I am a professional artist living in Tucson and my current work is inspired by the beauty I find in the landscape and local flora and fauna or in this case “fowla”. This is my latest painting part of a series depicting birds of Arizona.
Always excited to hear from Arizona's inaugural Poet Laureate, Alberto Rios, but especially when it's about a new book! Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing is hosting a free online celebration with the author next Thursday, October 29.Arizona's favorite Poet Laureate just released a novel. Celebrate A Good Map of All Things with Alberto Rios Thursday, October 29 at 6 pm Phoenix MST on Zoom!
Purchase a copy of Ríos' latest book for access to a special meet-and-greet immediately following the event. Presented in partnership with The University of Arizona Press and Changing Hands Bookstore. Learn more and register today at piper.asu.edu/events/alberto-ríos/a-good-map-of-all-things
We try not to make a big deal about it, but our staff members are not just great arts administrators, but pretty incredible artists in their own rights. Today, we had the enormous pleasure of seeing our very own Artist Programs Coordinator Anna Needham (Red Lake Ojibwe) perform her own award winning monologue as part of Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program - YIPAP's Monologue Competition for Native Youth: Award Ceremony! Congratulations, Anna!
Are you planning to apply for our 2021 R&D Grant? Don't miss today's Grantwriting 101 session on communities of practice! Then we'll wrap up the series tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 pm, with a session on work samples. More info and registration links at azarts.gov/news/apply-now-2021-research-development-grant/