Thanks to the The East Valley Tribune for highlighting Mesa Arts Center's Community Investment Grant, one of 233 grants awarded throughout the state by the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
Mesa Arts Center gets $47K state grant
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The Arizona Commission on the Arts has awarded 233 grants throughout the state, including $253,500 to East Valley arts organizations and programs, a 24 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2018.The last day to register for Arizona Community Foundation's Water Public Art Challenge is Thursday, August 16. Five collaborative teams will receive awards of $50,000 to develop temporary public art projects that build connectivity between cultures through creative expression.
Teams will be judged on their ability to illustrate how their creative idea honors the legacy of the ancestral Sonoran Desert people (Huhugam), whose water-bringing irrigation engineering and agricultural achievements laid the foundation for the very existence of life in the Valley of the Sun.
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The New Arizona Prize Water Public Art Challenge will offer awards of $50,000 to the top five collaborative teams proposing temporary public art projects that build connectivity between cultures throu...We're very excited to be in Wickenburg this morning for the 12th Annual Arizona Rural Policy Forum where participants in the inaugural AZ Creative Communities Institute (AZ CCI) are presenting on their experience, including our own Jaime Dempsey and Brad DeBiase, program partner Ricky Araiza (ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts), artst Estrella Payton who worked with the AZ CCI team from Douglas and Isaac Russell representing the team from Yuma. Also in attendance: Globe team member Paul Tunis (Cobre Valley Center for the Arts) and Rina Rien of team Casa Grande (Casa Grande Mainstreet). Thanks to Local First Arizona for shining a spotlight on this incredible program! Learn more about AZ Creative Communities at azarts.gov/nextaz/az-creative-communities/
AZ Creative Communities | Arizona Commission on the Arts
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The AZ Creative Communities Institute (AZ CCI) offers small teams, made up of diverse members of your community, a unique opportunity to explore the many ways creativity can be put to work for positiv...