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 [email protected].

 

Mar
5
Mon
Community Conversation: Arts Education in Coconino County
Mar 5 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to Coconino County on March 5th to continue learning from and with Coconino County residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2Gy3JiC

Mar
6
Tue
Community Conversation: Arts Education in Prescott & Prescott Valley
Mar 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to Prescott & Prescott Valley on March 6th to continue learning from and with Prescott & Prescott Valley residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2GtkkEq

Mar
12
Mon
National Arts Advocacy Day
Mar 12 – Mar 13 all-day

Join Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C. for Arts Advocacy Day 2018 and the 31st Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy. March 12-13, 2018.

Arts Advocacy Day brings together a broad cross section of America’s cultural and civic organizations along with more than 700 arts advocates from across the country to experience one day of intensive advocacy training from the experts followed by a full day of meetings on Capitol Hill with members of Congress.

For more information, check out www.AmericansForTheArts.org/AAD

Community Conversation: Arts Education in South Tucson
Mar 12 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to South Tucson on March 12th to continue learning from and with South Tucson residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2GtkA6m

Mar
14
Wed
Community Conversation: Arts Education in West Valley
Mar 14 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to West Valley on March 14th to continue learning from and with West Valley residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2GxpQpq

Mar
21
Wed
Community Conversation: Arts Education in East Valley
Mar 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to East Valley on March 21st to continue learning from and with East Valley residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2Gw9Rbb

Mar
22
Thu
Community Conversation: Arts Education in Globe-Miami
Mar 22 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to Globe-Miami on March 22nd to continue learning from and withGlobe-Miami residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2Gu8euC

Mar
28
Wed
Community Conversation: Arts Education in Pinal County
Mar 28 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to Pinal County on March 28th to continue learning from and with Pinal County residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2GxJ9PC

Mar
29
Thu
Quarterly Commission Meeting
Mar 29 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Click here for public meeting notice.

Community Conversation: Arts Education in Phoenix
Mar 29 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Building on the information and insights gathered during our first tour this past December, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education’s Arts Advisory & Action Committee (A3C) will return to Phoenix on March 29th to continue learning from and with Phoenix residents.

We want to hear your insights, questions, and concerns and learn about the challenges and opportunities you see for arts education in your community’s schools. Data collected through these community conversations will be reviewed by the Arts Advisory & Action Committee’s leadership team and communicated to education and civic leaders throughout the state.

This event is free and open to the public. We particularly encourage students, teachers, teaching artists, community arts workers, administrators, parents, and policymakers to attend.

Register at http://conta.cc/2Gyl5fB

Apr
28
Sat
Dance in the Desert: Community Share Out
Apr 28 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us as we share what we learned during the inaugural Dance in the Desert: A Gathering of Latinx dancemakers working in Arizona and beyond. The Community Share out will include feedback from participating artists and arts leaders, a brief synopsis of research conducted, and a short dance performance.

This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested.

Register

Dance in the Desert is an inaugural gathering of Latinx dancemakers working in Arizona and beyond. Learn more at https://azarts.gov/az-artworker/dance-in-the-desert/

This project is supported by Safos Dance Theatre, AZ Artworker, an initiative of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Liz Lerman LLC, Phoenix Hostel & Cultural Center, and Projecting All Voices, an initiative launched by ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and supported by ASU Gammage.

This project received support from WESTAF and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Dance in the Desert: Pachanga
Apr 28 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join us as we celebrate the closing of the inaugural Dance in the Desert: A Gathering of Latinx Dancemakers. The Pachanga will feature music by DJ Musa and pop up dance performances.

This event is free and open to the public.

Dance in the Desert is an inaugural gathering of Latinx dancemakers working in Arizona and beyond. Learn more at https://azarts.gov/az-artworker/dance-in-the-desert/

This project is supported by Safos Dance Theatre, AZ Artworker, an initiative of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Liz Lerman LLC, Phoenix Hostel & Cultural Center, and Projecting All Voices, an initiative launched by ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and supported by ASU Gammage.

This project received support from WESTAF and the National Endowment for the Arts.