The calendar below features upcoming Arts Commission deadlines, events, information sessions and workshop opportunities. Times, dates and event details may be subject to change. For more information, please email info@azarts.gov.
12:30 – 1:30 pm (Poetry Out Loud Workshop)
2pm – 4:00 pm (Open Mic)
Open to Central and Northern Region Poetry Out Loud participants.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is proud to participate in the first bi-national art walk in Douglas, Arizona, presented by ArtWalk on Avenue G, a community organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Douglas through the arts.
A conversation about artistic and cultural work in the borderlands featuring Postcommodity, Ana Teresa Fernandez and M. Jenea Sanchez.
Workshop with Anu Yadav
Performing Our Stories: Theatre as a Tool of Community Organizing
With opening talk by Marivel Danielson
Join actress and playwright Anu Yadav for an intimate workshop about theatre as a tool for community organizing. Participants will learn how personal story and theatre can be used to engage social issues, with techniques based on Theatre of the Oppressed. Participants are encouraged to bring existing work to develop and share.
12:30 – 1:30 pm (Poetry Out Loud Workshop)
2pm – 4:00 pm (Open Mic)
Open to Central and Northern Region Poetry Out Loud participants.
12:30 – 1:30 pm (Poetry Out Loud Workshop)
2pm – 4:00 pm (Open Mic)
Open to Central and Northern Region Poetry Out Loud participants.
Poetry Out Loud deadline to hold school competitions. If your school will be unable to meet this deadline, please contact Arizona Poetry Out Loud Coordinator Anastasia Freyermuth to make alternative arrangements at (602) 771-6529 or afreyermuth@azarts.gov.
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation partner with the State Arts Agencies to bring the Poetry Out Loud (POL) program to all 50 states and US territories.
In Arizona, Poetry Out Loud (POL), is administered by the Arizona Commission on the Arts in collaboration with POL Regional Partners.
Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure that begins at the classroom level. Winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals.
For instructions on how to get to the Memorial Union building, click here.
Artist Entrepreneur Workshop
A two-day professional development workshop with Linda Essig
Learn how to improve the business operations of your creative practice in this two-day artist professional development workshop led by Linda Essig. Participants will learn how to develop a more entrepreneurial approach to their creative practice and will receive a free copy of the Arizona Arts Entrepreneur Toolkit. The toolkit puts resources, step-by-step instructions, and templates in one place to help artists support the business side of their creative practice.
Saturday, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, 10:00am – 2:00pm
*This workshop is now at attendance capacity. We are no longer accepting new registrants. If you would like to be added to a waiting list, please complete and submit the form at http://azarts.gov/arts-op/az-artworker-tucson/. Should additional space become available, those on the list will be offered an opportunity to register in the order in which their names were submitted.
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation partner with the State Arts Agencies to bring the Poetry Out Loud (POL) program to all 50 states and US territories.
In Arizona, Poetry Out Loud (POL), is administered by the Arizona Commission on the Arts in collaboration with POL Regional Partners.
Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure that begins at the classroom level. Winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals.
Workshop by Asantewa Sunni-Ali
Solo Performance: Pathway to Radical Self and Community Reimagination
Opening talk by Arizona artist, Fatimah Halim
Join theatre artist Asantewa Sunni-Ali as she leads participants through storytelling, creative writing, and Image Theatre exercises designed to create liberating stories that question dominant paradigms and reclaim community narratives.
