The Arizona Commission on the Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of Artist Research and Development Grants for Fiscal Year 2017. This highly-competitive grant program awards funding to Arizona artists practicing in a variety of artistic disciplines in support of research and development leading to the creation of new works of art.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, is pleased to announce that the agency’s Deputy Director, Jaime Dempsey, has been elected to serve on the board of directors for Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA), a national association of public and private arts and culture funders.
On October 31, 2016, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced 19 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.
The 2016 Joint Arts Education Conference (JAEC) will take place on Monday, October 24, at Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts education community for a full day of professional development, this year’s JAEC theme is Connect and Respond.
On July 6, 2016, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, announced 239 grants to Arizona nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, schools and community organizations, an aggregate investment of $2,266,000, representing a more than 100% increase to total funding awarded during last year’s first grantmaking cycle.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts today announced the addition of two new staff members as part of an agency restructuring prompted by the retirement of two longtime staff members.
Five Arizona artists will be featured in “Land Tracings,” a group exhibition presented by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona. The featured artists are all recipients of the Arts Commission’s Artist Research and Development Grant.
The $9.6 billion fiscal year 2017 budget signed today by Governor Doug Ducey includes a $1.5 million appropriation to the Arizona Commission on the Arts. The additional funding represents a 50% increase over the 49-year-old state agency’s current fiscal year budget.
Hunter Hazelton, a senior at Betty Fairfax High School in Laveen, will represent Arizona at the 11th Annual Poetry Out Loud national finals competition in Washington, D.C., May 3-4, 2016.
Hunter Hazelton, a senior at Betty Fairfax High School in Laveen, Arizona, was named 2016 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Champion at the state finals competition held on March 11, 2016 at the downtown Phoenix studios of Arizona PBS. As State Champion, Hazleton will represent Arizona at the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud National Finals competition in Washington, D.C., in May.
Our friends at National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) are hosting three applicant support webinars over the next month for their 2019 grant opportunities. NALAC Fund for the Arts grants are available to Latinx Artists and Latinx Arts Organizations working in all creative disciplines in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. More info at www.nalac.org/nfa
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
Connect with NALAC and learn more about our grant opportunities for Latinx artists and organizations.Congratulations to the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, which has achieved a grantmaking milestone by investing more than $400 million in nonprofits and programs since its inception. 2018 Grants to arts and culture include Arizona Opera $250,000; Children's Museum of Phoenix $258,000; Childsplay, Inc. $300,000; IDEA Museum $240,000; and The Phoenix Symphony $1,500,000.
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust achieves $400 million milestone
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Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, a private foundation that honors the legacy of Virginia Galvin Piper, has achieved a grantmaking milestone by investing more than $400 million in nonprofits and pro...National Endowment for the Arts announces newest class of NEA Jazz Masters!
National Endowment for the Arts
Announcing our newest class of NEA Jazz Masters!