Please be aware that Arts Commission offices will be closed on Friday, July 23 for mandatory unpaid State of Arizona Employee Furlough, and will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 29 and 30 as all staff will be on-site at the Joint Arts Education Conference (JAEC) and the Southwest Arts Conference (SWAC).
Upcoming Deadlines:
Register for the Southwest Arts Conference
Deadline: Friday, July 23, 2010
Join us at the Chandler Center for the Arts for one-and-a-half days of professional development and networking at the Southwest Arts Conference. For complete conference information, see the conference website and program. Register now!
A reminder for conference registrants: the deadline to reserve your room at the conference hotel, the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort, is Monday, July 26, 2010.
Requests for refunds of registration fees for the Southwest Arts Conference will be accepted until July 23, 2010. Refunds will not be processed after July 23, 2010 under any circumstances. Click here for more information.
Register for the Joint Arts Education Conference
Deadline: Friday, July 23, 2010
The Joint Arts Education Conference is presented by the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and is taking place at the new Musical Instrument Museum on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Be there for the release of our first-ever census of arts education in Arizona, and help lead positive change for arts education in our state and your local community. Guest speakers include Bob Morrison, lead researcher for the Arizona Arts Education Census, Jonathan Katz, CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, and Rob Davidson of the VH-1 Save the Music Foundation. Register now!
Requests for refunds of registration fees for the Joint Arts Education Conference will be accepted until July 23, 2010. Refunds will not be processed after July 23, 2010 under any circumstances. Click here for more information.
Participate in the Arts Commission’s Strategic Planning Survey
Deadline: Friday, July 23, 2010
Calling all Arizona artists, arts lovers, arts administrators, educators, board members, donors to the arts and anyone generally concerned about the arts in our state: Help us chart our agency’s course for the next five years, by participating in this survey as a part of our 2010-2015 Strategic Planning Process: Building an Artistic Future for Arizona.
FY10 Grantees Final Report
Deadline to submit: Monday, August 2, 2010
Fiscal Year 2010 Final Reports – final deadline: August 2, 2010. You may check your grant and report status at any time on EGOR.
Organizations which do not submit Final Reports by August 2, 2010 will be ineligible to apply for funding in the FY12 grant cycle.
As a component of the Final Report, FY10 General Operating Support grantees must submit an Accessibility Statement. Within this statement, grantees answer a question about the step(s) their organization has taken towards implementation of one ADA/Accessibility priority. The Accessibility Statement must be sent as an email attachment to [email protected] within 30 days of completion of a fiscal year, no later than Monday, August 2, 2010. For further information on this, go to http://azarts.gov/programs/accessibility/.
Artist Intent to Apply to the Teaching Artist Roster
Deadline to submit: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Teaching Artists intending to apply for the Arizona Teaching Artist Roster must submit an Artist Intent to Apply by Thursday, August 5, 2010. For more information about the Teaching Artist Roster application process, please visit http://azarts.gov/arts-learning/teaching-artist-resources/apply-to-the-roster/.
