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A picture is worth a thousand words — or in this case, it’s worth a year-long research project, a convening of 160 arts educators, teaching artists and arts administrators, and a collection of valuable feedback and insight from the Arizona arts learning community.

A picture is worth a thousand words — or in this case, it’s worth a year-long research project, a convening of 160 arts educators, teaching artists and arts administrators, and a collection of valuable feedback and insight from the Arizona arts learning community.

Recently, I sat in on an interview of Executive Director Bob Booker by valley theatre critic and New Times writer, Robrt Pela. Pela was interested in learning more about the hardships Arizona theatre organizations – especially small and mid-size – continue to face. What the Arizona arts industry knows  for sure is that dealing with… Read more »

Recently, I sat in on an interview of Executive Director Bob Booker by valley theatre critic and New Times writer, Robrt Pela. Pela was interested in learning more about the hardships Arizona theatre organizations – especially small and mid-size – continue to face. What the Arizona arts industry knows  for sure is that dealing with… Read more »

Recently, I sat in on an interview of Executive Director Bob Booker by valley theatre critic and New Times writer, Robrt Pela. Pela was interested in learning more about the hardships Arizona theatre organizations – especially small and mid-size – continue to face. What the Arizona arts industry knows  for sure is that dealing with… Read more »

Recently, I sat in on an interview of Executive Director Bob Booker by valley theatre critic and New Times writer, Robrt Pela. Pela was interested in learning more about the hardships Arizona theatre organizations – especially small and mid-size – continue to face. What the Arizona arts industry knows  for sure is that dealing with… Read more »

Welcome to part two of a blog series featuring professional development tools for individual artists. There is no time like the present to research new opportunities, update your artist application materials and sharpen your grantwriting skills. To get the ball rolling, we would like to invite you to join the Arts Commission for a free… Read more »

In 2010, nearly 325,000 high school students nationwide participated in Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.  More than 10,000 of those students were from Arizona high schools.  Over the past five years, Arizona Poetry Out Loud has been growing steadily as more and more teachers find surprising success making poetry matter for students.  Registration for… Read more »

The Arizona Commission on the Arts is pleased to announce the launch of the 2010-2011 Artist Project Grant (APG) program.  This highly competitive and prestigious grant offers artists practicing in all disciplines project-related funding to support research and development leading to the creation of new works of art. The Arts Commission remains committed to maintaining… Read more »