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.

 

Feb
7
Tue
The Intersection of Fashion, Art and Business!
Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for a discussion focused on helping artists and other creatives better understand the connections between fine art, fashion and design. Panelists will share practical advice and strategies creative entrepreneurs need to succeed within the industry. Panelists will also highlight the specific opportunities, resources and funding currently available to Arizona artists.

Fashion Futures is hosted by StylePHX and One Million Entrepreneurs in partnership with the Arizona Commission on the Arts as part of the Artist Investment Program.

You can join the conversation in person or join our livestream from home. Click below to register:

JOIN US IN PERSON

Registration is free, but space is limited.

Feb
21
Tue
Info Session: Lifelong and Youth Arts Engagement Grants
Feb 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Learn about the Lifelong Arts Engagement Grant and Youth Arts Engagement Grant! Program manager Elisa Garcia Radcliffe will walk you through the guidelines and application process and take any questions you might have.

REGISTER

Mar
9
Thu
Info Session: Lifelong and Youth Arts Engagement Grants
Mar 9 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Learn about the Lifelong Arts Engagement Grant and Youth Arts Engagement Grant! Program manager Elisa Garcia Radcliffe will walk you through the guidelines and application process and take any questions you might have.

REGISTER

Mar
11
Sat
2023 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finals
Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

On Saturday, March 11, nine exceptional young people will compete for the opportunity to represent the State of Arizona at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, and a shot at the grand prize: a $20,000 college scholarship.

Live Webcast

1:00 pm, Saturday, March 11, 2023

Visit https://poetry.arizona.edu/poetry-out-loud for more information.

May
2
Tue
AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium
May 2 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

May 2 – May 4, 2023
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

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The AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium provides professional development focused on trends and topics in arts learning. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts learning community, the three-day virtual professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful arts learning programing to diverse communities across Arizona. Join us as local teaching artists and arts organizations showcase the innovative work taking place across Arizona’s arts learning sector.

May
3
Wed
AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium
May 3 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

May 2 – May 4, 2023
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

REGISTER

The AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium provides professional development focused on trends and topics in arts learning. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts learning community, the three-day virtual professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful arts learning programing to diverse communities across Arizona. Join us as local teaching artists and arts organizations showcase the innovative work taking place across Arizona’s arts learning sector.

May
4
Thu
AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

May 2 – May 4, 2023
9:00 am – 2:30 pm

REGISTER

The AZ Arts Learning Virtual Symposium provides professional development focused on trends and topics in arts learning. Designed to bring together Arizona’s arts learning community, the three-day virtual professional development will focus on sharing tools and resources to equip attendees with the inspiration and information they need to provide meaningful arts learning programing to diverse communities across Arizona. Join us as local teaching artists and arts organizations showcase the innovative work taking place across Arizona’s arts learning sector.

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: 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
May
25
Thu
Panel Review Meeting: Youth Arts Engagement Grants
May 25 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 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. Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson
  2. Edge High School
  3. Film Ethnographer LLC
  4. Friends of the Children Phoenix
  5. Greenway Talents/Greenway High School
  6. Mc Cash Elementary School
  7. Tempe Islamic Community Center