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.
The inaugural Poet Laureate of Arizona and National Book Award finalist visits with his thirteenth book of poetry, which casts an intense desert light on the stories that unfold along the Mexico-US border.
In his thirteenth book, Alberto Ríos casts an intense desert light on the rich stories unfolding along the Mexico-US border. Peppered with Spanish and touches of magical realism, ordinary life and its simple props – morning showers, spilled birdseed, winter lemons – the book becomes an exploration of mortality and humanity, and the many possibilities of how lives might yet be lived.
Join Arizona Humanities for an evening celebrating our 2015 Arizona Humanities Award recipients, including Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Álvaro Ríos. Enjoy appetizers, drinks, a silent auction and live music at the North Mountain Visitor Center in Phoenix.
The ASU Department of English’s MFA in Creative Writing Program celebrates its 30th year with readings, art, and music. Hosted by Arizona Poet Laureate, Alberto Ríos, and featuring readings by MFA program alumni Adrienne Celt and Oliver de la Paz, as well as distinguished faculty and former faculty including poets Peggy Shumaker and Beckian Fritz-Goldberg and authors Tara Ison, Melissa Pritchard and Matt Bell. Alumni Dan Breazeale and Dean Stover will provide music, presenting a jazz poem with piano. Additionally, in recognition of the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, there will be a special exhibition of When the Water Came, a collaborative project between photographer Rebecca Ross and poet Cynthia Hogue, current director of the MFA Program.
Join Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission on February 23, 2016, at 7:00pm to hear Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Rios share about his life and literary work. Light refreshments will be served. This program is offered for free and does not require registration.
For more info, please contact Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission at 623-882-7530.
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 ahsref@azhs.gov. 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 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.
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/
On Saturday, March 11, nine exceptional young people will compete for the opportunity to represent the State of Arizona at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, and a shot at the grand prize: a $20,000 college scholarship.
Live Webcast
1:00 pm, Saturday, March 11, 2023
Visit https://poetry.arizona.edu/poetry-out-loud for more information.
The Research & Development Grant will not be offered in Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025) as the program undergoes planned periodic revision.
We are still offering Artist Opportunity Grants. Click here to learn more.
Research & Development (R&D) Grants provide funding support to Arizona artists as they work to advance their artistic practice, expand their creative horizons, and deepen the impact of their work.
This is a public meeting.
This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/