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.
To complete your final report, go to Go!Egor at http://arizona.culturegrants.org/
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.
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.
12-1-2015 Public Meeting Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
OF
ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS
Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.02 notice is hereby given to the general public that the Arizona Commission on the Arts will hold an
FY2016 Review of Artist Research and Development Grants
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
9:00am – 5:00pm
Arizona Commission on the Arts
417 West Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits the Arizona Commission on the Arts from discrimination on the basis of disability. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting Diana Udy at (602) 771-6534. Persons who are deaf, hearing impaired or speech impaired can contact the Arts Commission through the Arizona Relay Service,
1-800-842-4681 Voice; or 1-800-367-8939 TTY. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
November 25, 2015
Diana Udy
Executive Assistant
602.771.6534
dudy@azarts.gov
Call for Teaching Artists:
The Teaching Artist Institute is a five-month training program that will introduce teaching artists to the variety of settings, programs, and partners that make up the creative aging field, and provide skills-building activities for participants to attain the specialized knowledge needed to work successfully with older adults.
AZ Creative Aging Teaching Artist Institute: Call for Teaching Artists
The Call for Teaching Artists provides additional information about the Teaching Artist Institute and detailed instructions for how to apply.
Please thoroughly review the Call for Teaching Artists prior to beginning your application.
Application deadline: 11:59pm Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
Poetry Out Loud deadline to hold school competitions. If your school will be unable to meet this deadline, please contact Arizona Poetry Out Loud Coordinator Anastasia Freyermuth to make alternative arrangements at (602) 771-6529 or afreyermuth@azarts.gov.
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.
