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Americans for the Arts economic impact of the arts study shows Flagstaff's significant contribution to our state: about $20.6 million comes from tourists who visit Flagstaff to attend arts and science events.
Study: Arts brings $90 million in economic impact to Flagstaff
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More than 3,000 jobs in the city owe their existence to money generated by nonprofit arts organizations, according to a study conducted by Americans for the Arts to determine the
This week, Milta Ortiz, resident playwright with Tucson's Borderlands Theater and a 2016 Artist Research & Development Grant recipient, will be in Phoenix for a series of engagements tied to the Phoenix premiere of her play, Más, at Phoenix Center For The Arts. The Arizona Commission on the Arts will kick-off year-three of its AZ ArtWorker professional development program with Theatricalizing Oral Histories in Community: Milta Ortiz this Saturday morning at Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, in partnership with CALA Alliance, ASU - SFDT Performance in the Borderlands, and Cultural Coalition, Inc. This workshop is already at capacity, but you can also see Ortiz speak on Thursday night at a lecture and reception hosted by Xico Inc - Latin & Native American Arts Organization. More info at xicoinc.org/events/mas-directors-talk/
Más - Lecture & Reception with Milta Ortiz - Xico Art Inc.
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In collaboration with Cultural Coalition, CALA Alliance and Performance in the Borderlands, Xico invites you to attend a lecture with playwright Milta Ortiz of Más on Thursday, September 21st. Join u...
In Columnist Marsha Mercer's article, Poetry: It's Far from a Dead Art, she writes about the resurgence of poetry through the work of the new US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, a program in all 50 states that invites students in grades 9 through 12 to compete in contests by memorizing and reciting poetry. To learn more about Arizona's Poetry Out Loud program, visit azarts.gov/programs/poetry-out-loud/ Photo: Arizona State Champion Kellen Vu, Arizona School for the Arts © James Kegley