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.

 

Jan
10
Tue
Transition Committee Meeting
Jan 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Transition Committee is a subcommittee of the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

This is a public meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or listen online. Audio from the meeting will be live-streamed on our website at https://azarts.gov/panels/public-meetings/.

Meeting Documents

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Feb
23
Thu
Arts Commission Introductory Meeting
Feb 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

This is a public meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or listen online. Audio from the meeting will be live-streamed on our website at https://azarts.gov/panels/public-meetings/.

Meeting Documents

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Recording

Mar
23
Thu
Quarterly Commission Meeting
Mar 23 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This is a public meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or listen online.

Attend In-person

YWCA Southern Arizona
525 N Bonita Ave
Tucson, AZ 85745

Attend Online

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Meeting Documents

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Recording

Public Comment

Per A.R.S.§38-431.01(H)

A public body may make an open call to the public during a public meeting, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions, to allow individuals to address the public body on any issue within the jurisdiction of the public body.

Members of the public who would like to make public comment may submit a request via the form below. Upon completion and submission of the form below, you will receive an email with further instructions.

We are no longer accepting requests for public comment for our June 5 board meeting.

Apr
13
Thu
Study Session, Board of Commissioners
Apr 13 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

This is a public meeting and will be held online. Audio from the meeting will be live-streamed on our website at https://azarts.gov/panels/public-meetings/.

Agenda

  • Call to Order, Dawn Wallace
  • Review of previous executive director hiring process, Jacky Alling/Alex Nelson
  • Discussion, Commission Members
  • Adjournment, Dawn Wallace

This meeting does not include time for public comment.

Meeting Documents

Meeting Notice

Meeting Recording

May
4
Thu
Study Session, Board of Commissioners
May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This is a public meeting and will be held online. Audio from the meeting will be live-streamed on our website at https://azarts.gov/panels/public-meetings/.

Agenda

  • Call to Order, Dawn Wallace
  • Welcome/Introductions, Jacky Alling
  • Presentation: Search firms; Scope; Timeline, Jacky Alling
  • Discussion/Next Steps, Jacky Alling/Commission Members
  • Adjournment, Dawn Wallace

This meeting does not include time for public comment.

Meeting Documents

Public Meeting Notice

Meeting Recording

May
16
Tue
Panel Review Meeting: Creative Capacity Grant
May 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. After Dinner Conversation, Inc.
  2. Arizona Presenters Alliance
  3. Arizona Women’s Chorus
  4. Arizona Youth Ballet Mesa
  5. Arizoni Theatre Awards of Excellence
  6. Art Depot
  7. Art One Foundation
  8. Border Arts Corridor
  9. Capoeira Amizade Flagstaff
  10. Carolyn Eynon Singers
  11. Grand Circle Arts Alliance
  12. Havasu Area Public Art
  13. Heritage Square Trust
  14. Phoenix Traditional Music & Dance Inc.
  15. Phoenix World Arts Collective
  16. Vision of Vets
May
18
Thu
Panel Review Meeting: Creative Capacity Grant
May 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Barbea Williams Performing Company, Inc
  2. Chandler Symphony Orchestra
  3. Convergence Ballet Company
  4. Dansense-Nrtyabodha
  5. Desert Overture Live Cultural Entertainment
  6. Fine Arts Association of Arizona
  7. Funhouse movement theater
  8. Ghosteater
  9. Groundworks Tucson
  10. Hilltop Gallery
  11. North Valley Chorale
  12. Northern Arizona Book Festival
  13. Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop
  14. Saguaro City Music Theatre
  15. Sedona Chamber Ballet
  16. Wasted Ink Zine Distro
  17. Winding Road Theater Ensemble
May
22
Mon
Panel Review Meeting: Festival Grants, Group A
May 22 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Arizona Bluegrass Association
  2. Arizona Caribbean Cultural Association
  3. Arizona Event Productions
  4. City of Casa Grande Arts & Humanities Commission
  5. Dysart Unified School District
  6. Easter Seals Blake Foundation
  7. Flagstaff Dance Festival
  8. Great Sounds Promotions
  9. Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
  10. India Association of Phoenix
  11. Kerala Hindus of Arizona
  12. Living Streets Alliance
  13. Miami Arts Commission
  14. Northern Arizona Blues Alliance
  15. Nuestras Raices
  16. Phoenix Chinese Week
  17. Pinal County Historical Society
  18. Prescott Area Artist Studio Tour
  19. Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo Association
  20. Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition
  21. Superstition Mountain Museum Historical Society
  22. Town of Payson
  23. Worldwide Women’s Film Festival
  24. Yuma Art Symposium
May
23
Tue
Panel Review Meeting: Creative Capacity Grant
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Act One
  2. Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
  3. Arizona Jewish Historical Society
  4. Arts Express Inc
  5. Arts for All
  6. Ballet Etudes Youth Ballet of Mesa
  7. Black Theatre Troupe
  8. Community Performing Arts Center Foundation
  9. Desert Stages, Inc.
  10. FABRIC Tempe
  11. Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music
  12. Flagstaff Symphony Association
  13. Fountain Hills Theater, Inc.
  14. Fuerte Art Collective
  15. George Phippen Memorial Foundation
  16. Heritage Square Foundation
  17. Higher Octave Healing, Inc.
  18. Lead Guitar
  19. Live Theatre Workshop
  20. Museum of Contemporary Art (Tucson)
  21. Musical Theatre of Anthem, Inc.
  22. Phoenix Chamber Music Society
  23. Phoenix Children’s Chorus
  24. Phoenix Conservatory of Music
  25. Prescott Center for the Arts
  26. Queen Creek Center for the Arts
  27. Tucson Girls Chorus
Panel Review Meeting: Festival Grants, Group B
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Arizona Aloha Festivals
  2. Arizona Matsuri
  3. Bisbee Radio project
  4. City of El Mirage
  5. City of Litchfield Park
  6. Cochise College
  7. Cultural Arts Committee of Nogales Arizona
  8. Downtown Tempe Foundation
  9. Four Corners Fiber Collective
  10. Granite Creek Trail Mural Project
  11. Hungarian Cultural Association of Phoenix
  12. Jazz in January
  13. Love Works!
  14. Medieval Mayhem Historical Arts Foundation, Inc.
  15. Ocotillo Literary Endeavors
  16. Phoenix International Heritage Festival
  17. Prescott Chamber of Commerce Foundation
  18. Snatch The Torch
  19. Southern Arizona Spray Can Art Alliance
  20. Startup Tucson
  21. The Black Girl Brown Girl Collective
  22. Tohono Chul Park
  23. Yavapai College Foundation
  24. Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson
Panel Review Meeting: Lifelong Arts Engagement Grants
May 23 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. ACCEL
  2. ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA
  3. Arizona Board of Regents the University of Arizona
  4. BlackTop Gunn Theatrics: Teatro de la Calle
  5. Bootstraps to Share of Tucson DBA BICAS
  6. City of Phoenix Human Services Department
  7. CIVITAN FOUNDATION INC
  8. Creative Drill Sergeants
  9. Drum Arizona, Inc
  10. First Place® AZ
  11. Friendship Retirement Corporation
  12. KALAKSHTRA USA
  13. Natural History Institute
  14. OS3 Movement
  15. Playback Arizona
  16. The Land With No Name Sanctuary
  17. The Opportunity Tree
  18. The U-Turn Foundation
  19. Tucson Brass Workshop
May
24
Wed
Panel Review Meeting: Festival Grants, Group C
May 24 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This is a Public Meeting.

This meeting will be broadcast live online at https://azarts.gov/panels/grant-review-panel-meeting/.

Applications under review:

  1. Arizona Informant Foundation
  2. Blending the Moves Dance Festival
  3. Coconino County Parks and Recreation
  4. CONDER/dance
  5. Corazon De Latinos Unidos
  6. Desert Bluegrass Association
  7. Desert Dance Theatre
  8. Glendale Public Library
  9. La Frontera Mariachi Conference
  10. Latina Dance Project
  11. Methods of Madness Dance Theater
  12. Phoenix Blues Society
  13. Pueblo Grande Museum Auxilliary
  14. Sculpture Tucson
  15. Teatro Bravo
  16. The Drop Dance Studio
  17. The Launch Pad Teen Center
  18. The Sacred G’s
  19. Third Space Dance Project
  20. Trunk Space Arts Inc.
  21. Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association
  22. We The Carriers
  23. Wickenburg Round Up Club