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 Arizona Commission on the Arts is proud to participate in the first bi-national art walk in Douglas, Arizona, presented by ArtWalk on Avenue G, a community organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Douglas through the arts.
A conversation about artistic and cultural work in the borderlands featuring Postcommodity, Ana Teresa Fernandez and M. Jenea Sanchez.
Workshop with Anu Yadav
Performing Our Stories: Theatre as a Tool of Community Organizing
With opening talk by Marivel Danielson
Join actress and playwright Anu Yadav for an intimate workshop about theatre as a tool for community organizing. Participants will learn how personal story and theatre can be used to engage social issues, with techniques based on Theatre of the Oppressed. Participants are encouraged to bring existing work to develop and share.
Artist Entrepreneur Workshop
A two-day professional development workshop with Linda Essig
Learn how to improve the business operations of your creative practice in this two-day artist professional development workshop led by Linda Essig. Participants will learn how to develop a more entrepreneurial approach to their creative practice and will receive a free copy of the Arizona Arts Entrepreneur Toolkit. The toolkit puts resources, step-by-step instructions, and templates in one place to help artists support the business side of their creative practice.
Saturday, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, 10:00am – 2:00pm
*This workshop is now at attendance capacity. We are no longer accepting new registrants. If you would like to be added to a waiting list, please complete and submit the form at http://azarts.gov/arts-op/az-artworker-tucson/. Should additional space become available, those on the list will be offered an opportunity to register in the order in which their names were submitted.
Workshop by Asantewa Sunni-Ali
Solo Performance: Pathway to Radical Self and Community Reimagination
Opening talk by Arizona artist, Fatimah Halim
Join theatre artist Asantewa Sunni-Ali as she leads participants through storytelling, creative writing, and Image Theatre exercises designed to create liberating stories that question dominant paradigms and reclaim community narratives.
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.
On First Firday, June 3, Phoenix Art Museum will present host Shining Soul and Friends, featuring live rap performance by Tohono O’odham youth of Baboquivari High School.
Throughout the past month, these young artists from Topowa participated in a five-week AZ ArtWorker workshop with Shining Soul, a duo of teaching artists/professional musicians who teach Hip Hop as a medium for bringing forth positive growth and balance in one’s life
Shining Soul offered students from Baboquivari High School an intermediate curriculum focused on the four steps of Beat production: digging, sampling, sequencing and song arrangement. The workshop also provided information on Hip Hop’s origins and elements, including Hip Hop’s tradition of creative and generative response to social inequality.
Click here to learn more.
AZ ArtWorker is a program of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, funded by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
Each year, the Arizona Commission on the Arts awards Artist Research & Development Grants (ARDG) artists working in all disciplines to aid in the development of artistic work, support the advancement of artistic research and recognize the contributions individual artists make to Arizona’s communities.
In June 2016, the Arts Commission will present an exhibition at Chartreuse, a contemporary art space on historic Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix, featuring work by five members of the 2015 cohort of ARDG recipients.
For more information about the exhibition and featured artists, visit www.azarts.gov/az-artworker/land-tracings.
Gallery Hours:
Friday, June 3, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, June 4, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Friday, June 17, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, June 18, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Private viewings may be available by request. Email Gabriela Muñoz at gmunoz@azarts.gov to request an appointment.
In June 2016, the Arizona Commission on the Arts will present an exhibition at Chartreuse, a contemporary art space on historic Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix, featuring work by five members of the 2015 cohort of Artist Research and Development Grant recipients.
On Saturday, June 4, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, the Arts Commission’s AZ ArtWorker program will host an artist panel with featured artists Alex! Jimenez, Lauren Strohacker and Kendra Sollars. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information about the exhibition and featured artists, visit www.azarts.gov/az-artworker/land-tracings.
Each year, the Arizona Commission on the Arts awards Artist Research & Development Grants (ARDG) artists working in all disciplines to aid in the development of artistic work, support the advancement of artistic research and recognize the contributions individual artists make to Arizona’s communities.
In June 2016, the Arts Commission will present an exhibition at Chartreuse, a contemporary art space on historic Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix, featuring work by five members of the 2015 cohort of ARDG recipients.
For more information about the exhibition and featured artists, visit www.azarts.gov/az-artworker/land-tracings.
Gallery Hours:
Friday, June 3, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, June 4, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Friday, June 17, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, June 18, 2016, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm
Private viewings may be available by request. Email Gabriela Muñoz at gmunoz@azarts.gov to request an appointment.
![Axis Dance Company released this excellent resource to aid presenting organizations and others in integrating accessibility measures into their routine work and programming. Congratulations to project managers & writers, Kevin Gotkin (@who____girl )& Vanessa Hernandez Cruz (@galaxiesdance) for a job well done. Our own Artist Programs Coordinator, Delia Ibañez, served as a reviewer for this guide. You can engage with the guide (and see a wonderful example of accessible website design) at https://accessguide.axisdance.org/
Reposted from @axisdanceco
Photo by Konstantin Braverman
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