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.

 

Apr
18
Tue
Online Info Session: Strengthening Schools Through Arts Partnership Grants
Apr 18 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Support for substantive school/community partnerships that strengthen teaching and learning in arts education and/or arts integration in Arizona Title I schools.

The application period (for Grant Cycle: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018) is now open.

The application deadline is 11:59pm Thursday, June 1, 2017.

To help potential applicants prepare to apply, the Arts Commission will host two online information sessions. These sessions are open to all and offered free of charge, but advance registration is required.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 3:30 pm
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=ED50DE8087493F

Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 3:30 pm
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=ED50DE80874838

 

Apr
22
Sat
AZ ArtWorker: Entrepreneurial Workshop for Indigenous Artists with Linda Essig, Jacob Meders, and First Peoples Fund
Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Join us for a daylong professional development workshop with content crafted to serve Native American artists led by Linda Essig, Jake Meders, and First Peoples Fund. You will learn how to develop your entrepreneurial thinking skills, marketing basics, budgeting, and receive a free copy of the Arizona Arts Entrepreneur Toolkit.

Register: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ee18vxh9b88e6a03&oseq=&c=&ch=

Apr
24
Mon
Poetry Out Loud National Finals
Apr 24 – Apr 26 all-day

The 2017 Poetry Out Loud National Finals will be held April 25-26, 2017 at the Lisner Auditorium at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. The semifinals and finals will be webcast live. Click here to view details of the webcast or to host a viewing party.

Don’t forget to follow the action on Twitter @poetryoutloud and #POL17.

May
3
Wed
Online Info Session: Strengthening Schools Through Arts Partnership Grants
May 3 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Support for substantive school/community partnerships that strengthen teaching and learning in arts education and/or arts integration in Arizona Title I schools.

The application period (for Grant Cycle: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018) is now open.

The application deadline is 11:59pm Thursday, June 1, 2017.

To help potential applicants prepare to apply, the Arts Commission will host two online information sessions. These sessions are open to all and offered free of charge, but advance registration is required.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 3:30 pm
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=ED50DE8087493F

Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 3:30 pm
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=ED50DE80874838

 

May
16
Tue
Grant Review Panels for FY18 Community Investment Grants, Level I, group A
May 16 all-day

All panel review meetings will be held at the offices of the Arizona Commission on the Arts (417 W Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85003) at 10:00 am, beginning with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00 am. Can’t make it to our office in Phoenix? You can also listen in to a live-stream of the panels online.

  • Arizona Art Alliance
  • Arizona Bach Festival
  • Arizona Choral Society, Inc
  • Arizona Dance Education Organization (AzDEO)
  • Arizona Early Music Society
  • Arizona Masterworks Chorale
  • Bisbee Community Chorus
  • Capoeira Amizade Flagstaff
  • Capoeira Institute Southwest
  • Casa Libre en la Solana
  • Catitude Gallery & Studio – A Community Arts Center
  • Children’s Chorale of Flagstaff (CCF)
  • Civic Orchestra of Tucson Association
  • Convergence Ballet Company
May
17
Wed
Grant Review Panels for FY18 Community Investment Grants, Level I, group B
May 17 all-day

All panel review meetings will be held at the offices of the Arizona Commission on the Arts (417 W Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85003) at 10:00 am, beginning with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00 am. Can’t make it to our office in Phoenix? You can also listen in to a live-stream of the panels online.

  • Fine Arts Association of Arizona
  • Flagstaff Community Band
  • George Phar Legler, Inc. (dba Valley of the Moon)
  • Gila Valley Arts Council
  • Grand Canyon Guitar Society, LTD
  • Heritage Square Trust
  • iTheatre Collaborative
  • Lake Havasu Regional Orchestra
  • Living Traditions Presentations
  • Maricopa ARTS Council ( MAC )
  • Movement Source, Inc.
  • nueBOX
  • Orchestra Northern Arizona
May
18
Thu
Grant Review Panels for FY18 Community Investment Grants, Levels I, group C
May 18 all-day

All panel review meetings will be held at the offices of the Arizona Commission on the Arts (417 W Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85003) at 10:00 am, beginning with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00 am. Can’t make it to our office in Phoenix? You can also listen in to a live-stream of the panels online.

  • Patagonia Creative Arts Association
  • Patrons of the Arts, Inc.
  • POG Inc.
  • Rising Youth Theatre
  • Safos Dance Theatre, INC
  • Sons of Orpheus – The Male Chorus of Tucson
  • Space 55 Theater Ensemble
  • Tucson Guitar Society
  • VSA arts of Arizona. Inc. (dba ARTabilityAZ)
  • West Valley Youth Orchestra
  • White Mountain Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
  • Winding Road Theater Ensemble
  • Young Sounds of Arizona, Inc
May
19
Fri
Grant Review Panels for FY18 Community Investment Grants, Level II
May 19 all-day

All panel review meetings will be held at the offices of the Arizona Commission on the Arts (417 W Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85003) at 10:00 am, beginning with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00 am. Can’t make it to our office in Phoenix? You can also listen in to a live-stream of the panels online.

  • Arizona Repertory Singers
  • Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff
  • Chandler Symphony Orchestra
  • Desert Sounds Performing Arts, Inc.
  • Dry Creek Arts Fellowship
  • Flagstaff Master Chorale, Inc.
  • Grand Canyon Music Festival
  • Musica Nova, Inc.
  • North Valley Symphony Orchestra
  • Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Phoenix Women’s Chorus
  • ProMusica Arizona Chorale & Orchestra
  • Red Rocks Music Festival
  • Scottsdale Philharmonic
  • Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc
  • Stray Cat Theatre
  • Sun Lakes Community Theatre, Inc.
  • Symphony of the Southwest
  • The Symphony Women’s Association
  • Tucson Pops Orchestra
  • WomanKraft
  • Young Arts Arizona Ltd.
May
22
Mon
Create Change: AZ Transforming Elder Care Through Creative Engagement
May 22 – May 24 all-day

A program of TimeSlips, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts and ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Create/Change is a 3-day intensive institute developed by Anne Basting and the TimeSlips team, which focuses on transforming care for elders through creative engagement. Since 2012 the Institute has been held every other year in Milwaukee; Create/Change: AZ brings this exciting learning opportunity to Arizona!

For more information, visit http://azarts.gov/programs/create-change/

Create/Change: Cultural Perspectives on Creative Aging
May 22 @ 8:15 am – 10:30 am

Join us for Create/Change: Cultural Perspectives on Creative Aging, the opening plenary of the Create/Change: AZ Institute, for a conversation about arts and aging around the complexities of creative practices across communities and organizations, featuring a diverse group of speakers including community organizers and local and visiting artists.

Light breakfast and registration from 8:15am – 9:00pm; program from 9:00am – 10:30am.

This event is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required.

Register Here

 

Cultural Memory: Celebrating Wisdom Through Story
May 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts at Grand Central Coffee Company in downtown Phoenix for an evening of story sharing from Lakota performer Charlene O’Rourke and an introduction to Anne Basting’s new storytelling project. With host Liz Warren, South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute Director.

This event is free and open to the public. Participation and community sharing encouraged.

May
23
Tue
Grant Review Panels for FY18 Community Investment Grants, Level III, group A
May 23 all-day

All panel review meetings will be held at the offices of the Arizona Commission on the Arts (417 W Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85003) at 10:00 am, beginning with a panel orientation and general business. Grant review discussion will begin at approximately 11:00 am. Can’t make it to our office in Phoenix? You can also listen in to a live-stream of the panels online.

  • Arizona Classic Jazz Society, Inc.
  • Ballet Yuma
  • Borderlands Theater Teatro Fronterizo Inc.
  • Canyon Movement Company, Inc.
  • Center Dance Ensemble
  • Central School Project Inc
  • Chandler Children’s Choir, Inc.
  • Detour Company Theatre
  • East Valley Children’s Theatre
  • Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music
  • Grand Canyon Men’s Chorale
  • Literacy Connect/Stories that Soar!
  • Many Mouths One Stomach
  • Mesa Encore Theatre