To the many participants and speakers of the Southwest Arts Conference (SWAC) and the Joint Arts Education Conference (JAEC), we thank you for your presence, contributions and energy. It is your being there and the sharing of success stories, new and innovative ideas, best practices and networking time that made the two events quite remarkable…. Read more »
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Getting Shakespeare to 6th Graders: Submit Your Artist Intent to Apply to the Teaching Artist Roster, Today!
Teaching Artists in Arizona deliver arts opportunities to schools, students, communities, senior centers, afterschool and outreach organizations. They bring Tango and Irish dance, Flamenco, Taiko and Reggae, classical guitar, harp, flute and tuba, painting, drawing, creative writing and more. The offerings of artists on the roster are richly diverse, and the ways in which arts… Read more »
From the Public News Service: Life Likely Saved by Arizona Arts AED Program
Maricopa County arts and culture organizations received life-saving Automatic External Defibrillator machines in early 2010, thanks to a generous grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. These funds allowed the Arts Commission to work with the Arizona State Health Department to purchase and provide eligible Maricopa County arts organizations with complete AED packages. Early… Read more »
It’s All Happening: Follow us at SWAC and the Joint Arts Education Conference
Tomorrow begins the 2010 Southwest Arts Conference and the Arizona Joint Arts Education Conference. You can follow the events of both conferences on Twitter, @AZartscomm, and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phoenix-AZ/Arizona-Commission-on-the-Arts/339984253904). Also, tune in tomorrow evening as the Arizona Citizens for the Arts and the Arizona Alliance for Art Education host the Candidates Forum for Superintendent: Realizing… Read more »
Experiences of a Teaching Artist: They were dancing!
The deadline to submit an application to the Arizona Teaching Artist Roster is fast approaching. Leading up to this deadline, I asked roster artist Susan Bendix to talk about what inspired her to apply to the roster and what continues to motivate her to develop her work as a teaching artist. Susan responded by describing… Read more »
Assistance for Struggling Performing Arts Orgs and Michael Kaiser: Superstar
In late June, I ran across a New York Times piece about Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and thought Arizona arts professionals might find it interesting: “A Crusader for Boldness as the Arts Face Deficits” By Kate Taylor; Published June 27, 2010, New York Times The full… Read more »
Reminders from the Arts Commission
Please be aware that Arts Commission offices will be closed on Friday, July 23 for mandatory unpaid State of Arizona Employee Furlough, and will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 29 and 30 as all staff will be on-site at the Joint Arts Education Conference (JAEC) and the Southwest Arts Conference (SWAC). Upcoming Deadlines:… Read more »
Interview with Rob Davidson, JAEC Presenter; 4 Days Left to Register!
Thanks to an Americans for the Arts (AFTA) Emerging Leaders Scholarship, I was able to attend AFTA’s Half-Century Summit this year. Rob Davidson, Program Director with VH1 Save The Music Foundation and member of the AFTA Arts Education Council, was also in attendance. Rob and other members of the Arts Education Council led attendees through… Read more »
We May Be Small But We Sure Are Mighty: Why Small and Emerging Arts Organizations Should Attend SWAC
The following post is by Natalie Dominguez. Natalie is currently the Programs Intern at the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and is a native of Phoenix. She holds a B.A. in Performing Arts Management from The Hartt School of the University of Hartford and has interned in the development department at New York Theatre Workshop… Read more »
Life in a Day: 24 hours, a Camera and You
Producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin Macdonald are collaborating with YouTube, and possibly you, to explore the power of art to turn reality into the ultimate source material. From the Life in a Day website: Life in a Day is a historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film, shot in a single day,… Read more »
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