Posts Categorized: Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2014 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602-771-6536 [email protected]  Arizona Commission on the Arts Announces 2014 Poetry Out Loud State Champion 13,000 Arizona high school students participated in Arizona Poetry Out Loud PHOENIX, AZ (March 18, 2014) – Out of nearly 13,000 Arizona high school competitors, Matthew Kaplan, a junior at Tesseract School… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2014 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602-771-6536 [email protected] Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finals: March 15 in Tucson Nine Arizona High School Students to Compete in Statewide Poetry Recitation Contest Tucson, Arizona (March 12, 2014). Arizona’s ninth annual Poetry Out Loud recitation competition state finals will be held on Saturday, March 15,… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2014 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602.771.6536 [email protected] Arizona Arts Commission Invests $124,000 in Entrepreneurial Arts-based Ventures through Innovative Funding Initiative PHOENIX, AZ (February 6, 2014) – Between January 28 and February 3, 2014, the Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded a total of $124,000 in seed-funding grants to 21 arts-based ventures… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2014 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602-771-6536 [email protected] Arts Commission Invests $111,000 in Grants to Arts Organizations in Small & Rural Arizona Communities PHOENIX, AZ (January 22, 2014). In January 2014, the Governor-appointed board of the Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded $111,000 in Community Catalyst Grants to 13 arts organizations based… Read more »

For Immediate Release January 3, 2014 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602.771.6536 [email protected] Arizona Commission on the Arts awards $161,840 in Arts Learning Grants Phoenix, AZ (January 3, 2014). On December 12, 2013, the Governor-appointed board of the Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded $30,220 to fourteen schools and community organizations in the second round of its… Read more »

For Immediate Release Contact: Steve Wilcox 602-771-6536 [email protected] Arts Commission Awards Artist Research and Development Grants to 11 Arizona Artists PHOENIX, AZ (December 19, 2013). In December 2013, the Governor-appointed board of the Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded Artist Research and Development Grants to artists from across Arizona, practicing in a variety of artistic disciplines…. Read more »

For Immediate Release October 30, 2013 Contact: Steve Wilcox 602.771.6536 [email protected] Landmark Budget Allocation Translates Into New Grant Programs to Support Artist Entrepreneurs and Community Arts Programs PHOENIX, AZ (October 30, 2013). Thanks to successful bipartisan efforts at the State legislature, the Arizona Commission on the Arts received a one-time budget allocation of an additional… Read more »

For Immediate Release September 24, 2013 Contact: Alex Nelson 602.771.6521 [email protected] Arizona Commission on the Arts awards $52,000 for Strengthening Schools Through Arts Partnerships Grants [Phoenix, AZ –September 20, 2013] In July 2013, the Governor-appointed board of the Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded $52,000 to four Strengthening Schools Through Arts Partnerships Grants applicants in… Read more »

For Immediate Release August 19, 2013 Contact: Jaime Dempsey 602.771.6520 [email protected] Celebrated Poet Alberto Álvaro Ríos Named as Arizona’s Inaugural Poet Laureate PHOENIX (August 19, 2013). In partnership with the Office of the Governor, the Arizona Commission on the Arts is pleased to announce that celebrated poet and Arizona State University Regents’ Professor Alberto Ríos… Read more »

For Immediate Release August 14, 2013 Contact: Jaime Dempsey 602.771.6520 [email protected] Two new Commissioners appointed to the Arizona Commission on the Arts by Governor Jan Brewer PHOENIX (August 14, 2013) – Dr. Pamela Hall of Phoenix and Tamalyn Lewis of Scottsdale have been appointed by Governor Janice Brewer as Commissioners for the Arizona Commission on… Read more »