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.
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.
Introduction to Creative Aging: Myths of Aging and the Power of the Arts
Join us to learn about the myths of aging and how arts engagement benefits older adults.
- Jorge Merced, Associate Artistic Director of Pregones Theater, will provide a keynote on Creative Aging and an interactive exploration of the different approaches used across the continuum of care.
- Dr. Walter Nieri, Director of The Center for Health Aging at Banner Sun Health Research Institute, will share current research on healthy aging and the factors that contribute to quality of life.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in the vital relationship between the arts and quality of life for older adults, including aging or healthcare service organization staff, teaching artists, and arts organization staff.
This event is free, but registration is required. Registration closes Tuesday, January 12, 2016.
This AZ Creative Aging event is presented at no cost to attendees thanks to the generous support of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.
Introduction and Approaches to Creative Aging
Creative Aging is an exciting national movement to advance understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging. Join us in this experiential workshop to learn more about Creative Aging and how arts engagement benefits older adults. Guest artists, Maria Genné and Jane Tygesson will share some of the latest research in Creative Aging and lead an interactive exploration of the different approaches used across the continuum of care. The workshop will also introduce possibilities for participatory art making in dance, music, visual arts, poetry and story, and participants will leave with concrete tools and ideas to use in their own programs and work.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in the vital relationship between the arts and quality of life for older adults, including aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organizations.
Registration cost is $5. Registration closes Tuesday, February 16, 2016 or once capacity has been reached.
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.
Introduction and Approaches to Creative Aging
Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Prescott Meals on Wheels for a workshop on creativity and aging with Gary Glazner, award winning poet and Founder/Director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. This fun, high-energy workshop is packed-full of simple techniques to help imagine high-quality arts programs for older adults, build communication skills and help increase the ability to connect with people living with memory loss.
Who should attend?
Anyone interested in the vital relationship between the arts and quality of life for older adults, including aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organizations.
For more information about this event and the guest artists, please visit www.azarts.gov/news/creative-aging-prescott
Space is limited. Cost: Free. Advanced registration required. To register, visit: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ecdiwny1b4558e9f&llr=lhhhlrqab
Introduction and Approaches to Creative Aging
Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona Western College and WACOG Area Agency on Aging 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 Jorge Merced 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. Participants will connect with other providers and artists interested in enriching the lives of older adults in their community, and will leave with concrete tools and ideas for Creative Aging in their own programs and work.
Who should attend?
Anyone interested in the vital relationship between the arts and quality of life for older adults, including aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organizations.
This is a bilingual workshop for both English and Spanish speakers.
Este taller es bilingüe y se ofrecerá en inglés y español.
For more information about this event and the guest artists, please visit http://azarts.gov/news/introduction-approaches-creative-aging-yuma/
Space is limited. Cost: Free. Advanced registration required. To register, visit http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=lhhhlrqab&oeidk=a07ech6opqc91283cab
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.
