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].

 

Mar
15
Wed
Info Session: Creative Capacity Grants
Mar 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Learn about the Creative Capacity Grant! Program manager Claudio Dicochea will walk you through the guidelines and application process and take any questions you might have.

REGISTER

Mar
23
Thu
Quarterly Commission Meeting
Mar 23 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This is a public meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or listen online.

Attend In-person

YWCA Southern Arizona
525 N Bonita Ave
Tucson, AZ 85745

Attend Online

You can join the meeting via Zoom or call-in to listen.

Join on your computer or tablet:

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Or Telephone: (669) 900-683

Meeting Documents

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Recording

Public Comment

Per A.R.S.§38-431.01(H)

A public body may make an open call to the public during a public meeting, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions, to allow individuals to address the public body on any issue within the jurisdiction of the public body.

Members of the public who would like to make public comment may submit a request via the form below. Upon completion and submission of the form below, you will receive an email with further instructions.

We are no longer accepting requests for public comment for our March 21 board meeting.

Apr
13
Thu
Study Session, Board of Commissioners
Apr 13 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

This is a public meeting and will be held online. Audio from the meeting will be live-streamed on our website at https://azarts.gov/panels/public-meetings/.

Agenda

  • Call to Order, Dawn Wallace
  • Review of previous executive director hiring process, Jacky Alling/Alex Nelson
  • Discussion, Commission Members
  • Adjournment, Dawn Wallace

This meeting does not include time for public comment.

Meeting Documents

Meeting Notice

Meeting Recording

May
2
Tue
AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium
May 2 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

May 2 – May 4, 2023
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

REGISTER

The AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium provides professional development focused on trends and topics in arts learning. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts learning community, the three-day virtual professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful arts learning programing to diverse communities across Arizona. Join us as local teaching artists and arts organizations showcase the innovative work taking place across Arizona’s arts learning sector.

May
3
Wed
AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium
May 3 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

May 2 – May 4, 2023
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

REGISTER

The AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium provides professional development focused on trends and topics in arts learning. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts learning community, the three-day virtual professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful arts learning programing to diverse communities across Arizona. Join us as local teaching artists and arts organizations showcase the innovative work taking place across Arizona’s arts learning sector.

May
4
Thu
AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

May 2 – May 4, 2023
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

REGISTER

The AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium provides professional development focused on trends and topics in arts learning. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts learning community, the three-day virtual professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful arts learning programing to diverse communities across Arizona. Join us as local teaching artists and arts organizations showcase the innovative work taking place across Arizona’s arts learning sector.

Study Session, Board of Commissioners
May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This is a public meeting and will be held online. Audio from the meeting will be live-streamed on our website at https://azarts.gov/panels/public-meetings/.

Agenda

  • Call to Order, Dawn Wallace
  • Welcome/Introductions, Jacky Alling
  • Presentation: Search firms; Scope; Timeline, Jacky Alling
  • Discussion/Next Steps, Jacky Alling/Commission Members
  • Adjournment, Dawn Wallace

This meeting does not include time for public comment.

Meeting Documents

Public Meeting Notice

Meeting Recording

May
16
Tue
Panel Review Meeting: Creative Capacity Grant
May 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. After Dinner Conversation, Inc.
  2. Arizona Presenters Alliance
  3. Arizona Women’s Chorus
  4. Arizona Youth Ballet Mesa
  5. Arizoni Theatre Awards of Excellence
  6. Art Depot
  7. Art One Foundation
  8. Border Arts Corridor
  9. Capoeira Amizade Flagstaff
  10. Carolyn Eynon Singers
  11. Grand Circle Arts Alliance
  12. Havasu Area Public Art
  13. Heritage Square Trust
  14. Phoenix Traditional Music & Dance Inc.
  15. Phoenix World Arts Collective
  16. Vision of Vets
May
18
Thu
Panel Review Meeting: Creative Capacity Grant
May 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Barbea Williams Performing Company, Inc
  2. Chandler Symphony Orchestra
  3. Convergence Ballet Company
  4. Dansense-Nrtyabodha
  5. Desert Overture Live Cultural Entertainment
  6. Fine Arts Association of Arizona
  7. Funhouse movement theater
  8. Ghosteater
  9. Groundworks Tucson
  10. Hilltop Gallery
  11. North Valley Chorale
  12. Northern Arizona Book Festival
  13. Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop
  14. Saguaro City Music Theatre
  15. Sedona Chamber Ballet
  16. Wasted Ink Zine Distro
  17. Winding Road Theater Ensemble
May
22
Mon
Panel Review Meeting: Festival Grants, Group A
May 22 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Arizona Bluegrass Association
  2. Arizona Caribbean Cultural Association
  3. Arizona Event Productions
  4. City of Casa Grande Arts & Humanities Commission
  5. Dysart Unified School District
  6. Easter Seals Blake Foundation
  7. Flagstaff Dance Festival
  8. Great Sounds Promotions
  9. Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
  10. India Association of Phoenix
  11. Kerala Hindus of Arizona
  12. Living Streets Alliance
  13. Miami Arts Commission
  14. Northern Arizona Blues Alliance
  15. Nuestras Raices
  16. Phoenix Chinese Week
  17. Pinal County Historical Society
  18. Prescott Area Artist Studio Tour
  19. Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo Association
  20. Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition
  21. Superstition Mountain Museum Historical Society
  22. Town of Payson
  23. Worldwide Women’s Film Festival
  24. Yuma Art Symposium
May
23
Tue
Panel Review Meeting: Creative Capacity Grant
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Act One
  2. Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
  3. Arizona Jewish Historical Society
  4. Arts Express Inc
  5. Arts for All
  6. Ballet Etudes Youth Ballet of Mesa
  7. Black Theatre Troupe
  8. Community Performing Arts Center Foundation
  9. Desert Stages, Inc.
  10. FABRIC Tempe
  11. Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music
  12. Flagstaff Symphony Association
  13. Fountain Hills Theater, Inc.
  14. Fuerte Art Collective
  15. George Phippen Memorial Foundation
  16. Heritage Square Foundation
  17. Higher Octave Healing, Inc.
  18. Lead Guitar
  19. Live Theatre Workshop
  20. Museum of Contemporary Art (Tucson)
  21. Musical Theatre of Anthem, Inc.
  22. Phoenix Chamber Music Society
  23. Phoenix Children’s Chorus
  24. Phoenix Conservatory of Music
  25. Prescott Center for the Arts
  26. Queen Creek Center for the Arts
  27. Tucson Girls Chorus
Panel Review Meeting: Festival Grants, Group B
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Arizona Aloha Festivals
  2. Arizona Matsuri
  3. Bisbee Radio project
  4. City of El Mirage
  5. City of Litchfield Park
  6. Cochise College
  7. Cultural Arts Committee of Nogales Arizona
  8. Downtown Tempe Foundation
  9. Four Corners Fiber Collective
  10. Granite Creek Trail Mural Project
  11. Hungarian Cultural Association of Phoenix
  12. Jazz in January
  13. Love Works!
  14. Medieval Mayhem Historical Arts Foundation, Inc.
  15. Ocotillo Literary Endeavors
  16. Phoenix International Heritage Festival
  17. Prescott Chamber of Commerce Foundation
  18. Snatch The Torch
  19. Southern Arizona Spray Can Art Alliance
  20. Startup Tucson
  21. The Black Girl Brown Girl Collective
  22. Tohono Chul Park
  23. Yavapai College Foundation
  24. Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson