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.
Monday, May 12, 2025
9:30am – 3:30pm
CATALYST Creative Collective
Tucson Mall
4500 N Oracle Rd Suite 110
Tucson, AZ 85705
The 2025 Creative Aging Convening will showcase the innovative work taking place across Southern Arizona’s creative aging sector by local practitioners. The goal of this convening is to provide professional development in creative aging focused on trends and topics relevant to the communities throughout Southern Arizona. Designed to bring together Arizona’s vast creative aging sector including teaching artists, arts organizations, and the health and aging field, this professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful creative aging programing.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is on the road, visiting communities throughout the state to host conversations at the intersection of Community and the Arts.
Join us in Yuma for a facilitated discussion about the roles the arts play in our lives and communities. We hope to hear from a variety of voices and perspectives.
All are welcome to attend, but completing the RSVP form below will help us in our planning and preparations.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is on the road, visiting communities throughout the state to host conversations at the intersection of Community and the Arts.
Join us in Peoria for a facilitated discussion about the roles the arts play in our lives and communities. We hope to hear from a variety of voices and perspectives.
All are welcome to attend, but completing the RSVP form below will help us in our planning and preparations.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is on the road, visiting communities throughout the state to host conversations at the intersection of Community and the Arts.
Join us in Mesa for a facilitated discussion about the roles the arts play in our lives and communities. We hope to hear from a variety of voices and perspectives.
All are welcome to attend, but completing the RSVP form below will help us in our planning and preparations.
This is a Public Meeting.
This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.
This is a Public Meeting.
This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.
Applications under review:
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- Almost Famous Theatre Company
- Alwun House Foundation
- Arizona Early Music
- Cahokia Phx
- Central School Project Inc
- Coco-op Maker Space
- DanceSport Education
- Detour Company Theatre
- Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival
- Gold Canyon Arts Council
- Grand Canyon Music Festival
- Groundworks Tucson
- Many Mouths One Stomach
- MusicaNova
- North Valley Symphony Orchestra
- Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society
- Odaiko Sonora
- Phonetic Spit
- Safos Dance Theatre
- Sedona Arts Festival
- Wasted Ink Zine Distro
This is a Public Meeting.
This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.
Applications under review:
- Arizona Community Theatrical Company
- Arizona Philharmonic
- Audrey’s Angels
- Ballet Yuma
- CALA Alliance
- Chandler Children Choir
- Dancing in the Streets Arizona
- Desert Sounds Performing Arts, Inc
- East Valley Children’s Theatre
- Desert Foothills Theater
- Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Inc.
- Harmony Project Phoenix
- Kingman Center for the Arts
- Lights Camera Discover
- Mesa Encore Theatre
- Southwest Ballet Theatre
- Stray Cat Theatre
- The Canelo Project
- Tonto Community Concert Association
- Tucson Pops Orchestra
- Tucson Youth Music
- Xerocraft
This is a Public Meeting.
This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.
Applications under review:
- Children’s Museum of Yuma County
- Metropolitan Youth Symphony
- Monsoon Youth Education Project
- Mountain Artists Guild
- Oracle Piano Society
- Phoenix Film Foundation
- Rising Youth Theatre
- Scottsdale Philharmonic Inc.
- Sedona Symphony
- Southern Arizona Symphony Association
- Spotlight Youth Theatre
- The Invisible Theatre
- The Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix, Inc
- The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
- The Smoki Museum dba Museum of Indigenous People
- The Walter Hive
- Theatre Artists Studio
- United Sound, Inc.
- West Valley Arts Council
- WHAM Art Association
- Yavapai Symphony Association
- Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
This is a Public Meeting.
This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.
Applications under review:
- Arizona Theatre Matters
- Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
- City of Tempe, Arts and Culture
- City of Yuma / Arts and Culture Division
- Cultural Coalition
- Don Bluth Front Row Theatre
- Heritage Square Foundation
- Museum of Northern Arizona
- Phoenix Chorale
- Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Santa Cruz Valley Art Association
- Scottsdale Community Players
- Sedona Arts Center, Inc.
- Southwest Shakespeare Company
- The Be Kind People Project
- The Hopi School dba Hopitutuqaiki
- The Nash
- Theatrikos Theatre Company
- Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus
- Tucson Chinese Association
- Valley Youth Theatre
As part of our Artist Investment Program, the Arizona Commission on the Arts is pleased to offer a pair of free workshops presented by award-winning ecologist and choreographer Jame McCray, PhD, founder of Ecotonic Movement. Artists working in all disciplines are encouraged to register!
Environmental Art as Community Engagement
Free Virtual Workshop
Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
This interactive 90-minute workshop provides practical strategies for creating environmental art projects that meaningfully engage communities. Using a real-world case study as inspiration, participants will explore methods for incorporating local ecological knowledge, designing educational components, and measuring project impact. The session introduces a comprehensive planning framework that complements the Community Engagement Design Worksheet—a valuable tool for developing participatory art initiatives that address environmental concerns. Through guided small-group activities, attendees will apply these concepts to their own project ideas, making this workshop ideal for artists, educators, community organizers, and environmental advocates interested in collaborative ecological art experiences.
Participants will receive a Community Engagement Design Sheet
This workshop is designed and facilitated by Dr. Jamē McCray of Ecotonic Movement.
This session will not be recorded, but the worksheets will remain available for use on our website.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is on the road, visiting communities throughout the state to host conversations at the intersection of Community and the Arts.
Join us in Kingman for a facilitated discussion about the roles the arts play in our lives and communities. We hope to hear from a variety of voices and perspectives.
All are welcome to attend, but completing the RSVP form below will help us in our planning and preparations.
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is on the road, visiting communities throughout the state to host conversations at the intersection of Community and the Arts.
Join us in Lake Havasu City for a facilitated discussion about the roles the arts play in our lives and communities. We hope to hear from a variety of voices and perspectives.
All are welcome to attend, but completing the RSVP form below will help us in our planning and preparations.
We’re back with another Community Conversation — and this time, we’re headed to Lake Havasu City and Kingman!
Join us on June 16 at 4:30 PM at Beale Street Theater in Kingman and on June 17 at 4 PM at Mohave Community College - Lake Havasu City Campus for a 90-minute interactive session all about YOU and the arts in your community.
RSVP by scanning the QR code, clicking the link in our b
We’re staying closer to our Phoenix home for the next Community Conversations, visiting the west and east valley!
Then catch us in Mesa at the Mesa Main Library on May 22!