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.
Cafesito con Margarita Cabrera: A conversation over coffee and pan dulce.
Join us for a meet and greet with Margarita Cabrera, a Mexican-American artist whose objects and activities address timely issues related to border relations, labor practices and immigration. Margarita will talk about her latest project Space in Between, a collaboration with ASU Art Museum, Desert Botanical Gardens and various community organizations. The artist will also introduce the project Douglas Abre la Boca. Don’t miss it!
Acompáñenos a conocer y saludar a Margarita Cabrera, artista y activista mexico-americana cuyos objetos y actividades abordan temas actuales sobre las relaciones fronterizas, las prácticas laborales y la inmigración. Margarita hablará sobre su más reciente proyecto Space in Between, cuyo nombre se deriva de la palabra Nahuatl: Nepantla. El proyecto en una colaboración con el Museo de Arte de ASU, Desert Botanical Gardens y varias organizaciones comunitarias. La artista también presentará el proyecto Douglas Abre la Boca. ¡No se lo pierdan!
* Bilingual meet and greet. Convivio bilingüe.
* Workshop size is limited to 30 participants.
Cafesito con Claudio Dicochea: A conversation over coffee and pan dulce.
Join us for a conversation with artist Claudio Dicochea. He will talk about the personal creative journey of artmaking as well as the social process of placing our work out in the world. Dicochea will present and share insight on his work as a means of exploring practical questions about the commitment, discipline, and passion necessary for a life in the arts. The conversation will focus also on the more social and professional aspects of artmaking, which includes the development of varied skills outside the studio to help us convey the importance of our work in a meaningful and successful manner. Through open discussion, we’ll share ways of developing our own unique artistic visions and of strengthening our social participation and effect as creative thinkers.
Acompáñenos a una conversación con el artista Claudio Dicochea. Él hablará sobre su trayectoria artística, así como el proceso social de colocar su trabajo en el mundo. Dicochea presentará y compartirá su visión sobre su trabajo como un medio para explorar preguntas prácticas sobre el compromiso, la disciplina y la pasión necesaria para una vida en las artes. La conversación se centrará también en los aspectos más sociales y profesionales de la creación artística, incluyendo el desarrollo de habilidades variadas fuera del estudio que transmiten la importancia de nuestro trabajo de una manera significativa y exitosa. Mediante la discusión abierta, vamos a compartir formas de desarrollar nuestras propias visiones artísticas y fortalecer nuestra participación social nuestra influencia como creativos.
* Bilingual meet and greet. Convivio bilingüe.
Painting Workshop with Claudio Dicochea
Join us for a workshop that will provide you with an understanding of paint as a material for artistic expression and painting as an activity that explores our sense of self and our sense of place. Through a set of different exercises, this workshop will cover the techniques, information, and skills necessary for building an ongoing studio practice. Including an understanding of pigments, blending and glazing, medium and surface drying time, gels, archival tips, mixed media, and more. Artists of all experience will learn about the versatility of painting as a contemporary discipline along with its potential for open and rewarding creative exploration.
Acompáñenos a un taller enfocado en la comprensión de la pintura como material para la expresión artística y la pintura como una actividad que explora nuestro sentido de ser y nuestro lugar en la comunidad. A través de una serie de diferentes ejercicios, este taller cubrirá las técnicas, información y habilidades necesarias para la construcción de una práctica artística en el estudio. Incluyendo la comprensión de los pigmentos, la mezcla y el tiempo de secado de la superficie de pintar, geles, tips para la preservación, técnicas mixtas, y mucho más. Los artistas a todo nivel de experiencia aprenderán acerca de la versatilidad de la pintura como una disciplina contemporánea, así como su potencial para la exploración creativa abierta y gratificante.
Bilingual painting workshop. Taller de pintura bilingüe.
Cost: $20
Workshop size is limited to 20 participants. Advance registration is required. Register online at: http://conta.cc/1tiGzWu
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Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts at Xico Galería in Phoenix on Saturday, July 23, 2016, for a free 3-hour workshop designed to help artists craft superior grant applications. Whether you’re an emerging artist just learning the ropes or a seasoned pro looking to polish your presentation, this workshop covers the fundamentals while offering an insiders perspective on what funders and review panelists are looking for in a grant application. Using the Arts Commission’s Artist Research and Development Grant as a model, participants will learn the essential components of a strong application as they play the role of reviewers in a mock grant review panel.
Cost: Free
Register at: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=lhhhlrqab&oeidk=a07ecxrb6gm33b8747a
This online information session will include discussion of ARDG application and eligibility requirements, a breakdown of the application components and a live Q&A with Arts Commission staff.
AZ ArtWorker Workshop with Liz Lerman
Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process: Introductory workshop
With an introduction by Julia Akerly and Allyson Yoder of [nueBOX]
Join Macarthur “Genius Grant” recipient Liz Lerman for an introductory workshop on her Critical Response Process (CRP), a facilitated structure for giving and getting feedback on artistic works in progress. Grounded in principles of meaning, inquiry, and dialogue, it is designed to leave the maker eager and motivated to get back to work on the project under consideration. This workshop will introduce the four steps of CRP and explore the values that support useful critique through conversation, participation, and reflection.
Participants in this introductory workshop will have priority registration privileges for a one-day CRP intensive presented by [nueBOX] in November.
Cost: $10
Workshop size is limited to 30 participants.
Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Flagstaff Arts Council to learn more about Creative Aging, an exciting national movement to advance understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging. Guest artist Elizabeth Johnson will provide an interactive exploration of the different approaches used across the continuum of care, and the brain/body research which shows that older adults who are engaged in the arts experience better overall health, enjoy a higher quality of life, and are more active in their communities.
Join Richard Montoya, co-founder of Chicano theatre group Culture Clash, for a writing and acting workshop. Participants will focus on the use of satire and humor to address social and culturally relevant content. This workshop is ideal for playwrights and actors whose work addresses identity and social justice.
The workshop will be introduced by Ricky Araiza, Artistic Director of Teatro Bravo.
Workshop size is limited to 15 participants. Advance registration is required. http://conta.cc/2fartMT
To learn more visit http://azarts.gov/arts-op/
Presented in partnership with ASU – SFDT Performance in the Borderlands, Teatro Bravo, and CALA Alliance
Join us for a lively roundtable conversation of arts professionals from around the country. Moderated by Adriana Gallego, artist and Deputy Director of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, the evening will include information about services to artists. Don’t miss it!
Friday, March 3, 6-8 pm
Free and open to the public
Space is limited, registration required
Register: https://
Raices Taller
218 E. 6th St.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts at Raices Taller 222 in Tucson on Saturday, March 18, for a free workshop designed to help artists craft superior grant applications. Whether you’re an emerging artist just learning the ropes or a seasoned pro looking to polish your presentation, this workshop covers the fundamentals while offering an insiders perspective on what funders and review panelists are looking for in a grant application. Using the Arts Commission’s Artist Research and Development Grant as a model, participants will learn the essential components of a strong application as they play the role of reviewers in a mock grant review panel.
Register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=lhhhlrqab&oeidk=a07edvu458346bc546c
