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 [email protected].
Grant Information Session
During the month of April, the Arizona Commission on the Arts will host an online information session on the new Arts Learning grant programs: Arts Learning Collaboration Grants and Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants. This session will be offered on two separate occasions.
Thursday, April 7, 2016, 3:30 pm
Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 3:30 pm
- Arts Learning Collaboration Grants enhance the work of arts educators, classroom teachers and school-based arts programs through collaborative projects taking place in-school (during regular school hours), after-school, or during summer/inter-session and in-services.
- Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants enhance the work of community and social service organizations/ governmental entities through partnership projects with professional teaching artists and/or arts organizations.
Grant guidelines for both Arts Learning Collaboration Grants and Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants are available for review now. The application period for Cycle A will open the first week of April, 2016.
Join the Arizona Historical Society for an evening with Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos. Ríos will share some of his work and discuss the role that oral history plays in his writing. A native of Nogales, Arizona, Ríos writes about life along the U.S. and Mexico border, blending the personal with the political in a way that makes us see both in a new light.
For more information, contact the Arizona Historical Society Archives at: 520-617-1157 [email protected]. A flyer about the event can be seen by clicking here.
Presented by the Arizona Historical Society, in partnerships with with the University of Arizona’s Spanish and Portuguese & the Gender and Women’s Studies Departments,
This event and all events in the Nuestro Tucson series are made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is proud to host a special orientation session for the Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) Master-Apprentice Award.
The Southwest Folklife Alliance Master-Apprentice Award is designed to support the teaching/learning relationship between traditional artists and their apprentices. The goal of this award is to strengthen the transmission of community-based traditions throughout the Southwestern United States. The award supports a master artist or tradition bearer who has identified a qualified apprentice (or group of apprentices), to engage in a relationship that includes intensive learning, one-on-one mentorship and hands-on experience in his/her traditional artistic practice.
April 30, 2016: 10 am – 11:30 am
More info at: https://www.southwestfolklife.org/master-apprentice-program/
Poetry Out Loud National 2016 Finals
The POL 2016 National Finals will take place May 2-4, 2016 at the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Visit http://www.poetryoutloud.org/competition/national-finals for complete schedule and details.
Introduction and Approaches to Creative Aging
Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona Western College and WACOG Area Agency on Aging to learn more about Creative Aging, an exciting national movement to advance understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging.
Guest artist Jorge Merced will provide an interactive exploration of the different approaches used across the continuum of care, and the brain/body research which shows that older adults who are engaged in the arts experience better overall health, enjoy a higher quality of life, and are more active in their communities. Participants will connect with other providers and artists interested in enriching the lives of older adults in their community, and will leave with concrete tools and ideas for Creative Aging in their own programs and work.
Who should attend?
Anyone interested in the vital relationship between the arts and quality of life for older adults, including aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organizations.
This is a bilingual workshop for both English and Spanish speakers.
Este taller es bilingüe y se ofrecerá en inglés y español.
For more information about this event and the guest artists, please visit http://azarts.gov/news/introduction-approaches-creative-aging-yuma/
Space is limited. Cost: Free. Advanced registration required. To register, visit http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=lhhhlrqab&oeidk=a07ech6opqc91283cab
FY2017 Grant Panel Review Meeting (application review order). Please note that Panel Review Meetings will begin at 10:00am with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00am.
Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts
Arizona Musicfest
Arts for All, Inc.
Chandler Cultural Foundation
City of Tempe Cultural Services
City of Yuma Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission
Flagstaff Arts Council
Flagstaff Symphony Association
Fountain Hills Community Theater
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona
Maricopa County Historic Society dba Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Phoenix Boys Choir
Phoenix Center for the Arts
FY2017 Grant Panel Review Meeting (application review order). Please note that Panel Review Meetings will begin at 10:00am with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00am.
Phoenix Children’s Chorus
Phoenix Chorale
Phoenix Performing Arts Center dba Herberger Theatre Center
Queen Creek Cultural Foundation
Sedona Arts Center
Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop
Southern Arizona Arts and Culture Alliance
The Mini Time Machine Inc. dba The Mini Time Machine Museum
Theater Works
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus
Tucson Festival of Books
Valley Youth Theatre
Wickenburg Foundation for the Performing Arts dba Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts
Workshop with Jorge Merced | Taller bilingüe de teatro con Jorge Merced
RE-CREATIONS: Mapping the road from the Page to the Stage
With an introduction by playwright Milta Ortiz
Join theatre professional Jorge Merced of Pregones Theater in a workshop that provides a creative primer on the art of adaptations. Participants learn to think of both literary and non-literary texts as inspiration and raw material for theater! The evening includes illustrative examples from the ensemble’s existing original repertory and hands-on exercises using said text as a springboard for new interpretations.
Acompáñenos a un taller de teatro con Jorge Merced, artista y Director Asociado del Teatro Pregones. El taller proveerá estrategias para el arte de hacer adaptaciones. Los participantes aprenderán a destilar inspiración de textos literarios y no-literarios como material teatral.
* Bilingual workshop in English and Spanish. Taller bilingüe en español e inglés.
* Workshop size is limited to 20 participants. Register online at http://conta.cc/1VXY5KP.
Workshop with Southwest Folklife Alliance | Taller de Capacitación con la Alianza del Suroeste para el Avance de las Culturas Populares
Who Tells the Best Jokes? Who Makes the Best Tortillas? — Asset Mapping as a Tool for Community Empowerment
¿Quién cuenta los mejores chistes? ¿Quién hace las mejores tortillas? — Mapas de activos comunitarios como herramientas para cambio social
In this interactive, hands-on workshop artists, neighborhood and business leaders will learn how to adapt and use the tools frequently used by anthropologists to conduct research in communities all over the world. Using maps, questionnaires, photography, film, observation, personal interviews and techniques for making the most out of “hanging out” with people in casual settings, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the field of “place making” and its potential benefits for community prosperity.
En este taller interactivo los artistas, líderes comunitarios y comerciantes aprenderán a adaptar y utilizar las herramientas que usan frecuentemente los antropólogos para llevar a cabo la investigación en comunidades alrededor del mundo. Los participantes aprenderán a sacar el mayor provecho de “pasar un rato informal” con la gente en nuestro entorno mediante el uso de: mapas, cuestionarios, fotografías, el cine, la observación, entrevistas personales y otras técnicas. Los participantes obtendrán una comprensión más profunda del campo de la “creación de lugares” y sus potenciales beneficios en fomentar la prosperidad de la comunidad.
* Bilingual workshop in English and Spanish. Taller bilingüe en español e inglés.
* Workshop size is limited to 25-30 participants. Register online at http://conta.cc/1TLL0kC.
FY2017 Grant Panel Review Meeting (application review order). Please note that Panel Review Meetings will begin at 10:00am with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00am.
Act One Foundation dba Act One
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Arts Integration Solutions
Ballet Etudes Youth Ballet of Mesa
Community Performing Arts Center Foundation
Desert Foothills Theater
Foundation for Creative Broadcasting, Inc. dba KXCI-FM
George Phippen Memorial Foundation dba Phippen Museum
Great Arizona Puppet Theater
Heritage Square Foundation, Phoenix
Invisible Theatre
Jazz in Arizona, Inc.
Live Theatre Workshop
Musical Theatre of Anthem
Phoenix Chamber Music Society
FY2017 Grant Panel Review Meeting (application review order). Please note that Panel Review Meetings will begin at 10:00am with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00am.
Phoenix Conservatory of Music
Phoenix Film Foundation
Prescott Fine Arts Association dba Prescott Center for the Arts
Rosie’s House
Santa Cruz Valley Art Association dba Tubac Center of the Arts
Scottsdale Community Players dba Greasepaint Youtheatre
Sedona Chamber Music Society dba Chamber Music Sedona
Smoki Museum, Inc.
Sonoran Art Foundation dba Sonoran Glass School
Sonoran Arts League, Inc.
Southwest Folklife Alliance
The Rogue Theatre
True Concord Voices & Orchestra
Tucson Girls Chorus
West Valley Arts Council
Xico, Inc.
FY2017 Grant Panel Review Meeting (application review order). Please note that Panel Review Meetings will begin at 10:00am with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00am.
Arizona Opera
Arizona Theatre Company
Ballet Arizona
Children’s Museum of Phoenix
Childsplay, Inc.
Heard Museum
i.d.e.a. Museum
Loft Cinema, Inc.
Mesa Arts Center
Museum of Northern Arizona
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phoenix Symphony Association
Phoenix Theatre, Inc.
Scottsdale Cultural Council
Tucson Children’s Museum, Inc. dba Children’s Museum of Tucson
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block
Tucson Symphony Society
