On September 18, 2018, The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) and the Arizona Commission on the Arts announced a joint effort to support Arizona artists, including additional funding from the recently established Newton and Betty Rosenzweig Fund for the Arts, an endowment held at ACF.
A report released today by the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Commission on the Arts offers new insights into arts instruction access and participation rates in Arizona schools. Among the findings: as of 2016 only 65% of K-8 students had access to both music and art instruction.
On August 29, 2018, The Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced 38 grants awarded to Arizona schools and nonprofit organizations in support of programs that establish or enhance opportunities for Arizona residents of all ages to learn through or about the arts.
At their quarterly meeting in June 2018, the Governor-appointed board of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a state agency that also administers funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, approved $2,647,541 in grants to Arizona nonprofit arts organizations, festivals, schools, and community-based programs throughout the state.
“Our sincere thanks to Governor Ducey, his staff, and Arizona’s state legislators for their foresight and leadership in supporting arts and culture. We are honored to work in partnership with our elected leaders, as they know what we know: investments in arts and culture directly benefit Arizonans in myriad positive ways.”
The Arizona Commission on the Arts announced today that Ben Watters will leave his position as the state agency’s Grants and Research Director on April 26, 2018. Alongside the announcement of Watters’ departure, the Arts Commission released a call for a Digital Operations Manager.
Dance in the Desert brings Latinx dancemakers together for three-day gathering Inaugural convening to be held in Phoenix, April 26-28 Phoenix, Arizona – Latinx dancemakers, arts administrators, and scholars from throughout the region and across the country will gather in Phoenix from April 26-28, 2018, for the inaugural convening of Dance in the Desert, a… Read more »
According to new data released on March 6, 2018, by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Arizona’s arts and culture industries contribute $9 Billion to the state’s economy, employing 90,000 Arizonans who earned a combined $4.9 Billion in Fiscal Year 2015, contributing more to the State’s economy than mining, agriculture, and forestry combined.
For Immediate Release March 7, 2018 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602-771-6536 swilcox@azarts.gov Community Conversation on Arts Education in Globe-Miami Schools Slated for March 22 The second in a series of community conversations about arts education in Globe-Miami public schools will be held on March 22, 2018, at Cobre Valley Center for the Arts from 4:30-6:30 pm…. Read more »
The Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finals were held at the studios of Arizona PBS in Downtown Phoenix on Saturday, March 3. After three rounds of recitations, Sophie Weinzinger, a junior at Coconino High School, was named State Champion while Antonio Juarez, a senior at Willow Canyon High School in Surprise, was named first runner-up.
SMU DataArts free workshops coming to Arizona in November! Registration now open for Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tucson. Topics will include: Building Blocks for Financial Health, Orientation to the DataArts Platform, and Data + Stories Workshops. Register today!
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Once you have completed a Cultural Data Profile, the DataArts platform offers a wealth of reporting tools. This webinar will cover the basics of running analytic reports, whether you want to run a tre...Our R&D Grants provide up to $5,000 in funding support to Arizona artists as they work to advance their artistic practice, expand their creative horizons, and deepen the impact of their work.
The application/review process is now split in two stages. Stage 1: Tell us what you want to do and show us some of the work you've already done. Click below to learn more and apply by November 9!
2019 Artist Research and Development Grants
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Advance your practice · Expand your creative horizons · Deepen your impact Apply by November 9, 2018. Photos of past recipients: (L->R) Karen Falkenstrom, Cristobal Martinez, Angelina Ramirez, Genev...Indirect Cost Rates continue to be a struggle for practically every nonprofit. Either ignored altogether or navigated through with great difficulty and uncertainty. Next week, the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits will host a one-day workshop designed to help mission driven nonprofit organizations calculate true cost of service, negotiate indirect costs, and improve fiscal health.
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This FREE workshop is designed to help mission driven nonprofit organizations calculate true cost of service, negotiate indirect costs, and improve fiscal health.