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A monthly newsletter from the Arizona Commission on the Arts
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FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES
2018 Artist Research and Development Grants
Deadline: August 24, 2017
The application period for Artist Research and Development Grants is now open. This highly-competitive grant program awards up to $5,000 to Arizona artists practicing in a variety of artistic disciplines in support of research and development leading to the creation of new works of art.
Workshops and Information Sessions
To help you prepare your application, the Arts Commission will present online information sessions and host in-person grantwriting workshops throughout the summer leading up to the application deadline.
Online Information Sessions
During a live webinar-style presentation, Arts Commission staff will walk potential applicants through the ARDG guidelines while offering tips and resources for successful grantwriting. Shortly after the live presentation, a recording will be posted to this page.
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May 26, 2017, 10:30 am
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July 20, 2017, 3:30 pm
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Competitive Grantwriting Workshops
Free workshops designed to help artists craft superior grant applications will be offered throughout the state. Whether you're an emerging artist just learning the ropes or a seasoned pro looking to polish your presentation, this workshop covers the fundamentals while offering an insiders perspective on what funders and review panelists are looking for in a grant application. Using the Arts Commission's Artist Research and Development Grant as a model, participants will learn the essential components of a strong application as they play the role of reviewers in a mock grant review panel.
Flagstaff
June 14, 2017, 5:00 pm
Coconino Center for the Arts
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Yuma
June 16, 2017, 5:30 pm
Littlewood Fine Art & Community Co-Op
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Phoenix
Jul 29, 2017, 10:00 am
Xico
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Tucson
Date, time, and location
to be determined.
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Cultural Memory: Celebrating Wisdom Through Story
May 22, 2017 | Phoenix
Join the Arizona Commission on the Arts at Grand Central Coffee Company in downtown Phoenix for an evening of story sharing from Lakota performer Charlene O'Rourke and an introduction to Anne Basting's new storytelling project. With host Liz Warren, South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute Director This event is free and open to the public.
Participation and community sharing encouraged.
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Master-Apprentice Award Program | Southwest Folklife Alliance
Deadline: May 22, 2017
This year Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) will make 8 awards to pairs of Arizona-based artists/tradition bearers: at $2,500 for the Master along with $500 to an emerging artist/tradition bearer engaged in learning and transmission of traditional knowledge. The pair should anticipate working together for one year.
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Sedona Art Prize International Online Painting Contest
Deadline: May 31, 2017
The Sedona Art Prize is an international online juried painting contest open to painters world wide over 18 years of age. In addition to monthly and year-end cash prizes, the Grand Prize winner will also be offered the opportunity for a 2 week residency in Sedona, Arizona through the Sedona Arts Center (to be completed in 2018). Paintings must be created using traditional, physical media such as oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, and mixed media. All painting styles accepted: representation and non-representational.
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| ARIZONA ARTS OPPORTUNITIES |
Contemporary Mural
Chandler Arts Commission
Location: Chandler, AZ
Deadline: May 15, 2017
The Chandler Arts Commission, in cooperation with the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership is looking for qualified artists who reside within the state of Arizona to create a contemporary mural to be created on the west side of San Tan Brewery in downtown Chandler. The project will consist of one large mural covering the 33 foot wide, 25 foot high wall. The artist fee for the project is $6,000 which will cover all painting supplies and design fees.
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Call to Artists
ASU Gammage
Location: Tempe, AZ
Deadline: May 18, 2017
ASU Gammage Auditorium is currently accepting proposals from Arizona visual artists for exhibitions of their work during the Fall 2017/Spring 2018 art season. Work will be considered in any medium that can be displayed by hanging on walls. Artists must be prepared to hang their own work and remove it when the exhibition is over.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Call for Artists | Puma: Past and Present Juried
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Location: Tucson, AZ
Deadline: June 10, 2017
Chosen artists in all categories will be displayed along with selected master works from around the globe. The Desert Museum is excited to showcase the many creative talents of our members through this exciting component of our upcoming exhibition. Artists must have a current standing membership at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum at the time of submission.
Pumpkin Fiesta & Autumn Art Show
Location: Tucson, AZ
Deadline: August 8, 2017
Sonoran Glass School invites Tucson-area artists working in all media to participate in our 2017 Pumpkin Fiesta and Autumn Art Show. Work must include glass and integrate well into a autumn-themed show.
Call to Artists | Colors of Copper
Greenlee County Tourism Council
Location: Clifton, AZ
Deadline: October 1, 2017
Artists are invited to demonstrate their creativity by using the multitude of colors copper imparts. Submissions of 2 or 3 dimensional art works will be accepted. Prize Money: 1st $1,000, 2nd $500, 3rd $300, People's Choice $200.
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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTS OPPORTUNITIES
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Summer 2017 Submissions
The Matador Review
Location: International
Deadline: May 31, 2017
Alternative art and literature magazine is seeking submissions for publication. Poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative non-fiction, inviting all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations that are accompanied by the original text) as well as many forms of visual art.
Click here to learn more
Poster Contest
Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival
Location: Greenville, MS
Deadline: June 30, 2017
Mississippi Action for Community Education, Inc., (MACE), a Mississippi non-profit, announces a design contest to select the graphic for use as the 40th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival Poster and T-shirt graphics.The winner will be awarded a $500 prize.
National Juried Exhibition | Colors of the Night
Smithtown Township Arts Council/Mills Pond Gallery
Location: St. James, NY
Deadline: June 30, 2017
Seeking submissions for upcoming juried fine art exhibition. Juror/Judge Tim Newton. This exhibition/competition will encompass all varieties of nocturnal art. No subject is off limits. Open to USA artists age 18 or older. All media considered except photography and computer generated art. Entry fee $45 for up to 3 images. Awards: $1,000 Best of Show, $500 Second Place, $250 Third Place.
Call for Artists | Anima Mundi, Venice
It's LIQUID Group
Location: Venezia, Italy
Deadline: August 27, 2017
Artists, photographers, video/film makers, architects, designers, galleries, museums, institutions, universities and art professionals are invited to submit their project proposals on the festival themes for the exhibitions in Palazzo Ca' Zanardi and other prestigious venues and historical buildings during the festival.
Artist Opportunity | Aesthetica Art Prize
Aesthetica Magazine
Location: York, England
Deadline: August 31, 2017
The 11
th Aesthetica Art Prize is now open for entries, presenting an opportunity for emerging and established artists to further their involvement in the art world. The award is an internationally renowned prize presented by Aesthetica Magazine and judged by industry experts. Categories for entry: Photographic & Digital Art; Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture; Painting, Drawing & Mixed Media and Video, Installation & Performance.
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SAVVY Professional Development Workshops
City of Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Dates: May 17 & May 23
The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture has partnered with Volunteer Legal Assistance for Artists, and Xico arts organization to offer the Spring 2017 SAVVY workshops. These are tailored to small, emerging, and/or grassroots arts and culture organizations and artists, but we encourage all those interested to attend.
Artist Residency Program in Upstate NY
Main Street Arts
Location: Clifton Springs, NY
Deadline: May 31, 2017
Accepting applications for the summer quarter of our residency program (July-September). Artists in residence will have 24-hour access to studio space on our second floor, the option to show work in the gallery, and the opportunity to teach paid workshops. Facilities include 200 sq. ft. studios, an electric kiln, potters wheel, etching press, and more.
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Location: Nebraska City, NE
Deadline: September 1, 2017
The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, located in Nebraska City, NE offers from sixty to seventy juried residencies per year to visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world.
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The Artlink Artist Forward Fund (TAAFF) Program
Artlink Inc.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Deadline: May 31, 2017
Artlink Inc. is now accepting applications from emerging Arizona-based artists for its inaugural grant program: The Artist Forward Fund (TAFF). The deadline for applications is midnight May 31, 2017 Mountain Standard Time (MST). The selected grant recipient will receive a $500 grant and/or the opportunity for an exhibition facilitated by Artlink. Additionally, members of the AAC will provide mentorship to selected artist(s).
Visual Arts Grants
Robert Lehman Foundation
Location: New York, NY
Deadline: September 1, 2017
Grants are made on an individual basis to museums, arts organizations, educational institutions and other cultural organizations with the goal of enhancing the role of the visual arts within American and world culture. Within these broad parameters, the Foundation is open to a wide range of projects from art education programs, museum exhibitions and outreach to art history lectureships and scholarly publications.
Click here to learn more
Arts Grants
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Deadline: Letter of Inquiry: August 1, for Deadline September 15.
Dedicated to fostering awareness and appreciation of contemporary visual art, primarily through the support of catalogues and other publications that document exhibitions of work by emerging or under-recognized artists. Of particular interest are projects that attempt to bring together artists and the community, support artists from marginalized populations, and provide exposure to contemporary art where it may not otherwise be seen.
Accepting Applications from Artists with Financial Need
Pollock Krasner Foundation
Location: New York, NY
Deadline: Ongoing
Dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time.
The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines.
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Development Associate
Childsplay
Location: Tempe, AZ
Deadline: Open until filled
This full time position will support the fundraising efforts of Childsplay through management of ongoing institutional giving and support of individual giving programs. Additional responsibilities will include working with Childsplay's ensemble to deepen donor relationships, expand donor opportunities, and generate support for the company's work onstage and in the classroom.
Marketing and Communications Manager
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Deadline: May 12, 2017
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Marketing & Communications Manager is responsible for planning, implementing strategies, and evaluating programs that increase attendance and earned revenue for concerts, events, and other activities, and for maximizing the visibility of FSO through effective strategic communications.
Events and Marketing Manager
West Valley Arts Council
Location: Surprise, AZ
Deadline: May 12, 2017
The West Valley Arts Council (WVAC) seeks an Events and Marketing Manager who will support the WVAC's values, vision and mission to oversee special events, marketing and communications for its non-profit organization. Responsibilities include development and execution of special events, e-blasts, website, social media, traditional marketing and media materials.
Ticketing Services Representative (part-time, year-round)
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Location: Tucson, AZ
Deadline: July 1, 2017
Assists the Ticketing Services Manager in the day-to-day operations of the Box Office, such that a cordial and productive relationship is developed and maintained with the public through the prompt handling of patron concerns in a professional manner representative of the policies, procedures and culture established by the TSO.
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This monthly online newsletter from the Arizona Commission on the Arts provides Arizona artists with relevant local, national and international opportunities, including announcements of agency programs and services, upcoming artist grant opportunities and application deadlines, and much more.
Job and Arts Opportunities listings on the website are maintained by Arts Commission staff and are not comprehensive. Questions regarding a listed opportunity should be directed to the corresponding contact person identified in the posting.
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