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.
In January 2024, the Arizona Commission on the Arts will kick off its Sustaining Creative Aging in Southern Arizona initiative with a series of free introductory training sessions for aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organization administrators!
These sessions are offered free of charge, but registration is required. Click below to reserve your spot!
In January 2024, the Arizona Commission on the Arts will kick off its Sustaining Creative Aging in Southern Arizona initiative with a series of free introductory training sessions for aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organization administrators!
These sessions are offered free of charge, but registration is required. Click below to reserve your spot!
In January 2024, the Arizona Commission on the Arts will kick off its Sustaining Creative Aging in Southern Arizona initiative with a series of free introductory training sessions for aging or healthcare service organization staff, caregivers, volunteers, teaching artists, and arts organization administrators!
These sessions are offered free of charge, but registration is required. Click below to reserve your spot!
Join Creative Flagstaff and the Arizona Commission on the Arts to learn more about Creative Aging, an exciting national movement to advance understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging. The Arts Commission’s Director of Arts Learning, Elisa Radcliffe, and AZ Creative Aging Coordinator and teaching artist Angelina Ramirez will provide an interactive exploration of the different approaches used across the continuum of care, and the 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.
Introduction to Creative Aging
Saturday, May 18, 2024
3:00pm – 4:30pm
The Peaks, 3150 N. Winding Brook Rd
Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
Participation is free. Advance registration is required.
Anyone interested in the 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 are invited to join.
As part of our Artist Investment Program, the Arizona Commission on the Arts is pleased to offer a pair of free workshops presented by award-winning ecologist and choreographer Jame McCray, PhD, founder of Ecotonic Movement. Artists working in all disciplines are encouraged to register!
Environmental Art as Community Engagement
Free Virtual Workshop
Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
This interactive 90-minute workshop provides practical strategies for creating environmental art projects that meaningfully engage communities. Using a real-world case study as inspiration, participants will explore methods for incorporating local ecological knowledge, designing educational components, and measuring project impact. The session introduces a comprehensive planning framework that complements the Community Engagement Design Worksheet—a valuable tool for developing participatory art initiatives that address environmental concerns. Through guided small-group activities, attendees will apply these concepts to their own project ideas, making this workshop ideal for artists, educators, community organizers, and environmental advocates interested in collaborative ecological art experiences.
Participants will receive a Community Engagement Design Sheet
This workshop is designed and facilitated by Dr. Jamē McCray of Ecotonic Movement.
This session will not be recorded, but the worksheets will remain available for use on our website.
We’re back with another Community Conversation — and this time, we’re headed to Lake Havasu City and Kingman!
Join us on June 16 at 4:30 PM at Beale Street Theater in Kingman and on June 17 at 4 PM at Mohave Community College - Lake Havasu City Campus for a 90-minute interactive session all about YOU and the arts in your community.
RSVP by scanning the QR code, clicking the link in our b
We’re staying closer to our Phoenix home for the next Community Conversations, visiting the west and east valley!
Then catch us in Mesa at the Mesa Main Library on May 22!