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It’s not too late to take advantage of savings and attend the Southwest Arts Conference (SWAC), the Joint Arts Education Conference (JAEC) or both. We recognize that economic strain and the close of the fiscal year present challenges to those wishing to register for the conferences. And so, taking your feedback into account, we extended… Read more »

The Southwest Arts Conference, will take place on Thursday, July 29 and Friday, July 30, 2010 in historic downtown Chandler, Arizona. Registering for the conference is a smart investment for anyone engaged in the Arizona arts industry, and you still have 3 days to take advantage of the early bird registration rate of $99. (Early… Read more »

Visiting the Opportunities and Events section of our new website can quite possibly be the game-changer you’ve been searching for.  Are you ready for it? Whether you are an artist, administrator, educator or arts supporter, the Opportunities and Events section has a plethora of exciting offerings for you or someone you know. This section of… Read more »

What do Vikings, Sumo wrestlers and Luchadores Mexicanos have in common?  They are prepared for a good fight.  

It is my pleasure to announce that Jonathan Katz, Chief Executive Officer of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies will be the keynote speaker for the Joint Arts Education Conference, taking place on July 29, 2010 at the Musical Instrument Museum. Lynn Tuttle, Director of Arts Education at the Arizona Department of Education, says… Read more »

I’ve known Alicia Sutton for 17 years, long before she was a big shot world traveler with an MBA in Global Management from the prestigious Thunderbird School of Global Management. When I met Alicia, she was a tall, supersmart theatre brat with loads of talent and a mean funny streak. We both grew up on… Read more »

First, thank you to those who participated in the statewide listening session meetings that took place March through May 2010 as a part of the Arts Commission’s 2010-2015 Strategic Planning Process: Building an Artistic Future for Arizona. Arts Commission staff is currently reviewing the wealth of feedback collected during the meetings, convened in Flagstaff, Lake… Read more »

Whether or not you are already familiar with Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit organization that offers support to individual artists and arts organizations in a multitude of ways, we encourage you to continue reading. While they might be best known for the fiscal sponsorship they provide to their members, Fractured Atlas offers a variety of much… Read more »

The article below was written in 2010. Since then, Arizona has developed its own College & Career Ready Standards. These standards will be fully implemented throughout the state in the 2014-2015 school year. In anticipation of this change, the Arizona Commission on the Arts published a pair of exclusive blog series devoted to the new… Read more »