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.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts will present the 11th Annual Arizona Poetry Out Loud state finals competition at the downtown Phoenix studios of Arizona PBS at 7:00pm on Friday, March 11, 2016. Ten high school students from throughout the state will compete in the poetry recitation contest for an opportunity to represent Arizona at the 11th Annual Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C.
On Saturday, February 20, 2016, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, will present “Introduction and Approaches to Creative Aging” at the Tucson Museum of Art, Education Center Auditorium.
On Monday, January 11, 2016, the Arizona Commission on the Arts announced the recipients of Artist Research and Development Grants for Fiscal Year 2016. This highly-competitive grant program awards funding to Arizona artists in support of research and development leading to the creation of new works of art.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts has hired Gabriela Muñoz, an interdisciplinary artist, arts educator, and arts administrator, for the position of Artist Programs Manager. Muñoz was hired by the Arts Commission following the recent departure of Casandra Hernandez, who has assumed the position of Curator of CALA Initiatives at the ASU Art Museum.
Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) has extended the application period for its Master-Apprentice Award program through June 1. www.southwestfolklife.org/seeking-nominations-for-traditional-artists/
Seeking nominations for traditional artists - Southwest Folklife Alliance
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We’re launching our fifth year of the Master-Apprentice Award program in support of master traditional artists and apprentices in Arizona. This year we’re making 10 awards to pairs of Arizona base...Two Flagstaff High School students win national shoe design competition--Vans Custom Culture contest and $75,000 grand prize for their school's arts program.
Flagstaff High wins $75,000 in Vans shoe design competition
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Out of more than 500 schools, Flagstaff High School was awarded the $75,000 grand prize in the Vans Custom Culture contest, a national competition that has provided more than $1Very exciting news! The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded 14 grants, totaling $480,000 to Arizona arts programs/organizations across the state. Congratulations to City of Mesa, Arizona Government and Mesa Arts Center, Ballet Arizona, City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, The Phoenix Theatre Company, Rising Youth Theatre, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), West Valley Arts Council, City of Tempe Government, Borderlands Theater, Lead Guitar, Southwest Folklife Alliance, and Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts!
National Endowment for the Arts Announces $480,000 in Grants to Arizona Arts Organizations
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On February 13, 2019, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced awards in three of the federal agency’s funding categories: Art Works, Challenge America, and Creative Writing Fellowships. ...