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.

 

May
20
Wed
Grant Review Panel Meeting: CIG I(a)
May 20 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Applicants assigned to this section:

-Arizona Bach Festival

-Arizona Dance Education Organization

-Arizona Early Music Society

-Arizona Masterworks Chorale

-Artists Coalition of Flagstaff

-Bisbee Community Chorus

-Casa Libre en la Solana

-Civic Orchestra of Tucson

-Desert Voices

-Fine Arts Association of Arizona

-Flagstaff Community Band

-Gila Valley Arts Council

-Grand Canyon Guitar Society

-Heritage Square Trust

-Indo American Cultural Connect

-iTheatre Collaborative

-Lake Havasu Regional Orchestra

-Lake Havasu Symphonic Winds

-Living Traditions Presentations

-Movement Source (dba Movement Source Dance Company)

May
21
Thu
Grant Review Panel Meeting: CIG I(b)
May 21 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Applicants assigned to this section:

-Musica Nova

-North Valley Symphony Orchestra

-Orange Theater Group

-Orchestra Northern Arizona

-Patagonia Creative Arts Association

-Patrons of the Arts (dba Hilltop Gallery)

-Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art

-Phoenix Women’s Chorus

-POG, Inc.

-Rising Youth Theatre

-Safos Dance Theatre

-San Tan Community Performing Arts

-Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place

-Sons of Orpheus – The Male Chorus of Tucson

-The Bisbee Women’s Club

-Tucson Guitar Society

-Verde Valley Voices

-VSA Arts of Arizona, Inc.

-Winding Road Theater Ensemble

-Young Sounds of Arizona

Jun
2
Tue
Grant Review Panel Meeting: Festival Grants
Jun 2 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Applicants assigned to this section:

Level I Applicants:

-A3F Incorporated

-Agua Fria High School Band Parent Organization, Inc.

-Arizona Dance Coalition

-Arizona Wind Symphony, Inc.

-Casa Grande Friends of the Arts

-Many Farms High School

-UA Fred Fox School of Music

Level II Applicants:

-Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc.

-Arizona Asian American Association

-Arizona Matsuri

-CONDER/dance

-Corazon De Latinos Unidos

-Cultural Coalition, Inc.

-Flagstaff Music Festival

-Friends of Big Band Jazz – Prescott Jazz Summit

-Grand Canyon Salsa Festival

-Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival

-India Association

-La Frontera

-Mesa Martin Luther King Celebration, Inc.

-Phoenix Chinese Week

-Prescott Chamber of Commerce

-Prescott Film Festival

-Sidepony Music

-Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation

-The Carpetbag Brigade

-Town of Payson

-Tsunami Arts Festival

-Tucson Jewish Community Center

-Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association

-West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation

-Wham Arts Association

Aug
28
Fri
Consortium of Arizona Local Arts Agencies (CAZLAA)
Aug 28 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Consortium of Arizona Local Arts Agencies (CAZLAA) Summer Administrator’s Meeting #3 Agenda

1:00 – 5:00pm CAZLAA Meeting: The Arts as Economic Driver in Rural AZ

1:00 – 1:45pm Welcome/Introductions/Updates (45 min)
Including an update from the ACA on several new initiatives.

1:45 – 3:15pm Creative Placemaking in Rural Arizona (90 min)
Guest speakers:
o Juliana Brutsche, Dir. Of Dev., AZ Culture, Phoenix
o Casey Rooney, Econ. Dev. Dir., City of Cottonwood
o Kris Williams, Exec. Dir., Williams Alliance for the Arts

3:15 – 3:30pm Break (15 min)

3:30 – 4:30pm Partnering with Chambers of Commerce and Tourism Bureaus (60 min) Guest Speaker: Julie Brooks, Exec. Dir., Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce

4:30 – 5:00pm Going Forward: 2016 Meeting Planning (30 min)
Friday, February 26th & Friday, August 26th, 2016

POST MEETING EVENTS:
5:00pm – 7:00pm Happy Hour & Dinner*
Reservation at: Red Raven Restaurant http://www.redravenrestaurant.com/index.html
*No Host Event

Oct
10
Sat
AZ ArtWorker: Douglas, Bi-National Art Walk on G Avenue
Oct 10 @ 5:00 pm – 11:59 pm

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.

AZ ArtWorker: Douglas, Artist Talk
Oct 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

A conversation about artistic and cultural work in the borderlands featuring Postcommodity, Ana Teresa Fernandez and M. Jenea Sanchez.

Oct
26
Mon
Cultural Data Project (CDP) Workshop – Flagstaff
Oct 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

How many times in the past month have you told a story about your organization to report out to a board member, appeal to prospective patrons, or apply for a grant? How many data points did you need to gather and analyze in order for your stories to have impact? In our hands-on workshop, learn how the CDP’s reporting features can help you combine your organization’s story and data to:

  • effectively communicate with stakeholders
  • highlight accomplishments for funders
  • raise important issues with policymakers

Register

Oct
27
Tue
Cultural Data Project (CDP) Workshop – Central Phoenix
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

How many times in the past month have you told a story about your organization to report out to a board member, appeal to prospective patrons, or apply for a grant? How many data points did you need to gather and analyze in order for your stories to have impact? In our hands-on workshop, learn how the CDP’s reporting features can help you combine your organization’s story and data to:

  • effectively communicate with stakeholders
  • highlight accomplishments for funders
  • raise important issues with policymakers

Register

Cultural Data Project (CDP) Workshop – Surprise
Oct 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

How many times in the past month have you told a story about your organization to report out to a board member, appeal to prospective patrons, or apply for a grant? How many data points did you need to gather and analyze in order for your stories to have impact? In our hands-on workshop, learn how the CDP’s reporting features can help you combine your organization’s story and data to:

  • effectively communicate with stakeholders
  • highlight accomplishments for funders
  • raise important issues with policymakers

Register

Oct
28
Wed
Cultural Data Project (CDP) Workshop – East Valley
Oct 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

How many times in the past month have you told a story about your organization to report out to a board member, appeal to prospective patrons, or apply for a grant? How many data points did you need to gather and analyze in order for your stories to have impact? In our hands-on workshop, learn how the CDP’s reporting features can help you combine your organization’s story and data to:

  • effectively communicate with stakeholders
  • highlight accomplishments for funders
  • raise important issues with policymakers

Register

Oct
29
Thu
Cultural Data Project (CDP) Workshop – Tucson
Oct 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

How many times in the past month have you told a story about your organization to report out to a board member, appeal to prospective patrons, or apply for a grant? How many data points did you need to gather and analyze in order for your stories to have impact? In our hands-on workshop, learn how the CDP’s reporting features can help you combine your organization’s story and data to:

  • effectively communicate with stakeholders
  • highlight accomplishments for funders
  • raise important issues with policymakers

Register

Nov
4
Wed
AZ ArtWorker: Phoenix, Artist Workshop
Nov 4 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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.