the White House to receive the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, on behalf of the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP). Only 12 programs across the country were honored for community-based programs that… Read more »

The Governor’s Arts Awards are presented annually by the Arizona Citizens for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the Office of the Governor. The nomination process is an opportunity to recognize the many individuals, organizations and businesses that make a significant contribution to the arts in our state. Honorees are selected by… Read more »

One week from tomorrow, Alliance for Audience and the Tucson Pima Arts Council will host a community discussion in Tucson, and you are invited! Join your fellow artists, arts educators, arts advocates and administrators for Arts, Culture and Democracy: A Tucson Community Discussion. Held at the Temple of Music and Art, Cabaret Theatre, the event… Read more »

Stephanie Peters is an Art History Masters candidate at Arizona State University and intern at the Arts Commission working with the Director of Strategic Initiatives. She is originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, where she earned her BA in Art History at Edinboro University. Stephanie is writing her thesis on Native American painting competitions in the 1950s…. Read more »

In January, 2012, one year will have passed since the tragedy in Tucson that took the lives of six people and injured 13 others. There have been many events, exhibitions, and courageous efforts to support the Tucson community in the wake of this tragedy. One of these projects is a unique compilation of songs. Luz… Read more »

The gauntlet was thrown. And then another. And now, it’s on in the race to 10,000 facebook “likes.” In the ongoing battle between the Arizona Commission on the Arts, California Arts Council and DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Arizona started out with a significant lead. For a moment DC took over, and now… Read more »

The following is an invitation from Alliance for Audience and ShowUp.com, for Arizona arts organizations to join the Arizona Arts and Culture Census and Community Database. So far, 50 arts & cultural organizations have joined the Arizona Arts & Culture Census/Community Database – and uploaded information on nearly 700,000 unique households. Now it’s YOUR turn!… Read more »