Make a Nomination for the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards

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Since 1981, 138 Arizona artists, individuals, arts and cultural organizations, educators and businesses have been recognized with the coveted Governor’s Arts Award for their outstanding contribution and passion in supporting the arts in our schools, our communities and our everyday lives. The Governor’s Arts Awards are presented annually by the Arizona Citizens for the Arts,… Read more »

From the Art Works Blog: Be ArtsReady!

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The article below is a repost from the National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Blog.To view the original post, click here. Molly Lakin-Hayes is the former Deputy Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and is now the Deputy Director of South Arts (formerly the Southern Arts Federation), a nonprofit regional arts organization in… Read more »

Art Works, For Education

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Last week I had the opportunity to hear Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Rocco Landesman, speak about his work at the NEA up to this point. Landesman talked about one of his key messages at the NEA: Art Works.  From the NEA Art Works Blog, “Art works on and within people… Read more »

Second Annual P.A.V.E. Symposium on Entrepreneurship and the Arts: Creating Infrastructure for Creativity and Innovation

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In April of 2011, the second annual P.A.V.E. Symposium on Entrepreneurship and the Arts will take place in Tempe, Arizona. This year’s symposium, Creating Infrastructure for Creativity and Innovation, is sponsored by the Arizona State University School of Theatre and Film and Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Arts… Read more »

Elizabeth Andronic, 2010 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Champion

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Last year I had the great pleasure of accompanying the 2010 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Champion, Elizabeth Andronic, to the National Finals in Washington D.C.  While she prepared for the national competition, met with elected officials and spent time getting to know her fellow contestants, Elizabeth always demonstrated grace and passion. I am always… Read more »

Creative Community and the Governor’s Rural and Regional Development Conference

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“…arts are not disconnected from job creation.” – Alex Fischer, CEO of the Columbus Partnership, an economic-development group Last week, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman gave the opening remarks at the International Economic Development 2010 Annual Conference, New Paradigms: the Practice of Economic Development in a Changed Landscape (it seems the arts aren’t alone in reevaluating… Read more »

Presidential Proclamation: October is Arts and Humanities Month

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October is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM), a nation-wide celebration of arts and culture in our country. Americans for the Arts coordinates this, the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities, every October. Below is the White House proclamation issued from President Obama to recognize the role the arts play, “in both shaping… Read more »

The Arts Reformation: the Impact of the New Audience, Rise of the Professional Hybrid Artist & the Redefined Cultural Market

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If Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, is right, then we in the arts and the performing arts in particular, must address some staggering facts.   Video games now out sell music and movie recordings combined. An entering college freshman has spent 20,000 hours online, plus 10,000 hours playing video… Read more »

Be a Part of It: Celebrate Arizona’s Centennial Through the Arts!

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By now you might have heard – Arizona is turning 100! To commemorate the occasion, a variety of events and celebrations are taking place across the state between now and February 2012. We’re getting in on the party and we hope you will, too. Join us as we paint the state, literally, with arts-related commemorative… Read more »